Ludhiana is a district in the Indian state of Punjab. The city stands on the Sutlej River’s old bank, 13 kilometres (8.1 mi) south of its present course.
Ludhiana was founded in 1480 by members of the ruling Lodhi dynasty of the Delhi Sultanate. The ruling sultan, Sikandar Lodhi, dispatched two ruling chiefs of his dynasty, Yusaf Khan and Nihand Khan, to assert Lodhi control over the region.
The two men camped at the site of present Ludhiana, which was then a village called Mir Hota. Yusaf Khan crossed the Sutlej & established Sultanpur, while Nihand Khan founded Ludhiana on the site of Mir Hota.
The name was originally “Lodhi-ana”, meaning “Lodhi town”, which has since shifted to the present form of Ludhiana.
VEDIK GYAN
Amarnath Yatra
One of the most sacred Hindu pilgrimages, Amarnath is worldwide famous for the natural formation of Shiva Linga from the snow.
This divine Yatra to the holy cave is opened only in the months of Shravan i.e. July and August as these are the only months when it is quite easy to access the holy cave.
The name of this divine cave is comprised of two segments i.e. Amar which means immortal and Nath which means Lord.
The name only suggests that this is the immortal place where Lord Shiva revealed the secret of life and death to his wife Goddess Parvati
A very popular legend states that Goddess Parvati demanded from Lord Shiva to reveal the secrets of the precious life and death but he didn’t want anybody to hear this secret.
So, they decided to hit for the cave in the mountains as it could be quite difficult to be accessed by any common person and even for the gods also.
Lord Shiva wanted to keep the secret between them only so they left all his companions and belongings on the way itself. For example, Nandi which was his ride was left behind at Pahalgam,the moon which was adorned on the top of his head was left at Chandanwadi , the snake which he used to wrap around his neck was left at Shesh Nag, and at last the five basic elements of life which he had carried were left at Panchtarni .
They even left his son Lord Ganesha at Mahaguna top and all these left belongings and companions are found by the devotees en route the mountainous trek.
The water freezes as it dripss slowly to form a tall, sharp, smooth conic ice shape— the lingam. It gets its full shape by May after which it begins melting gradually and by August it’s reduced to just a few feet in height
According to a Hindu belief, this divine cave was found by Buta Malik who was a shepherd.
The story goes like this that the shepherd once met with a saint here and that saint sent him a bag full of coal.
When he reached home and opened the bag he got surprised because the coal bag had been transformed into the bag filled with gold coins.
He wanted to thank that saint and went to the same place where he had met with the shepherd but he couldn’t find him and there was a shrine established at that place. Since then the place has been named as Amarnath shrine.
The Shiva-lingam, which is the prime object of spiritual offerings at Amarnath is formed by trickling water falling from a narrow cleft on the cave’s roof.
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