The story of GAYA | The tth beyond MYTH

Contents:

• WHAT IS THE STORY OF GAYA TIRTH?
• GAYA
• STORY OF GAYA
• WHAT IS GAYA? | THE CY OF HISTORIL SIGNIFINCE
• STORY OF LORD RAM VISG GAYA
• KG SURO AND THE FOTTEN HISTORY OF GAYA
• THE STORY OF GAYA
• STORY OF GAYā-TīRTHA
• HISTORY OF GAYA – CY OF HISTORIL SIGNIFINCE
• HISTORY GAYA
• GAYA KGDOM: MYTH AND HISTORY
• BODH GAYA: THE SE OF THE BUDDHA’S ENLIGHTENMENT

WHAT IS THE STORY OF GAYA TIRTH?

Devas then started Yagna and thereafter Brahma asked to brg Sacrificial pole to fix nearby lake (Brahmasara) and asked Dharma to place a slab on head of Gayasura.

Devas then pleased wh his scere votn gave him the boon that holy cy would be named after him (as Gaya) and they (Devas) perennially would stay there. Gaya (aka Kaya or Karak) was a nferatn which led central-southern Korea durg the Three Kgdoms perd om the 1st to 6th century CE. The pensula was domated by Gaya's more powerful neighbourg kgdoms of Goguryeo (Koguryo), Baekje (Paekche), and Silla, but Gaya, often the fotten enty this perd, was neverthels rich iron ore and their craftsmen beme highly skilled at fashng iron objects such as armour and weapons.

The high level of culture achieved by the Gaya stat would fluence Japan, their most important tradg partner. The tradnal dat for the Gaya nferacy are 42-532 CE, however, morn historians prefer to emphasise the enty's more certa existence om the 2nd century CE. The nferatn nsisted of six trib, the most powerful of which were the Dae Gaya and Guya trib, wh the latter later known as the Bon Gaya ('Origal').

GAYA

The Gaya nferatn produced fe ironwork, fluential stoneware, & the celebrated strged stment the gayagm. The Gaya nferatn prospered due to s fertile agricultural lands, marime tra, and above all, s rich iron ore poss.

There are few tails available on the workg of the Gaya stat or daily life, but we n image a siar mol to the ntemporary Three Kgdoms where a royal fay domated a hierarchil aristocracy which, turn, erned the provc domated by a farmg peasantry. Throughout their history, the Gaya stat were nstantly harassed by their neighbours the Silla and Baekje kgdoms and nsequently never had the opportuny to form a more centralised state which polil stabily might have permted. From the mid-4th century CE, Baekje beme more terrorial amb durg the reign of Kg Gnchogo and attacked Gaya lands.

Then when the Silla kgdom expand the 6th century CE, Gaya's alliance wh Baekje did no good at all and Bon-Gaya was nquered and stroyed (532 CE), as was Daegaya (562 CE) and the other important Gaya towns. The issue is loured by natnalistic bias so that some historians claim that Gaya was a Japane lony while others propose that horse rirs om the Eurasian steppe me to Japan via Gaya and troduced the burial tumul to that culture. Evince is lackg eher way, although most scholars agree that the Gaya was the more advanced culture and recent fds of iron horse armour, notably om a 5th century CE tomb, suggt that the Gaya did master the e of that animal.

STORY OF GAYA

Early relatns wh Han Cha is evinced by 1st-century CE Che fds at Bon-Gaya and by the prence of the slopg kiln ed by Gaya potters. Gaya artists produced grey stoneware clay pottery the form of stemmed cups, horn-shaped cups, tall jars wh pierced stems, and spouted vsels the form of ducks, sho, warrrs, boats, and even ho.

Gaya potters likely passed on this novatn to Japan where the famo sueki (or sue) stoneware would be produced as a rult. Another succsful export was the gayagm (kayagum), a zher wh 12 silk strgs thought to have been vented by Kg Gasil the 6th century CE, which would be taken up by micians Japan and which remas a potent symbol of Korean culture even today. In the 4th century CE, the tombs of the Gaya typilly took the form of rectangular or oval p grav set to natural mounds.

WHAT IS GAYA? | THE CY OF HISTORIL SIGNIFINCE

From the mid-5th century CE, the Gaya nstcted stone chamber tombs wh later exampl havg a horizontal entrance.

STORY OF LORD RAM VISG GAYA

As already mentned, many tombs have equtrian equipment such as iron armour, saddle parts, bs, and stirps suggtg the horse was an important part of Gaya culture and warfare. This page scrib the Story of Gaya clud the Puranic encyclopaedia by Vettam Mani that was translated to English 1975.

Var mos of transportatn jo Gaya wh different ma towns of Bihar njunctn wh the relaxatn of India Gaya is sacred now no longer simplt for Hd however addnally for Buddhists, bee the regn has many Buddhist pilgrim statns. The termology of Gaya is primarily based totally on the parable of mon Gayasur who Lord Vishnu had killed a duel.

KG SURO AND THE FOTTEN HISTORY OF GAYA

Legend says that Lord Rama had e to Gaya to pay homage to his anctors, and Sa had observed him on his way. This Gaya Temple is at the nfluence of the river Morhar & Dargah Gaya, is well-known for the quiet sacred Lord Shiva Temple. Lord Ram after beg tablished as the kg of Ayodhya was advised to performed sraddha for his father Dasharatha at the holy place of Gaya.

Seongsan Gaya, SeongjuDae Gaya, GoryeongBihwa Gaya, ChangnyeongAra Gaya, HamanSo Gaya, GoseongGmkwan Gaya, Gimhae. This page scrib the Story of Gaya-tirtha clud the Puranic encyclopaedia by Vettam Mani that was translated to English 1975.

