The previous post in this series is here..
After getting down from the reclining Buddha temple, we had a very short drive to another parking area to see the 1000 linga river.
The kings had carved a 1000 lingas and other reliefs on the rock face after blocking the river and once done, had released the river across these carvings. The idea was that the water was blessed by the gods as it flowed over their reliefs and came down as a waterfall. They also planted herbs alongside so the falling water was medicinal.
The water source is a spring and you can see it gush water out in the video at the end of the post. It was cold fresh spring water at its source!
We walked a good mile along the river till we had crossed most of the lingas and turned back. The crowd was starting to arrive.
The next two photos are Sarak taking our making a selfie and the actual selfie..
We prayed at the little Buddha shrine near the river source (which used to be a Linga at some point back in time) and walked back. The buddhist take over some 700 years ago was apparently violent in some places and peaceful in some places where kings reconciled and built temples for Vishnu and Buddha side by side to appease people. Guess we now know where the “buddha is the 10th avatar of vishnu” logic came from. In Hindu mythology the 10th avatar is yet to arrive (Kalki.. who shows up to cleanse the world and close out things).
The video does a better job for this leg of the trip than the photos..
There was a lot of water flowing in the river which meant our next stop was going to be amazing!
