SRI JAL NARAYANA Shri Jal Narayan Temple reminds us Kathmandu Nepal. There are only two temples of Jalanarayan temple in the world one is in Nepal and the other in Tiruvallur in Chennai

Budhanilkantha Temple is on northern side of Kathmandu and situated on the foot hill of Shivapuri National Park. Lord Budhanilkantha sleeps on the bed of serpent in a water tank, which resembles to the Lord Vishnu sleeping on the bed of serpent in the cosmic ocean. However, the literal meaning of Budhanilkantha is Buddha and Nilkantha (One of the names of Shiva). A farmer, while plowing his farm, found the black stone idol of Budhanilkantha, in the time of antiquit

Located here is a Deity of Lord Vishnu, Vishnu (Narayan) Jalasayana, lying on Ananta Sesa, in the cosmic ocean. The Deity is over 1,000 years old. Lord Vishnu is about 5m (17 ft) long and is lying in a

13m (43 ft) long tank, as if floating, with His legs crossed. His four hands hold the four symbols of Vishnu: the chakra (disc), club, and conch-shell and lotus flower. Budhanilkantha literally means “old blue-throat.” Ananta has 11-hooded heads. It is believed that the deity was carved in the 7th or 8th century during the Licchavi period. Hindus can walk down the steps and touch His feet, but foreigners cannot. The main festival of the year is when Lord Vishnu, who sleeps on the cosmic ocean during Chaturmasya period wakes up on the Haribondhini Ekadashi day in late October or early November. Many thousands of people come on this day. Three other images of Lord Vishnu were carved at the same time. One is here at Budhanilkantha and is considered the most important and original, one is at Balaju Gardens, and one is at the old Royal Palace in Kathmandu, but can not be viewed by tourist. The king of Nepal is not allowed to see the deity at Budhanilkantha, but he can see the other two deities. It is believed if the king sees this deity of Vishnu he will die immediately. The deity of Budhanilkantha was lost for a while and was later rediscovered by a farmer. It is believed that the farmers struck the buried deity with his plough and that blood came out from the ground.The morning puja between 9 and 10 am is interesting.

Sleeping Narayana from Budha Nilakantha, Nepal, circa 8th century. stone more than life size. Lord Vishnu reclining on the coils of a cosmic serpent on the infinite ocean from which the world emerges. The Lord is shown lying down on a thousand-headed snake named Shesha or Ananta Nag Timeless or Ageless snake. “This primal insight into the dreamlike nature of the world of appearances has an oddly contemporary resonance given the direction of modern scientific thought. Long before post-Newtonian physics “discovered” that matter is essentially energy in drag – E =MC2 – the sages had already intuited that the physical universe is an emanation of the omnipotent Force, which they call Shakti.

PALLIKONDA SRI JAL NARAYANAN. Reclining Reclining dharshan of Lord Vishnu, like Jal Narayana of Kathmandu in Nepal. SIVAA VISHNU TEMPLE, THIRUVALLOOR, TAMILNADU, INDIA.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2wUD7Yytk4 compiled by cnu pne