tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-54408378165862308212024-03-21T14:30:17.380-07:00Temples for Lord ShivaThis blog is dedicated to Lord Shiva. All the details of the temples, the great works of many poets are carefully selected and given to the readers. We request the readers to add or correct any information and join this blog.Temples for Lord Shivahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09151655166180300113noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5440837816586230821.post-61075075737510564742012-02-07T10:28:00.000-08:002012-02-07T10:28:42.164-08:00Sri Kalahastheeswarar<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:WordDocument> <w:View>Normal</w:View> <w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:PunctuationKerning/> <w:ValidateAgainstSchemas/> <w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:IgnoreMixedContent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:Compatibility> <w:BreakWrappedTables/> <w:SnapToGridInCell/> <w:WrapTextWithPunct/> <w:UseAsianBreakRules/> <w:DontGrowAutofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:BrowserLevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:LatentStyles DefLockedState="false" LatentStyleCount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if !mso]><img src="http://img2.blogblog.com/img/video_object.png" style="background-color: #b2b2b2; " class="BLOGGER-object-element tr_noresize tr_placeholder" id="ieooui" data-original-id="ieooui" /> <style>
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="mytext2"><span>KALAHASTI is a town in the Chittoor District of Andhra Pradesh. It has a temple dedicated to Lord Siva, and is famous throughout India as a sacred place and a place of pilgrimage. This religious centre, which is situated between two steep hills, called Sripuram and Mummidicholapuram, is said to have formed part of Seshasaila or Mount Meru, in the ancient days. </span></span><span><br />
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<span class="mytext2">Kalahasti is situated near the pilgrimage town of Tirupati and is visited by thousands of pilgrims. Kalahasti temple is also associated with Rahu and Ketu, (of the nine grahams or celestial bodies in the Indian astrological scheme). </span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="mytext2"><b><u><span><span style="text-decoration: none;"><br />
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<i>The historical reference to this temple occur in the works of Nakkeerar, a Tamil poet in 3rd Century BC during the Tamil Sangam Dynasty. He called it as Southern Kailash.Nakkeera composed hundred stanzas to praise Srikalahasteeswara. </i></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i><span>The hill adjacent to temple has still carvings in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pallava" title="Pallava"><span style="text-decoration: none;">Pallava</span></a> style. The <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cholas" title="Cholas"><span style="text-decoration: none;">Cholas</span></a> renovated the old Pallava temple in 11th century. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kulothunga_Chola_I" title="Kulothunga Chola I"><span style="text-decoration: none;">Kulottunga Chola I</span></a> constructed the Galigopuram, the main entrance facing south and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kulothunga_Chola_III" title="Kulothunga Chola III"><span style="text-decoration: none;">Kulottunga Chola III</span></a> constructed few other temples. In 12th Century A.D., King Veeranarasimha Yadavaraya built the present Prakaras, and the four Gopurams connecting the four entrances. </span></i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i><span>According an inscription of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krishnadevaraya" title="Krishnadevaraya"><span style="text-decoration: none;">Krishnadevaraya</span></a> of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vijayanagara_empire" title="Vijayanagara empire"><span style="text-decoration: none;">Vijayanagara empire</span></a> dating back to 1516 A.D., he constructed the Hundred Pillared Mantapam and the other tall Galigopuram that faces west to east. In 1529 A.D., King Achutaraya of the Vijayanagara empire got his coronation performed here, before he celebrated in his capital City.</span></i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
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</span></span></u></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><u><span>The Legend</span></u></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><u><span><br />
</span></u></b></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> </span></span><div style="color: black; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span>Lord Shiva disguised as <i>Vayu</i> (Air) observed that The Spider (SRI), Cobra (KALA) and Elephant (HASTI) worshipped Him very devotedly. So Lord Shiva made them to relieve from the curse and attain salvation, hence this place is called Srikalahasti. Many more Tamil Saivite saints like Sambandar, Appar, Manikkavasagar, Sundaramurti, Pattinathar and Sri Ramalinga Swami of Vadalur have also visited this place</span></span></div><div style="color: black; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="color: black; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span>The name of the place comes from three animals, Sri (spider), Kala (snake) and Hasti (elephant) who worshipped <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shiva" title="Shiva"><span style="text-decoration: none;">Shiva</span></a> and gained salvation here. A statue that shows all three animals is situated in the main shrine.</span></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> </span></span><div style="color: black; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span>The legend here is similar to that of the Jambukeswara temple at <a href="http://www.templenet.com/Tamilnadu/s089.html" target="_top">Tiruvanaikka</a>. Shiva is said to have given salvation to a spider, elephant and a serpent who were ardent devotees of the Shiva Lingam located here. The spider is said to have attained salvation in Kritayuga (the first of the four yugas in the Hindu tradition), while the elephant and the snake were devotees in Treta Yugam, the succeeding aeon. The elephant's devotional outpouring was a source of disturbance to the serpent's display of devotion and vice versa, resulting in animosity between the two, until Shiva's intervention gave both the devotees their liberation. </span></span></div><div style="color: black; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="color: black; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><strong><span>Kannappa Nayanaar</span></strong><span>, a hunter is said to have been a great devotee of Kalahasteeswarar. Legend has it that he offered his own eyes to the Shivalingam, and for this reason earned the name Kannappan (his original name being Thinnan), and the distinction of having his statue adorn the sanctum. Nakkiradevar, Indra, Rama, Muchukunda and others are believed to have worshipped Shiva at this temple.</span></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> </span></span><div style="color: black; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
