Tuesday, May 18, 2010

The Greater Coucal, Crow Pheasant, Madikeri, Kodagu, Karnataka, India


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Coffee Orchids

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Rajarajeshwari Temple, Madikeri, Kodagu, Karnataka, India

Chicken or the Egg? Which came first!!

God made Man or  Man make God!!

I don't know!

I think since, Man lived in Nature..
he worshiped nature
and realized that Nature is Supreme.

So he thought that Nature is God
and God is supreme.!

Nature is glorious in all its forms.
Be it the green pastures,
dense tree cover of the Amazon,
the stark ice of Antartica,
the golden sands of Sahara,
the ice caped peaks of the Himalayas,
the blue lagoons of the Andaman or Marutius.

And..so to glorify God, man built temples.

Well may be..
I am confused..in a dilema..
because...
it is beleived that
God dwells in every creature,
every organism,
every object on this Universe.

Then Why do we need Temple?

Isn't our body a temple?
If God is residing inside us why do we need a temple?

Some more thoughts..

Is there a temple in the body of the cow?
Is that why she gives milk?

Is there a temple inside the Banyan Tree?
Is that why it gives out so much of life giving Oxygen?
and..shade to cool us!

I wonder!

I know inside me is
the heart,
the liver,
the kidney,
the brain,
the intestine etc.
and GOD!

But I can't see my heart,
my liver, my kidney, my brain
and my GOD,
because my eyes are outside my body!

So How can I see God?
Man wondered.
And..to see God, He built Temples.
He palced his concept of God inside these temples.
He made these temples grand,
rich,
artistitc,
simple,
small,
mega size,
with wood,
with granite,
with marble,
with gold
since he beleived that God likes to be glorified
(because, as a man, he likes himself to be glorified)!!

May be
May not be!

But Temples are a part of Life!

RAJARAJESHWARI TEMPLE at Madikeri is a cute little temple located in the belly of a deep valley.
It has Nature, it has architeture, it has feel, it has a story.

It has a Devi who speaks to her devotees through the medium of MALE!!!
(Even Goddess need the help of men!No wonder women need men! LOL!)

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