Trikuta

Trikuta

Trikuta

Mountain mentioned in Hindu mythology


Trikuta is a three-peaked mountain in Hindu mythology. It is one of the twenty mountains surrounding Maha Meru (Mount Meru) the home of Brahma. The height is said in the Bhagavata Purana to be 10,000 yojanas, and the three peaks are iron, silver and gold. The mountain is believed to be the second home of the divine goddess Durga. She was created with the power of the three goddesses to end evil; hence, the mountain is called Trikuta.[citation needed]

Trikuta in Jammu

Hill also known as Trikuta in Katra, Jammu and Kashmir, India, famous for the Vaishno-Devi temple

Another Trikuta is located in Jammu, India division. Trikuta, the triple peak, is where the holy shrine of Vaishno Devi can be found.[1]

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References

  1. Eck, Diana. India: A Sacred Geography, p. 282 At this place Bhairo baba mandir found. (Random House 2013).

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