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</div><div style="color: black; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span>The <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skanda_Purana" title="Skanda Purana"><span style="text-decoration: none;">Skanda Purana</span></a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shiva_Purana" title="Shiva Purana"><span style="text-decoration: none;">Shiva Purana</span></a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linga_Purana" title="Linga Purana"><span style="text-decoration: none;">Linga Purnas</span></a> have a mention about Srikalahasti. The <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skanda_Purana" title="Skanda Purana"><span style="text-decoration: none;">Skanda Purana</span></a> says that <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arjuna" title="Arjuna"><span style="text-decoration: none;">Arjuna</span></a> visited this place, worshipped Kalahastiswara and met the sage <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bharadwaja" title="Bharadwaja"><span style="text-decoration: none;">Bharadwaja</span></a> on the top of the hill. It is believed that <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kannappa" title="Kannappa"><span style="text-decoration: none;">Kannappa</span></a> (also known as Bhakta Kannappa), a tribal devotee has worshipped <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shiva" title="Shiva"><span style="text-decoration: none;">Siva</span></a> at Srikalahasti. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamil_people" title="Tamil people"><span style="text-decoration: none;">Tamil</span></a> saints <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nayanars" title="Nayanars"><span style="text-decoration: none;">Nayanars</span></a> like <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Appar" title="Appar"><span style="text-decoration: none;">Appar</span></a> , <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sundarar" title="Sundarar"><span style="text-decoration: none;">Sundarar</span></a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sambanthar" title="Sambanthar"><span style="text-decoration: none;">Sambanthar</span></a> praised the deity in their hyms <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tevaram" title="Tevaram"><span style="text-decoration: none;">tevaram</span></a>.</span></span></div><div style="color: black; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brahma" title="Brahma"><span style="text-decoration: none;">Brahma</span></a>, the Hindu God of creation, is said to have worshipped Lord Shiva and bathed in the swarnamukhi river to get rid of "sisuhathya patakam" (the sin of killing children).</span></span></div><div style="color: black; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span>The river <i>Swarnamukhi</i> got its name from a belief that gold was found in its stream. <i>Swarna</i> means <i>gold</i> and <i>Swarnamukhi</i> means <i>gold faced</i> in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanskrit" title="Sanskrit"><span style="text-decoration: none;">Sanskrit</span></a>.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span><br />
<span class="mytext2"><b><u>Architecture:</u></b> The huge west facing Kalahastiswara temple is built adjoining a hill, and on the banks of the river Swarnamukhi. At some points, the hill serves as the wall of the temple. The temple prakarams go after the contour of the adjoining hill and hence the temple plan is rather irregular. North of the temple is the Durgambika hill, south is the Kannappar hill and east is the Kumaraswamy hill. </span><br />
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<span class="mytext2">Krishnadevaraya built a huge gopuram, a few feet away from the entrance to the temple. The entrance to the temple is crowned with a smaller tower. There is an underground Ganapati called Pathala Vinayagar, shrine in the outer prakaram, while in the innermost prakaram are the shrines of Shiva and Parvati. </span><br />
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<span class="mytext2">The present structure of the temple is a foundation of the Cholas of the 10th century, as testified by inscriptions; improvements and additions were made during the subsequent years of the Chola rulers of Tamilnadu and the Vijayanagar emperors.</span></span></span></div><div style="color: black; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="color: black; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><strong><span>Significance</span></strong><span>: This ancient temple dedicated to Shiva is one of the<strong> Pancha Bhoota Stalams</strong> (temples celebrating Shiva as the embodiment of the primary elements), air being the element in case here, the other five temples being <a href="http://www.templenet.com/Tamilnadu/s004.html" target="_top"><span style="text-decoration: none;">Tiruvannamalai</span></a> (Fire), <a href="http://www.templenet.com/Tamilnadu/s122.html" target="_top"><span style="text-decoration: none;">Chidambaram</span></a> (Space),<a href="http://www.templenet.com/Tamilnadu/s031.html" target="_top"><span style="text-decoration: none;">Tiruvanaikkaval</span></a> (Water) and <a href="http://www.templenet.com/Tamilnadu/s056.html" target="_top"><span style="text-decoration: none;">Kanchipuram</span></a> (Earth) respectively. </span></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> </span></span><div style="color: black; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="color: black; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><strong><span>Festivals</span></strong><span>: Maha Shivaratri which occurs in the Tamil month of Maasi (Feb 15 through March 15) is one of the greatest festival seasons here, and the celebrations are marked by processions of the deities. The fifth day of the festival in the month of Maasi coincides with the Maha Shivaratri.</span></span></div><div style="color: black; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Thiruvasagam meaning – Beautiful words or holy words. It’s a collection of poems, praising Lord Shiva, by the great devotee and saint Manikavachagar. The exact period of this poetic treasure is not know, but it is estimated to be 1100 years. Sivapuranam is the first section of Thiruvasagam. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
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The names of the sectiosn are -<br />
1 - Jnana Samhita,<br />
2 - Vidyeshvara Samhit,<br />
3 - Kailasa Samhita,<br />
4 - Sanatkumar Samhita,<br />
5 - Vayaviya Samhita and<br />
6 - Dharma Samhit.<br />
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Each samhita is further subdivided into chapters (Adhyaya). </span><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
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Jnana Samhita has Seventy-Eight Chapters, </span><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
Vidyeshvara Samhita Sixteen Chapters,<br />
Kailasa Samhita Twelve Chapters,<br />
Sanathkumar Samhila Fifty-Nine Chapters,<br />
Vayaviya Samhita Thirty Chapters and<br />
