Viren Ji,
kAla~njara is one of the ancient shrines of shiva. The word is a name of mahAdeva, meaning One who Burns Down the Death. An ancient town by this name, on the banks of bhAgIrathI was also an ancient fort of invincible chandela-s and the pratihAra-s. Today the dilapidated fort that goes by the corrupted name kalinjar is in the forests of the modern Banda town of UP -- A great site to be seen! (fort walls broken by the canons of jehadi turuShka-s). There is a shrine to mahAdeva at the site, partial construction of which goes back to at least early gupta period.
bhArata mentions the glory of the shrine of kAla~njara in vanaparvan like this:
tataH kAla~njara.n gatvA parvata.n lokavishrutam
tatra deva hrade snAtvA gosahasraphala.n labhet
AtmAna.n sAdhayettatra girau kAla~njare nR^ipa
svargaloke mahIyeta naro nAstyatra saMshayaH
and also in anushAsana parvan like this:
ga~NgAyamunayostIrthe tathA kAla~njare girau
ShaShTihrada upaspR^ishya dAnaM nAnyadvishiShyate
kAla~njara is one of the ancient shrines of shiva. The word is a name of mahAdeva, meaning One who Burns Down the Death. An ancient town by this name, on the banks of bhAgIrathI was also an ancient fort of invincible chandela-s and the pratihAra-s. Today the dilapidated fort that goes by the corrupted name kalinjar is in the forests of the modern Banda town of UP -- A great site to be seen! (fort walls broken by the canons of jehadi turuShka-s). There is a shrine to mahAdeva at the site, partial construction of which goes back to at least early gupta period.
bhArata mentions the glory of the shrine of kAla~njara in vanaparvan like this:
tataH kAla~njara.n gatvA parvata.n lokavishrutam
tatra deva hrade snAtvA gosahasraphala.n labhet
AtmAna.n sAdhayettatra girau kAla~njare nR^ipa
svargaloke mahIyeta naro nAstyatra saMshayaH
and also in anushAsana parvan like this:
ga~NgAyamunayostIrthe tathA kAla~njare girau
ShaShTihrada upaspR^ishya dAnaM nAnyadvishiShyate