{"id":59132,"date":"2025-08-12T12:14:40","date_gmt":"2025-08-12T06:44:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=59132"},"modified":"2025-08-12T13:35:59","modified_gmt":"2025-08-12T08:05:59","slug":"vitthal-rukhmini-temple","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/vitthal-rukhmini-temple\/","title":{"rendered":"Vitthal Rukhmini Temple"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Vitthal Rukhmini Temple Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A Marathi-Hindi language row has emerged at Pandharpur&#8217;s renowned Vitthal-Rukhmini temple recently.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Vitthal Rukhmini Temple<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a<\/span><b> Hindu temple<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> situated in Pandharpur, <\/span><b>Maharashtra<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Located on the <\/span><b>banks of the river Bhima,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> also <\/span><b>known as Chandrabhaga, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sri Vitthal Rukmini Mandir is <\/span><b>dedicated to Lord Vithoba, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">a <\/span><b>form of the Lord Vishnu<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> or Krishna, and his consort Rukhmini.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The temple is classified as one among the 108 Abhimana Kshethrams of the Vaishnavate tradition.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Vitthal Rukhmini Temple <\/b><b>History<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The temple was <\/span><b>built by King Vishnuvardhana of the Hoysala Empire<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> between <\/span><b>1108 and 1152 CE.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He built the temple after being <\/span><b>persuaded by Pundalik, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">a <\/span><b>historical figure, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">great devotee of Lord Krishna.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There is an <\/span><b>inscription in the temple, of<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> a<\/span><b> Hoysala King Vira Someshwara <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">dating back to 1237 CE, which grants the temple a village for its upkeep.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>An extensive temple<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> was <\/span><b>constructed <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in the second half of the <\/span><b>13th century <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">following the <\/span><b>Hemadpanti style of architecture.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The temple was <\/span><b>attacked by invaders <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and completely damaged.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><b>present temple <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">was <\/span><b>built in the 17th century<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &amp; later in the <\/span><b>Deccan style,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> with dome motifs and lobed arches <\/span><b>by the contribution of Peshwa<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">s of Pune, the <\/span><b>Shindes <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">of Gwalior, and the <\/span><b>Holkars <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">of Indore.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\">The temple was the <b style=\"font-size: inherit;\">first shrine in India<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that <\/span><b style=\"font-size: inherit;\">welcomed people and women from backward categories as priests in 2014.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/city\/kolhapur\/marathi-hindi-dispute-at-pandharpur-temple\/articleshow\/123244312.cms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">TOI<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vitthal Rukhmini Temple is a revered Hindu shrine in Pandharpur, Maharashtra, dedicated to Lord Vitthal and Goddess Rukhmini, attracting millions of devotees annually. 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