Dharma Samhita Sixty-Five Chapters.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><span>Namaccivaya vaazhga ~ nadhan thal vazhga</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><span>imaippozhudhum en ~ne~njjil ~nI~nggAdhAn thAL vAzhga kOgazhi ANda kurumaNidhan thAL vAzhga , Agamam Agi~nindRu aNNippAn thAL vAzhga , Egan anEgan iRaivan adivAzhga</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><i><span style="color: #333399;">Long live lord's name 'namaSivAya'! Long live lord's feet!</span></i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><i><span style="color: #333399;">Long live the lord's feet that do not leave my heart even for a moment!</span></i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><i><span style="color: #333399;">Long live the feet of the guru (master) who enslaved me in</span></i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><i><span style="color: #333399;">Long live the feet of the sweet lord who is the Agamas.</span></i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><i><span style="color: #333399;">Long live the only one! Long live the many formed! Long live the lord!</span></i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><span>vEgam keduththANda vE~ndhan adi velga</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><span>piRappaRukkum pi~nj~njaganthan peygazhalgaL velga</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><span>puRaththArkkuc cEyOnthan pU~nggazhalgaL velga</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><span>kara~ngguvivAr uLmagizhum kOngazhalgaL velga</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><span>sira~ngguvivAr O~ngguvikkum sIrOn kazhal velga</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><i><span style="color: #333399;">Victory to the king who stilled my fleeting mind!</span></i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><i><span style="color: #333399;">Victory to the anklet-worn feet of the lord wearing head ornaments who cut off my cycles of birth!</span></i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><i><span style="color: #333399;">Victory to the beautiful feet of the one who is far away (unreachable)</span></i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><i><span style="color: #333399;">for those who do not have bhakthi (devotion)!</span></i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><i><span style="color: #333399;">Victory to the feet of the king who rejoices in the minds of those who worship with folded hands!</span></i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><i><span style="color: #333399;">Victory to the feet of the king who uplifts those who worship with bowed heads!</span></i></span></div></td> </tr>
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><span>Isan adi pOtRi e~ndhai adi pOtRi</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><span>thEsan adi pOtRi sivan sEvadi pOtRi</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><span>~nEyaththE ~nindRa ~nimalan adi pOtRi</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><span>mAyap piRappu aRukkum mannan adi pOtRi</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><span>sIrAr peru~ndhuRai ~nam thEvan adi pOtRi 15</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><span>ArAdha inbam aruLum malai pOtRi</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><i><span style="color: #333399;">Hail the feet of god! Hail the feet of our father!</span></i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><i><span style="color: #333399;">Hail the feet of the radiant one! Hail the red (lotus like) feet of Siva, the auspicious one!</span></i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><i><span style="color: #333399;">Hail the feet of the blemishless one who is established in love!</span></i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><i><span style="color: #333399;">Hail the feet of the king who cuts off the ever-changing births!</span></i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><i><span style="color: #333399;">Hail the feet of our lord in beautiful thirupperu~ndhuRai!</span></i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><i><span style="color: #333399;">Hail the mountain (called Siva) that bestows the forever-enjoyable (i.e. eternal) bliss!</span></i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><span>sivan avan en si~ndhaiyuL ~nindRa adhanAl</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><span>avan aruLAlE avan thAL vaNa~nggic</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><span>ci~ndhai magizhac civapurANam thannai</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><span>mu~ndhai vinaimuzhudhum Oya uraippan yAn 20</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><span>kaN</span><span> ~nudhalAnthan karuNaik kaNgAtta va~ndhu eydhi</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><span>eNNudhaRku ettA ezhilAr kazhal iRai~njji</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><i><span style="color: #333399;">Siva is fully established in my mind. Therefore, with his grace, I bow to his holy feet. </span></i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><i><span style="color: #333399;">The god with an eye in the forehead came as my teacher and looked at me with his eyes of grace.</span></i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><i><span style="color: #333399;">Having received his grace, I worship his beautiful feet that are beyond imagination and set out to</span></i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><i><span style="color: #333399;">narrate the ancient Siva qualities (thathvas) to my heart's content, destroying my old karma in the process</span></i><span>.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><span>viN ~niRai~ndhum maN ~niRai~ndhum mikkAy, viLa~nggu oLiyAy,</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><span>eN iRa~ndhu ellai ilAdhAnE ~nin peru~njjIr</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><span>pollA vinaiyEn pugazhumARu ondRu aRiyEn</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><i><span style="color: #333399;">You fill the heavens, the earth, and even beyond. O the radiant one (i.e.</span></i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><i><span style="color: #333399;">jyOthisvarUpi)! You are beyond thought and you are limitless. I, the</span></i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><i><span style="color: #333399;">one with a past of many evil deeds, do not know how to praise you.</span></i></span></div></td> </tr>
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</div></td> <td style="border-color: -moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext -moz-use-text-color; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; height: 169.15pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 3in;" valign="top" width="288"> <div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><i><span style="color: #333399;">I have repeatedly taken countless births as various non-moving things</span></i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><i><span style="color: #333399;">such as rocks, grass, small plants, tress, etc. and various moving things</span></i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><i><span style="color: #333399;">such as worms, various animals, birds, snakes, humans, ghosts, gaNas,</span></i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><i><span style="color: #333399;">terrible demons (rakshasas), sages, devas, etc. O lord, I am tired of all</span></i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><i><span style="color: #333399;">this endless cycle.</span></i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><i><span style="color: #333399;">O the one who has no creation (i.e. beginning), limit (of duration of</span></i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><i><span style="color: #333399;">existence), or end! You create, maintain, and destroy this entire</span></i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><i><span style="color: #333399;">universe. You bestow your grace. (By your grace) You remove (my</span></i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><i><span style="color: #333399;">births) and make me enter your service.