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Sadhuwan Center is a sprawling 2-acre land located in
Noida, near New Delhi. The land has an old
temple dedicated to Shri Voda Mahadeva , the presiding deity of
the Voda clan. Mythology places the
Vodas to be the descendants of the Nagas, the Celestial Serpents.
Mansa Devi, their Mother, is
worshipped in a famous temple located on a hill in Haridwar.
Another mythological reference is derived from the Rig Veda which
mentions the ashram of Rishi
Vaisravana, Son of Lord Brahma, at the banks of River Hiranya.
This river was later known as Har
Nandi which is now called Hindon. His son, Kubera, the Celestial
Keeper of Wealth, was born here.
Lord Kubera performed intense penance at this ashram.
This area finds mention in an ancient Sanskrit text named Brahma
Vansha Vistaar, translated by Shri
Sahajanand Saraswati. This site is mentioned here as the ashram of
Rishi Parashurama, being locatedbetween the rivers Yamuna and Har Nandi. Currently, both the
rivers have shifted their course by
about 3kms. The presiding Shankaracharya of Joshi Math visited
this temple in 1972.
There is an idol of Shri Nandi Deva, the Celestial Bull-Bearer of
Shri Mahadeva Shiva. It is dated around 14 century AD. There was a
dwelling with basement which was used for occult practices by
vagrant sadhus. This building has been restored as a Shrine Of
Universal Love (Soul) where Mother
Goddess is being consecrated.
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