GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

GK

HIMACHAL PRADESH

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
In which place the holy flames that run on natural gas in District Kangra of Himachal Pradesh?
A
Jawalamukhi
B
Brajeshwari Devi temple
C
Chamunda Devi Temple
D
Dalai Lama Temple
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -One such place is the Jwala Ji of Kangra. Done in the traditional Jwala temple style of a four cornered building with a small dome on top, it holds in its center a hollowed stone in which a flame has been burning for hundreds of years.

Detailed explanation-2: -Here the goddess is personified as tiny flames that burn through the chasms in the age old rock. At this place several flames continue burning day and night. According to the devotees the goddess menifests herself in a blue flame fed by natural gas that shoots out of the rock.

Detailed explanation-3: -Nine flames have been named after the goddesses – Mahakali, Annapurna, Chandi, Hinglaj, Vidhya, Basni, Maha Lakshmi, Saraswati, Ambika and Anji Devi which burn continuously.

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