</span></i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><span>nAtRaththin ~nEriyAy, sEyAy, ~naNiyAnE</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><span>mAtRam manam kazhiya ~nindRa maRaiyOnE 45</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><span>kaRa~ndha pAl kannalodu ~ney kala~ndhAR pOlac</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><span>ciRa~ndhu adiyAr si~ndhanaiyuL thEnURi ~nindRu</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><span>piRa~ndha piRappu aRukkum e~nggaL perumAn</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><i><span style="color: #333399;">You are like the fragrance of the flower. You are far away (for those</span></i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><i><span style="color: #333399;">who have no bhakthi). You are very near (to your devotees). O the</span></i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><i><span style="color: #333399;">inner meaning of the vedas, you are beyond words and the mind! (This</span></i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><i><span style="color: #333399;">can also be translated as "O the inner meaning of the vedas, you are the</span></i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><i><span style="color: #333399;">one who remains when changes leave the mind - i.e. when the mind is</span></i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><i><span style="color: #333399;">stilled in meditation it is merged in God").</span></i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><i><span style="color: #333399;">O lord, you are the in the minds of the devotees giving them sweet bliss</span></i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><i><span style="color: #333399;">- like the delicious mixture of fresh milk, sugar, and ghee, and cut off</span></i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><i><span style="color: #333399;">their cycles of birth.</span></i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><i><span style="color: #333399;"><span> </span></span></i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><span>~niRa~nggaL Or ai~ndhu udaiyAy, viNNOrgaL Eththa</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><span>maRai~ndhiru~ndhAy, emberumAn<i><span style="color: #333399;"></span></i></span></span></div></td> <td style="border-color: -moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext -moz-use-text-color; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; height: 169.15pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 3in;" valign="top" width="288"> <div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><i><span style="color: #333399;">Our lord, you have five colors (i.e. the five elements - earth, water, fire,</span></i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><i><span style="color: #333399;">wind, and space). You remained hidden when devas were worshipping</span></i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><i><span style="color: #333399;">you.</span></i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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<tr style="height: 237.1pt;"> <td style="-moz-border-bottom-colors: none; -moz-border-image: none; -moz-border-left-colors: none; -moz-border-right-colors: none; -moz-border-top-colors: none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext; border-right: 1pt solid windowtext; border-style: none solid solid; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; height: 237.1pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 3in;" valign="top" width="288"> <div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><span>valvinaiyEn thannai </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><span>maRai~ndhida mUdiya mAya iruLai</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><span>aRam</span><span> pAvam ennum aru~nggayitRAl katti</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><span>puRam thOl pOrththu e~nggum puzhu azhukku mUdi,</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><span>malam sOrum onbadhu vAyil kudilai</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><span>mala~nggap pulan ai~ndhum va~njjanaiyaic ceyya, </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><span>vila</span><span>~nggu manaththAl, vimalA unakku</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><span>kala~ndha anbAgik kasi~ndhu uL urugum</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><span>~nalam thAn ilAdha siRiyERku ~nalgi</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><span>~nilam thanmEl va~ndhu aruLi ~nILkazhalgaL kAtti,</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><span>~nAyiR kadaiyAyk kida~ndha adiyERkuth </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><span>thAyiR ciRa~ndha thayA Ana thaththuvanE<i><span style="color: #333399;"></span></i></span></span></div></td> <td style="border-color: -moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext -moz-use-text-color; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; height: 237.1pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 3in;" valign="top" width="288"> <div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><i><span style="color: #333399;">I am hidden by the darkness of mAya (ignorance) caused by my strong</span></i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><i><span style="color: #333399;">karma. I am bound tightly by the rope of good and evil. I am enveloped</span></i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><i><span style="color: #333399;">on the outside by skin that covers all the filth and worms inside my</span></i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><i><span style="color: #333399;">body. I am stuck in this hut of nine entrances that keeps leaking waste.</span></i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><i><span style="color: #333399;">These five senses are conspiring against me. I am a dog-like lowly</span></i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><i><span style="color: #333399;">person with an animal-like mind that had no deep love for you.</span></i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><i><span style="color: #333399;">O the one without blemish! Yet, you came on this earth and blessed me</span></i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><i><span style="color: #333399;">by revealing your holy feet. O the embodiment of all knowledge, you</span></i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><i><span style="color: #333399;">showed a greater love than a mother would on this lowly person who is</span></i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><i><span style="color: #333399;">inferior even to a dog!</span></i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><span>mAsatRa sOdhi malar~ndha malarccudarE</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><span>thEsanE thEnAr amudhE sivapuranE</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><span>pAsamAm patRu aRuththup pArikkum AriyanE</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><span>~nEsa aruLpuri~ndhu ~ne~njjil va~njjam kedap 65</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><span>pErAdhu ~nindRa peru~nggaruNaip pErARE</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><span>ArA amudhE aLavilAp pemmAnE</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><span>OrAdhAr uLLaththu oLikkum oLiyAnE</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><span>~nIrAy urukki en AruyirAy ~nindRAnE</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div></td> <td style="border-color: -moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext -moz-use-text-color; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; height: 237.1pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 3in;" valign="top" width="288"> <div class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #333399;">O the flower-like (gentle) flame of blemishless light!