76 Feet tall Shiva Idol: Pride of Jabalpur.

Hi everyone, 

Today, I am going to introduce you a Shiva Idol which is a point of tourist attraction. 

Kachnar City: A well known place located in outer region of Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh. Kachnar city is also known as "Vijaynagar".  

The Kachnar City is well known for the tourist attraction and religious destination for the locals and the people from abroad because of the tallest statue of Lord Shiva .

This statue was build in the year 2004 and made available for general public from february, 2006.

This Lord Shiva Idol was made by a builder named Arun Tiwari.

The statue measured around 76 feet tall, build under open sky on the cavern which have replicas of Shiv-Lingam called as "Jyotirlinga". There are 12 Jyotirlinga in the cavern. These 12 Jyotirlinga has been collected from various shrines of Lord Shiva throughout the country.

Shri Bheemshankar- Pune, Maharashtra.

Shri Kedarnath- Uttaranchal

Shri Mahakaleshwar- Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh

Shri Malleshware (Omkareshwar)- Khandwa, Madhya Pradesh

Shri Mallikarjun- Hyderabad

Shri Nageshwar- Dwarkapuri, Gujarat

Shri Rameshwar- Tamil Nadu

Shri Somnath- Gujarat

Shri Trayambkeshwar- Nasik, Maharashtra

Shri Baijnath- Pali

Shri Vishwanath- Varanasi, Uttar pradesh

There is a statue of his vehicle "Nandi Maharaj- An ox."  and jet water from dreadlocks of Shiva is major attraction.  

 Another cause of attraction to the Kachnar City and the temple is the regular celebration of “Arti” (aarthi, arathi arti, arati; आरती) in the evening which is one of the religious ritual of worship in Hinduism. Everyday in morning and evening aarti as per Indian mythology is celebrated at 7 am and 7 pm. Where in case of Monday, the day which is dedicated to Lord Shiva and fasting in his reverence and for blessings, the temple authority celebrate Maha Aarti. 

 The temple also have the idols of the Lord Ganesha and Saptarishi which makes the people charmed.