Sundarnarayan temple is located at the corner of Ahillyabai Holkar Bridge. The tale starts like this: Vrinda Davy was a really pious and faithful wife of Jalandar – a terrible devil. Jalandar, a mighty crook, was the lover of Lord Shiva. Delighted with his prayers and impressed by Jalandar’s wife’s chastity, Lord Shiva granted him a blessing that made him immortal. With this boon, Jalandar became vicious and started creating havoc on Globe.
He not only troubled human beings, but also disturbed the Gods. He still pretended to pick up a quarrel with Lord Shiva himself. It became necessary to eliminate him, which was adverse to the boon granted by Lord Shiva. The alone path out was to suspect Vrinda Devi’s chastity. For this task Lord Vishnu duplicated himself to look like Jalandar and lived with Vrinda Devi.
Thus her chastity was suspected and the boon given to Jalandar was withdrawn and he was put down. When Vrinda Devi came to know of the deception played by Lord Vishnu, she became angry and cursed Lord Vishnu. His attractive body turned dark due to the torment.
Lord Vishnu took a holy bath in the river Godavari and regained his complexion. Since he became beautiful again, – the Lord is named as Sundarnarayana. Sundar in Marathi means beautiful.
Sundarnarayan Temple
Address: Panchavati, Nashik, Maharashtra 422001
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