journey for Moheshkhali

Moheshkhali Fair of Sree Adinath

Temple

 Moheshkhali is an island under Cox's Bazar district not very far from the mainland.This is a wonderful island in the Bay of Bengal. There, the Adinath temple at the top of Mainak hillock is a place of worship for Hindu devotees.

 A landlord named Nur Mohammad Shikdar donated 200 acres of land to reconstruct the age-old Adinath Temple. The fair associated with the temple started from that time.

Every year in the Bengali month of Falgun, especially during Krishnapakkha, the thirteen days fair is held at the foot of the hillock on land facing the vast sea.

The sweet water of green coconuts especially grown in this place is a most attractive and popular drink. Devotees and visitors to the fair drink it before worshipping the goddess of Adinath.

 This temple is dedicated to the God Shiva, who is worshiped as Adinath. The temple is famous for the annual fair which held here during the spring season, and last for 13 days.

Shiva (Śiva; /ˈʃɪvə/  listen (help·info) meaning "The Auspicious One"), also known as Parameshwara(the Supreme God), Mahadeva, Mahesh ("Great God") or Bholenath ("Simple Lord"), is a popular Hindu deity and considered as the Supreme God within Shaivism, one of the three most influential denominations in Hinduism. Shiva is regarded as one of the primary forms of God, such as one of the five primary forms of God in the Smarta tradition, and "the Destroyer" or "the Transformer" among the Trimurti, the Hindu Trinity of the primary aspects of the divine. Shiva is also regarded as the patron god of yoga and arts.
Shiva is usually worshiped in the aniconic form of Lingam. Shiva of the highest level is limitless, transcendent, unchanging and formless. However, Shiva also has many benevolent and fearsome forms. In benevolent aspects, he is depicted as an omniscient Yogi who lives an ascetic life on Mount Kailash, as well as a householder with wife Parvati and two sons, Ganesha and Kartikeya or as the Cosmic Dancer. In fierce aspects, he is often depicted slaying demons. The most recognizable iconographical attributes of the god are a third eye on his forehead, a snake around his neck, the crescent moon adorning and the river Ganga flowing from his matted hair, the trishula as his weapon and the damaru as his instrument.
Shiva as we know him today shares features with the Vedic god Rudra. Historians have also suggested that worship of Shiva existed in pre-Vedic times, but not all historians agree on this.
source view--wikipedia.

 Moheshkhali Island is another attractive place for tourists. It is situated at the coast of Cox's Bazar. It has an area of 268 square kilometers.

 Through the center of the island and along the eastern coastline rises, a range of low hills, 300 feet high; but the coast to the west and north is a low-lying treat, fringed by mangrove forest.

 In the hills on the coast is built the shrine of Adinath, dedicated to Siva. By its side on the same hill is Buddhist Pagoda. A person can go to this Island by local motorboat called trawler or by speedboat.

 By trawler, it takes an hour and a half and by speedboat, it takes only half an hour to reach. A person can see mangrove forests, hilly areas, salt field etc on the island. This island is famous for Buddhist Temple and Pagoda; A tourist can enjoy a full day sight seeing if he intends to visit Sonadia and some other Islands nearby.