</span></span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #333399;">O the radiant one! O the sweet immortal nectar! O the one in sivalOka!</span></span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #333399;">O the great one who saves me by removing the bondage of attachments!</span></span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #333399;">O the great river of mercy who never leaves my heart and destroys all</span></span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #333399;">my evils with loving grace!</span></span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #333399;">O the forever sweet immortal nectar! O the lord of infinite greatness!</span></span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #333399;">O the light who remains hidden in the minds of those who do not seek</span></span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #333399;">you!</span></span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #333399;">O the one who melted my heart and merged inseparably into my life!</span></span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div></td> <td style="border-color: -moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext -moz-use-text-color; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; height: 237.1pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 3in;" valign="top" width="288"> <div class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #333399;">O the one who does not have pain and pleasure! O the one who has</span></span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #333399;">them!</span></span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #333399;">You are the devotee of your devotees! You are everything yet you are</span></span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #333399;">not those things!</span></span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #333399;">O the radiant one! O the darkness! O the uncreated great one!</span></span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #333399;">You are the beginning, middle, and the end of everything yet you do not</span></span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #333399;">have them!</span></span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #333399;">O the great one, our father, who pulled me and enslaved me as his</span></span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #333399;">devotee!</span></span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #333399;">You are realized by those with deep understanding of the true</span></span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #333399;">knowledge! You are difficult to be seen with eyes (too large?).</span></span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #333399;">You are too subtle to be researched.</span></span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #333399;">You do not go anywhere, do not mix with anything else, do not come</span></span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #333399;">from anywhere. (i.e. God is everywhere and in everything). You</span></span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #333399;">are source of all good.</span></span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #333399;">You are our protector. You are the great light difficult to see.</span></span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">AtRinba veLLamE aththA mikkAy ~nindRa</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">thOtRac cudar oLiyAy sollAdha ~nuN uNarvAy 80</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">mAtRamAm vaiyagaththin vevvERE va~ndhu aRivAm</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">thEtRanE thEtRath theLivE en si~ndhanai uL</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">UtRAna uNNAr amudhE udaiyAnE</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><i><span style="color: #333399; font-family: Arial;">O the blissful flood in the river (of good path)! O father!</span></i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><i><span style="color: #333399; font-family: Arial;">You are the great light. You are the subtle experience that cannot be</span></i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><i><span style="color: #333399; font-family: Arial;">described in words.</span></i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><i><span style="color: #333399; font-family: Arial;">In this ever-changing world, you come as various things and are finally</span></i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><i><span style="color: #333399; font-family: Arial;">understood as the consciousness. You are the distilled (pure)</span></i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><i><span style="color: #333399; font-family: Arial;">consciousness.</span></i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><i><span style="color: #333399; font-family: Arial;">You are the spring of delicious nectar of immortality in my mind. You</span></i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><i><span style="color: #333399; font-family: Arial;">are my master (i.e. I am your slave).</span></i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div></td> <td style="border-color: -moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext -moz-use-text-color; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; height: 237.1pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 3in;" valign="top" width="288"> <div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><i><span style="color: #333399;">Our lord, I cannot bear anymore to remain in this ever-changing body.</span></i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><i><span style="color: #333399;">You can get rid of the physical body, filled with the 5 devious senses, of</span></i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><i><span style="color: #333399;">those devotees, who keep worshipping you by saying "O siva,</span></i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><i><span style="color: #333399;">save me". You destroy all their falsehoods and they become</span></i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><i><span style="color: #333399;">established in the truth. They do not come again to take on</span></i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><i><span style="color: #333399;">another birth full of karma.</span></i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><i><span style="color: #333399;">O lord, you dance in the middle of the night (i.e. at the end of each cycle</span></i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><i><span style="color: #333399;">of creation).</span></i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><i><span style="color: #333399;">O the dancer in the cidhambaram! O the one in the southern pANdya</span></i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><i><span style="color: #333399;">region!</span></i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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I want to write about this temple near my house ( Mogappair , Chennai ), and its significance and what a blessing to stay close by....<br />
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I visited this beautiful temple, Panchamuga Shivalaya, which has the statue of Lord Shiva with five faces, and his consort Goddess Parvati as Kameswari. I have not seen such a temple or depiction of Lord Shiva. I have heard that Pasupathinath in Nepal has four faces, but this is the only temple in the world, which shows the statue of Lord Shiva with five faces.<br />
