{"id":28684,"date":"2024-12-13T10:56:51","date_gmt":"2024-12-13T05:26:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=28684"},"modified":"2025-04-08T21:19:21","modified_gmt":"2025-04-08T15:49:21","slug":"pandupol-hanuman-temple","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/pandupol-hanuman-temple\/","title":{"rendered":"Pandupol Hanuman Temple"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>About Pandupol Hanuman Temple:<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>It is a revered <strong>5000-year-old<\/strong> shrine located within the lush expanse of the <strong>Sariska Tiger Reserve in Alwar, Rajasthan.\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>The history of the Pandupol Hanuman Temple is deeply intertwined with Hindu mythology.\n<ul>\n<li>Legend has it that during the period of the Mahabharata, the <strong>Pandavas<\/strong>, <strong>along with<\/strong> their wife <strong>Draupadi, spent a significant amount of time in exile<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>It is believed that <strong>they visited this area<\/strong>, then known as Viratnagar, during their exile years.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Bhima had an encounter with Hanuman<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>The temple&#8217;s name, &#8220;<strong>Pandupol<\/strong>,&#8221; is derived <strong>from the word &#8220;Pandava<\/strong>,&#8221; signifying its connection to this legendary narrative.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>The term &#8220;Hanuman&#8221; in the temple&#8217;s name is in honor of Lord Hanuman.<\/li>\n<li>The temple&#8217;s primary attraction is the <strong>reclining statue of Hanuman,<\/strong> which was <strong>established<\/strong> here <strong>by the Pandavas.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Key Facts about Sariska Tiger Reserve:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>It is located in the state of <strong>Rajasthan<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>It is well <strong>nestled in the Aravali Hills<\/strong>, covering an area of 800 sq km.<\/li>\n<li>It was once a <strong>hunting ground of the Maharaja of Alwar<\/strong> before being proclaimed a natural reserve in 1955 and a national park in 1979.<\/li>\n<li>It is the <strong>first reserve in the world to successfully relocate tigers<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>It is also famous for <strong>old temples<\/strong>, palaces, <strong>and lakes<\/strong> such as <strong>Pandu Pol, Bhangarh Fort,Ajabgarh, Pratapgarh, Siliserh Lake,<\/strong> and <strong>Jai Samand Lake.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Vegetation<\/strong>: The vegetation of Sariska corresponds to <strong>Northern Tropical Dry Deciduous Forests<\/strong> and <strong>Northern Tropical Thorn Forest<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Flora<\/strong>: The area of this reserve is covered with <strong>dhok trees.<\/strong> Other species found include salar, kadaya, gol, ber, Banyan, gugal, bamboo, kair, adusta, etc.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Fauna<\/strong>: A variety of other wild animals, like the <strong>leopard, sambhar, chital, nilgai,<\/strong> four-horned antelope, wild boar etc are found in the reserve apart from the tiger.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><strong>Q1<\/strong>: What is the Aravali Range?<\/h3>\n<p>It is a mountain range located in northwestern India. It is one of the oldest fold mountains in the world. It runs approximately 670 km (430 mi) in a south-west direction, starting near Delhi, passing through southern Haryana and Rajasthan, and ending in Gujarat. The range contains a series of ridges and peaks, which have widths between 6 miles and 60 miles, and elevations that vary between 1,000 and 3,000 feet.<\/p>\n<p><strong>News<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.devdiscourse.com\/article\/law-order\/3190540-balancing-devotion-and-conservation-pandupols-dilemma\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Balancing Devotion and Conservation: Pandupol&#8217;s Dilemma<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pandupol Hanuman Temple is a revered 5000-year-old shrine located within the lush expanse of the Sariska Tiger Reserve in Alwar, Rajasthan. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":28685,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-28684","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","8":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28684","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28684"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28684\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28685"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28684"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28684"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28684"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}