HYDERABAD: Hyderabadi's will now have the opportunity of walking through the seven doors of heaven or the Brahmalok, at the newly opened mythological museum Kunda Satyanarayana Kaladhamam.
Whether it’s the vana vasam of Lord Rama or the churning of the Ksheera Sagaram (Milky Ocean), the mythological museum presents Indian mythology to devotees, especially youngsters, in a simplified manner.
A 60-km drive away from the city, this museum at Surendrapuri near Yadagirigutta presents a great opportunity to devotees to get acquainted with the fascinating events of the Ramayana, the Mahabharata, the Bhagawad Gita and other Puranas.
Filled with white clouds and Royal swans, the Brahmalok appears very attractive to the devotees, with Brahma and Goddess Saraswati sitting on Pushpa Asan. With Saptarishis, Manasputras of Brahmaji, Nava Brahmas, Asta Vasus, Nava Prajapatis, Muni Narad and Muni Tumbur and Sanak, Sanandadi divine sages, this Brahmalok is marvelous.
In Vishnulok, the devotees can see Jaya and Vijaya guarding the doors, Lord Vishnu sleeping in Seshnag amidst the milky ocean within the seven sacred doors, Goddess Lakshmi doing paricharya, Lord Brahma, Garutman, Hanuman and Vishwaksen standing obediently.
The Sivalok created on Silver mount with the divine couple Siva-Parvathi, Ganesh, Karthikeya, Veerbhadra, Bhadrakali, Bhrungeswar, Nandiswar and Kalabhairava with their vehicles are erected here in an attractive way.
The Naglok, having scenes of Nagaraj, Nagrani and princess, Bhima tied up by the serpent soldiers, make the devotees feel as if they were in real Naglok. Even the Indralok has been prepared with attractive images of Lord Indra, Sachi Devi, Ashta Dikpalas, Guru Brihaspati, Sage Narad, Dancing scenes of divine damsels Rambha, Urvasi, Menaka, Tilottama.
Yamlok are magnificent with the figures of Yamaraj, Chitragupt.
At Naraklok, the terrifying scenes of bloody river Varitarini, Kinkaras punishing the wicked papis were installed. The scene of Asur Mahiravan preparing Lord Ram and Lakshmana for human sacrifice before terrifying Patal Bhairavi was arranged at Patal lok. The complete history of Hanuman is exhibited in beautiful paintings.
According to Kunda Satyanarayana, the man behind the Kaladhamam, “The best part about this place is that you can have the darshan of all the Gods in one place.” Satyanarayana got this idea a decade ago and he constructed the centre in the memory of his son Surendra who passed away at a young age.
He always wanted to do something in his memory and zeroed in on this idea when he realised that it was impossible for anybody to visit all the temples in one lifetime. Satyanarayana disposed all his property and pumped in about Rs 6 crore to complete this project, which he entrusted to Chennai, based sculptor C.Rajendran, who is the man behind making Khairatabad Ganesha every year.
Another unique feature of the Knowledge City is the 60-foot tall Panchamukha Hanuman.
That’s not all; this sprawling 18-acre set up also has famous replicas of all the important temples and gods such as Kaashi Viswanath, Kolkata Kali, Madhura Meenakshi, Tirumala Balaji, Shirdi Saibaba, Palani Kumara Swami and Ayodhya Rama.