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As per Vedas, Lord Shiva has six faces, four faces facing the four directions and one face facing above the sky, and the other face facing below the earth. The face below is called Atho Muga, and its not shown in idol worship, as it implies, that the Lord is in deep meditation thinking about his consort. This sixth face or Atho Muga is not visible. Each of his face, his distinct colours, so six colours, six Neivaidhyams, and it represents Six gunas. Lord Shiva, embodiment of Parabrahma with five krias, appears in a unique form with five faces known as ‘ Eesanam’ ‘Thathpurusham’, Aghoram’, ‘Vamadevam’ and ‘Sathyojatham’.<br />
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Na ma shi vaa ya - popularly called as panchAkshara mantram. This is shiva's mantra. This has five syllables as shown above.<br />
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Shiva is said to be the embodiment of the five elements or pancha bhuta. Sky(Akash), Wind(Vayu), Fire(Agni), Water(Jhalam), Land(Prithvi) are five in numbers. They are the five indriyas of Shiva. Sky is his ears, Wind is his body or skin, Fire is his eyes, Water is his tongue, Land is his nose. If we closely analyse these elements are associated with the 5 senses.<br />
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Akash – Sabda (Hear), Wind – Sparsha (Feel), Fire – Roopa (See), Water – Rasa (Taste) and Land – Gandha (Smell). The sky is space where only sound is present.<br />
Wind can be felt.<br />
Fire can be seen.<br />
Water can be tasted.<br />
Land can be smelt.<br />
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To co-memorate this we have the pancha bhuta sthala.<br />
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1. Akash - Chidambaram<br />
2. Wind - Kaalahasti<br />
3. Fire - Tiruvannamalai<br />
4. Water - Tiruvaanaikkal<br />
5. Land – Kanchipuram<br />
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Lord Shiva is called Lord Kameswara and Goddess is called Kameswari. Its such a divine place, and the temple follows SriVidhya Upasana. Morning starts with Ganapathy Homam everyday and ends with Uchista Ganapathy Homam in the evening each day. I felt the presence of Almighty, when i visited this place. As they say, everything done in a proper way, be it abhisekham, neivaidhyam, or even everyday poojas - maybe a simple offering of a flower, but everyday continuously, will definetely show you the spiritual power, and presence of god. Its not like other temples, where temples are opened and closed for money or for any fashion, but i felt the Divinity at this place, and how god speaks to us, if we really pray from all our heart.<br />
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Its a must see, and people must learn the divine aspects of pooja's, prayers, so they can pass to the next generation to create a peaceful world.<br />
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<div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">A beautiful temple, in the enchanting hills of Ooty, built out of sheer devotion and love for Lord Shiva, by the people in the surroundings. It seems that the temple was decided to be built by the people, who collected the money from the neighbouring villages.</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">An interesting aspect to this blog == A friend of ours - <b><span style="color: #444444;">Dinesh Kumar</span></b>, was visiting Ooty and came across this temple. He clicked these awesome pictures for the rest of the world to know of its existence. </span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
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<div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">பூவார் சென்னி மன்னன்னெம் புயங்கப் பெருமான் | சிறியோமை <br />
ஓவா துள்ளம் கலந்துணர்வாய் உருக்கும் வெள்ளக் கருணையினால் (2)<br />
ஆவா என்னப் பட்டன் பாய் ஆட்பட் டீர்வந் தொருப்படுமின் <br />
போவோங் காலம் வந்ததுகாண் பொய்விட் டுடையான் கழல்புகவே<br />
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மிகவே நினைமின் மிக்க எல்லாம் வேண்டா போக விடுமின்கள் (2)<br />
நகவே ஞாலத் துட்புகுந்து நாயனைய நமையாண்ட | <br />
தகவே யுடையான் தனைச்சாரத் தளரா திருப்பார் தாந்தாமே |<br />
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யாமார் எமதார் பாசம் யார் என்னமாயம் மாயம் இவைபோகக் | <br />
கோமான் பண்டைத் தொண்டரொடும் அவன்தன் குறிப்பே குறிக்கொண்டு | <br />
போமா றமைமின் பொய்நீக்கப் புயங்கன் ஆள்வான் பொன்னடிக்கே | <br />
புயங்கன் ஆள்வான் பொன்னடிக்கே |<br />
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கடிசே ரடியே வந்தடைந்து கடைக்கொண் டிருமின் திருக்குறிப்பை | <br />
செடிசே ருடலை செலநீக்கிச் | சிவலோகத்தே நமைவைப்பான் |<br />
பொடிசேர் மேளிப் புயங்கன்தன் பூவார் கழற்கே புகவிடுமே |<br />
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உடையான் அடிக்கீழ்ப் பெருஞ்சாத்தோடு உடன்போ வதற்கே ஒருப் படுமின் |<br />
அடைவோம் நாம்போய்ச் சிவபுரத்துள் அடியார் கதவ டையாமே |<br />
அடைவோம் நாம்போய்ச் சிவபுரத்துள் அடியார் கதவ டையாமே |<br />
புடைபட்டுருகிப் போற்றுவோம் புயங்கன் ஆள்வான் புகழ்களையே<br />
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பொற்பால் ஒப்பாந் திருமேனிப் புயங்கன் ஆள்வான் பொன்னடிக்கே |<br />
நிற்பீர் எல்லாந் தாழாதே நிற்கும் பரிசே ஒருப்படுமின் |<br />
பிற்பால் நின்று பேழ்கணித்தாற் | பெறுதற் கரியன் பெருமானே<br />
பெறுதற் கரியன் பெருமானே |<br />
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</div>Temples for Lord Shivahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09151655166180300113noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5440837816586230821.post-51812648625937381822011-08-22T11:32:00.000-07:002011-09-15T21:38:50.960-07:00Lord Meenakshi Sundareswarar - Madurai<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%;">As the ancient scripts says , Lord Sundareswarar ( Lord Shiva ) meaning handsome, married his consort Meenakshi Devi ( Goddess parvati ) at Madurai – city of temples, in Tamilnadu. This temple design and layout is believed to be drawn by lord Shiva himself. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%;">It is a historic temple, forming the lifeline of 2500 year old city – Madurai. The beauty of the temple towers can be seen aerially , which are so magnificent and stands tall for the praise of ancient architecture. Overall 14 Gopurams / temple towers are seen, including the two golden Gopurams for the main deities. All literatures have praised and sang the glories of these temple towers and the way it decorates the temple and the deities. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><b><u><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%;">Legend </span></u></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%;">Goddess Parvati was born as Meenakshi, to the second Pandya King, Malayadwaja Pandya and his wife Kanchanamalai as a boon to their prayers. But this birth is different, the goddess appeared herself as a small girl from the Yagna that was performed. But everyone were shocked admist happiness, as she had three breasts. But at the same time, the heard an Oracle, that the third breast would vanish, when she meets her future husband. She was trained on all 64 shastras. She was a great warrior. She conquered all the worlds. Her parents found it difficult to find a suitable bridegroom for their victorious daughter. But Meenakshi consoled her parents, saying she will travel across the world and find the right person for her. When she came to Mount Kailash, and saw Lord Shiva, she immediately fell into shyness, and her third breast vanished. She also realized that she was an incarnation of Goddess Parvati.