The followg story is told the Agni Purāṇa about the orig of this very reputed sacred place at Gayā asura lled Gaya was once performg tapas here.

THE STORY OF GAYA

As the tensy of his tapas went on creasg, the Devas got nervo and they approached Viṣṇu wh the requt that he should save them om Gayāsura. Ultimately Viṣṇu appeared to Gaya and as requted by him granted him the boon to the effect that he would bee more holy and sanctified than all the tīrthas the world. Brahmā and other Devas beme aaid of Gaya’s power and prows and they plaed about him to Viṣṇu, who advised Brahmā to requt Gaya for his body orr to perform a yajña.

STORY OF GAYā-TīRTHA

When told about this fact Viṣṇu lled up Dharmava (See Marīci, Para 3) and told him th: "You please hold vaśilā (a dive stone) on the body of Gaya, and let all the Devas s upon , and I shall be seated on the stone along wh the Devas, holdg the gadā (club) my hands. After the yajña was over Brahmā gave the Gaya temple 20, 000 yards (5 Krośa) extent wh 55 villag attached to as dakṣiṇā (fee) to the masters of the ceremony. Angry at this Brahmā cursed the people of Gayā, and acrdg to the brahms beme illerate and evilmd; rivers flowed wh water stead of k and honey.

The brahms lamentg over their evil fate submted their grievanc before Brahmā, who nsoled them th: Well, brahms of Gayā, as long as there exist the sun and the moon you will ntue to be pennt upon the Gayā tīrtha for your stenance.

Whoever to Gayā and giv offergs to you and performs the due r for the souls of the parted, the souls of hundred generatns of his anctors will be transfered om hell to heaven where they will atta fal beatu. Gaya riv s name om the mythologil mon Gayasur (which lerally means Gaya the mon), mon (asur, a Sanskr word) and Gaya. Lord Vishnu killed Gayasur, the holy mon by g the prsure of his foot over cint transformed Gayasur to the seri of rocky hills that make up the landspe of the Gaya is a legend that lord Vishnu promise to mon Gayasur that this cy will be popular by the name of Great Demon Gaya sur.

HISTORY OF GAYA – CY OF HISTORIL SIGNIFINCE

Acrdg to great Epic Ramayana The lord Rama along wife Sa vised Gaya and performed shraddha (pnddan) at Gaya durg the fortnight perd jt Before Durga Pooja known as Panda (prit of Vishnu Temple) have a evince that Mrya, Gupta kg, Kumaril Bhatt, Ram Krishna Paramhansa, Chattaian Maha Pharavu and Lord Shankara Charaya also vised Gaya to performed Vishnu Pad temple is one of the most attractive and sred of the all the vaisnava and tradnal Vishnu temple. This is stand on the famo mythology or story of killg domen Gayasur and leavg a mark of the footprt of lord Vishnu on the rock. Who brought about 1200 sculptors om jaipur (Rajasthan) The temple is nstcted by black grane stone om patherkatti (Gayaji) and nstctn of temple was pleted about 12 year.

It is believed that Rama belonged to Treta Yuga, This yuga vered 12, 96, 000 mortal Treta, me Dwapar yuga verg 8, 64, 000 mortal is the kali perd is to ver another 4, 32, 000 mortal such a suatn Rama me to Gaya for offerg oblatn to his ceased father more than 12 lakh years ago.

And the pddaan Gaya Ji practice for the salvatn of a soul was vogue sce long and still ntu to be an tegral part of Hdumythology. Gaya riv s name om the mythologil mon Gayasur (which lerally means Gaya the holy mon), mon (asur, a Sanskr word) and Gaya.

HISTORY GAYA

And Gaya Mahatmya also speaks about the powerful mon Gayasur and how Lord Vishnu his mace bearg form had persuad the mon motnls wh his body and how Lord Vishnu killed Gayasur.

The holy mon by g the prsure of his foot over him and formg the panch kosi Gaya khetra, the most p land on earth, And Gayasur was the creatn of Brahma and his body wh his head the north vers the area om the bodhgaya on the south to prethshilla on the north, and after his ath many people have flocked to Gaya to perform shraddha or pddaan sacrific on his body to absolve the ss of their anctors.

GAYA KGDOM: MYTH AND HISTORY

And It was said that the Gayasura’s body would ntue to be known as Gaya is believed that this place has been blsed by purifitory powers. ( is wrten Bedpuran) Gayaji is only one of the plac where hdu worship their parents, anctors wh the Lord. The orig of the name ‘Gaya’, as referred to Vayu Purana, is that Gaya was the name of a mon (Asura) whose body was dive after he did rigid penance and secured blsgs om Vishnu.

It is loted Gaya, Bihar, India on the bank of the river Phalgu, marked by a footprt of Lord Vishnu lled Dharmsila, rved to a block of basalt. The place of ancient Gaya received om the acunt the Ramayana of the god Rama g here to the banks of Phalgu River (lled the Niranjana), acpanied by his wife and younger brother, to offer pd-daan for their father Dasharatha, for the moksha of his soul.

BODH GAYA: THE SE OF THE BUDDHA’S ENLIGHTENMENT

In Buddhist documented history the 6th century BCE, Gtama Buddha attaed enlightenment at Bodh Gaya, 16 km (9. Gaya grew the Mrya Empire (321–187 BCE), which led om the cy of Pataliputra (near to morn Patna) over an area that spread beyond the Indian subntent.