[Advaita-l] 24 Gurus of Bhagavan Dattatreya - III

[Nithin Sridhar]

Though I stayed in Gujarat for 8 months, was unable to go to Girnar.
Hopefully someday I would make it.


On Mon, Dec 23, 2013 at 12:40 PM, Jaldhar H. Vyas <jaldhar at braincells.com>wrote:

> On Sat, 21 Dec 2013, Nithin Sridhar wrote:
>
>  Please also provide the chapter in which it occurs so that I may pursue
>> study in it.
>>
>>
> I mentioned it in my first post: 11th skandha, adhyayas 7-9.
>
>
> On Sat, 21 Dec 2013, Nithin Sridhar wrote:
>
>  You stay in Gujarat right?. Have you visited Girnar? Girnar is eternal
>> abode of Dattatreya. Even today there are many Sadhaks, Aghoris etc
>> living there doing Sadhana.
>>
>
> I've been to that area.  In puranas it is known as vastrapatha kShetra and
> its mahatmya is in the Skanda Purana.  There are many ancient tirths and
> historical monuments (such as shilalekhas of Ashoka, Skandagupta,
> Rudradaman of the kshatrapa dynasty etc.)  You are right that many
> sannyasis are found there.  Some are residents others are parivrajakas
> (wanderers) for whom this is a regular stop on a great pradakshina of
> Bharat.  From Mt. Abu (Arbudachala) they proceed through there on the way
> to Dwaraka/Somanath.
>
>
>
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