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%;">The marriage was supposed to be the biggest gathering on earth, with gods, saints, rishis, and people travelling from all three worlds. The wedding lock – Thirumangalyam was specially made from the south town of Madurai. This Meenakshi Kalyanam is an important festival is celebrated in April every year. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%;">Lord Shiva is said to have played many of his Thiruvillayadal ( Divine Plays ) in Madurai, and at this temple. The Porthamarai Kullam – Pond with a golden lotus, is a holy site for devotees, which is inside this temple. No marine animals are grown here as per the word of Lord Shiva. It is suppose to be a place for judging literature, where the poorly written works will sink and the scholastic ones are suppose to float.</span></div><h3 style="line-height: 150%;"><span class="mw-headline"><u><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%;">Thousand Pillar Hall</span></u></span><u><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%;"></span></u></h3><h3 style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%;">Another attraction at this temple, is the 1000 carved pillars, which is of great cultural importance is maintained by the Archeological Society of India.</span></h3><div style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%;">Each pillar is carved and is a monument of the Dravidian sculpture. There is a Temple Art Museum in the hall where icons, photographs, drawings, and other exhibits of the 1600 years old history are displayed. Just outside this mandapam, towards the west, are the Musical Pillars. Each pillar, when struck, produces a different musical note. The kalyana mandapa, to the south of the pillared hall, is where the marriage of Shiva and Parvati is celebrated every year during the Chithirai Festival in mid-April.</span></div><div style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%;">The temple is the geographic and ritual center of the ancient city of Madurai. The temple walls, streets and finally the city walls (ancient) were built around the temple in concentric squares. Ancient Tamil classics mention that the temple was the center of the city and the streets happened to be radiating out like the lotus and its petals. It is one of the few temples in Tamil Nadu to have four entrances facing four directions.</span></div><div style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%;">Temple</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%;"> is a massive structure measuring 254 by 237 meters. The temple is surrounded by 12 towers, the tallest of which, the famous Southern tower, rises to over 170 ft (52 m) high.</span></div><h3 style="line-height: 150%;"><span class="mw-headline"><u><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%;">Shrines</span></u></span><u><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%;"></span></u></h3><div style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%;">This temple is a complex of many deities. The Shiva shrine lies at the centre of the complex, suggesting that the ritual dominance of the goddess developed later. Outside the Shrine, lies huge sculpture of Ganesh carved of single stone and there is a shrine for a giant Ganesh temple, called the Mukuruny Vinayakar. This deity is believed to have been found during an excavation process to dig the temple lake. </span></div><div style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%;">The Meenkashi shrine is on the left of the Shiva shrine and is prayed devotees who throng each day from all parts of the world. It is believed to be in sculpted in greens stone ( emerald )</span></div><div style="line-height: 150%;"><br />
</div><div style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%;">There is also a Vibuthi Pillaiyar, who is decorated or rather bathed in ashes by every devotee, a belief that he needs to be prayed in that way, for all the prayers to be answered.</span></div><div style="line-height: 150%;"><br />
</div><div style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%;">It is not only a visual treat for ancient architect seekers, but a great admiration that is won by every devotee who visit this temple. It seriously raises many questions, as to how this temple was built in such a sprawling acres of land, with majestic towers in four directions, and the whole layout enfolds as lotus petals, with 1000 pillars surrounding, and with a golden pond, and the most important of all the whole city of Madurai just surrounding it. It shows the true presence of divine powers during the Pandya king rule, and the way their devotion led to such historic value and treasure. It’s a true evidence that stands tall, that Lord Shiva have given his devotees, whose greatness is still composed after thousands of years by scholars around the world. </span></div><div style="line-height: 150%;"><br />
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</div><div style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%;">The magnificent Brihadeeswarar Temple, is one the greatest glories of Indian Architecture. The temple tower or the Vimana, which stands majestically speaks of its wonder and have led the scholars debate for centuries about its reflection on the ground.This is the first complete granite temple in the world, and a proven site for Chola King’s splendid architecture and their devotion to Lord Siva. Built by Raja Raja Chola I, this temple for Lord Siva is a part of UNESCO world heritage site.</span></div><div style="line-height: 150%;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%;">The temple tower is around 220 ft ht and among the tallest of its kind in the world. There is a big statue of Nandeeswarar ( Bull – Vehicle for Lord Siva ) carved out of a single rock. Its magnificent architecture and huge temple walls have earned the name Big Temple. It recently completed 1000 years of existence in the year 2010, which was celebrated in grandeur.An axial and symmetrical geometry rules the temple layout. This temple also depicts, the power and wealth, and artistic expertise of the Chola Kings. Its been built with a style, which still cannot be replicated in any part of the world. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%;">There is also a saying, that Lord Siva appeared in the dreams of the king, and gave instructions to built such a temple. This temple also depicts the love for Lord Siva by the king and his family. Everyday poojas are conducted in a style devised by the King, even today.The temple gave lot of importance to fine arts like music and bharatanatyam, and taught the glory of gods through these arts. Evidence by the inscriptions is found in the temple walls, about the dancers who excelled in the traditional dance form of Bharatnatyam.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%;">Lord Siva is also known as the Lord of Dance, who has many temples built in dancing postures – like the famous Chidambaram. And this temple has many details on Bharatnatyam, and to celebrate the 1000 years, a special program was organized with 1000 dancers who spoke on the glory of the gods. Lord Siva lives as a huge stone linga of 60 metres ht in this temple. The entrance is highly decorated, and the inner sanctum ( karuvarai ) is only for the priests to enter. The garbhagriha is square and sits on a plinth, its location calculated to be a point of total equilibrium and harmony as it is representative of a microcosm of the universe. In the center is placed the image of the deity. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><br />
</div><div style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%;">The circumambulation around the massive sivalingam in the inner sanctum is repeated in an upper story, presenting the idea that King Cholas freely offered access to the gods.<sup id="cite_ref-ching2_10-2"> </sup>The inner mandapa leads out to a rectangular mandapa and then to a twenty-columned porch with three staircases leading down. Sharing the same stone plinth is a small open mandapa dedicated to Nandi, Shiva's sacred bull mount. Brahadeeswar temple is one of the rare temples which has statues for "Ashta dik paalakas" (Lords of all Eight Directions) [Indra, Varuna, Agni, Eesana, Vayu, Niruthi, Yama, Kubera], each of which is a life like status i.e. approximately 6 feet tall.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%;">All hindus and devotees of Lord Siva can proudly say and feel the serenity of this temple, surrounded by splendid architecture, and the greatness of Lord Siva, which doesn’t exist in any part of the world. Everyone must visit this temple atleast once in a lifetime. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><br />
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</div><div style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%;">Thanjavur can be reached easily by road, rail and air. Tamil Nadu State Government runs frequent public buses from nearby Trichy, Chennai, Kumbakonam, Pudukkottai, Pattukkottai, Tirunelveli, Karur, Nagapattinam, Coimbatore and many other cities in the state. From the State capital Chennai, a National Highway (NH 45-A) linking Chennai with Chidambaram, Mayavaram, Kumbakonam, Thanjavur, and Nagappatinam provides convenient access to tourists who come to visit Thanjavur and the adjoining towns. There are also several buses operated by private bus operators.</span></div><div style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%;">Rail services are run by Indian Railways from many cities across India including Chennai, Trichy, Tirunelveli, Madurai and Nagore. The train station is named "Tanjore Junction." Trichy Airport is the nearest airport, located 65 km away.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><br />
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The day of the Ruling star, satabhishag is treated as a festival day every month as it symbolizes the ruling star at the time of birth of Rajaraja. The annual festival is held for 9 days in the month of Visaka or May according to the English calender. The deity is bathed with the water soaked with the fragrant Champaka flower. All the major festival days for Lord Siva is celebrated grandly at this temple. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%;">1000 Currency note released by Reserve Bank of India on 01 April, 1954 to honor the historic Brahadeeswarar Temple, a UNESCO World heritage site. Later during the period of Late PM Indira Gandhi, in 1975, these currency notes were stopped, in an effort to curtail 1000 rupee currency note.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%;">But in 2010, A <img alt="Indian Rupee symbol.svg" height="10" src="file:///C:/DOCUME%7E1/ADMINI%7E1/LOCALS%7E1/Temp/msohtml1/01/clip_image002.gif" style="vertical-align: baseline;" width="7" />5 Special Commemorative coin released by Reserve Bank of India to mark the Millennium year celebrations of the famous Brihadeeswarar Temple built by the great Chola ruler Raja Raja Chola I</span><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%;"><b>Sankarankovil</b>, as the name suggests hosts the very famous ancient temple for <b>Lord Siva</b>. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%;">It is a small town near Tirunelveli. A temple which proves the fact that God is one, be it Siva or Rama. Around 10<sup>th</sup> century, a sivalingam was unearthed in a sand dune ( Putthu ), and a temple was constructed for the same by then ruler Ukkrapandian. This sand, which still exists as Putthu mannu, has healing properties, and all devotees collect a small amount and keep in their homes. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%;">The presiding deities are <b>Lord Siva</b>, Lord Sankaranarayana ( form of half Siva and half Vishnu ), and the beautiful Gomathi Amman, which is indeed the pride of this place. The famous festival, during the month of Aadi – called Aadi Thapasu, is celebrated gloriously for 10 days. It is believed that Goddess Gomathi does penance in the Thapasu Mandapa, and <b>Lord Siva</b> appears himself and takes her. But he appears in the form of Lord Sankaranarayana, and so the goddess refuses and goes back to Thapasu Mandapa. Then he re-appears as Lord Sankaralingam in the middle of night ( the second festival on the Thapasu day, around mid-night ) and takes his consort. Both of them blesses their devotees, who celebrate this festival as a grandeur.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%;">This temple is very famous among Saivites ( people who worship <b>Lord Siva</b> ) and Vaishnavites </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%;">( people who worship Lord Vishnu ), as the Lord presents himself as Sankaranarayana, proving the oneness. As the famous saying of Saint Sankaracharya goes – <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Hariyum Sivanum Onnu, Ariyathavan Vayil Mannu </i></b>( Hari and Haran is one and the same )</span></div><div style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%;">This temple is located about 14 Km from Puliangudi and is accessible by government buses. Tourist cars and vans can also be arranged from Puliangudi. </span></div><ul type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%;">MainDeity : Sankaralingeswarar,Sankara Narayanar </span></li>
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</ul><div style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%;">This temple is also considered to be representing one of the five elements (Nilam/Land/Prthivi) in this area, the other being <b>Nallur</b> (Agni) ,<b>Tharukapuram</b> (Neer/Water/Jal) ,<b>Thenmalai</b> (Vayu) and <b>Devathaanam</b> (Agayam/Sky/Akash) .It was built by Ukira Pandiyan BC 900. </span></div><div style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%;">The Annadhanam scheme is being conducted in the temple when daily noon meals are being provided for around 100 devotees. It is believed that all devotees who pray to the goddess Gomathi amman have always found solace. </span></div><div style="line-height: 150%;"><br />
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</div><div style="line-height: 150%;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%;">Key festivals</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%;"> </span></div><ul type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%;">Chithhirai Bramotsava ( 10 days ) Every April </span></li>
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%;">It is a must see temple for all devotees of <b>Lord Siva</b> and Vishnu, especially during the Aadi Thapasu festival. Thousands throng every year to get a glimpse of the Lord, and worship them. Inspite of the massive crowd, people don’t fail to celebrate every year with the same grandeur. It is a beautiful sight to see Goddess dressed in penance waiting for her Lord, and Sankaranarayana appearing during the first phase of festival in the evening, and then dressed as<b> Lord Siva</b> around midnight. It is a fact that people will be blessed and will achieve great heights in all spectrums of life, with the blessings of lord Sankaranarayanar and Goddess Gomathi Amman. </span><br />
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