Footmark (hoof-marks) of the divine/celestial/Indira Loga cow “Kamadhenu”. Once upon a time, a devotee was on his way to Sathuragiri. In those days only a few people used to go to the hills, as it was thick forest with lots of wild animals. Since being new to the hills he soon got lost in the thickly populated mountains. Seeing this the Lord asks Kamadhenu, the divine cow to help his devotee and bring him back to the correct path. Kamadhenu immediately appeared before the devotee and lead him to the correct path. After bringing the devotee to the correct path, Kamadhenu, being a divine cow, had to travel back to its heavenly abode. In the process, of starting to fly, Kamadhenu gave pressure to her legs and the pressure was so immense that her hoofs left an indelible mark, that can be seen even today.
Gorakunda (Goraknathar Cave)
Goraknathar is one of the foremost important Indian Siddha. He is part of the 18 siddha tradition of South India. He is also one amongst the Nava Nath Siddha tradition of North India. He is also closely associated with Vajrayana (Tantric) Buddhism. He attained Siddha by mastering sound. The main siddha of Sathuragiri is Goraknathar. Goraknathar created thousands of new siddha medicines like Kayakalpa etc to attain immortality. Every 10th in the Tamil Calendar he appears in light form to his devotees at this place. On every no moon day Sri Kalimuthu Ashram offers a lingam made of Thinai Maavu and the same is worshipped.
Bus station.Srivilliputtur,Madurai,Virudhunagar,Theni.
At the foothills (Vathirairuppu)
1. Vinayagar/Ganesha
2. RajaKali Amma
3. Paechi Amma
4. Karuppasamy
Of these, Paechi Amma and Karuppasamy were installed by Siddhars for guarding the southern side of the Hill.
On the way to Sathuragiri (after foothills till Sundara Mahalingam):
1. Two sanctums of Sivalingams inside two separate caves at Kora Kunda (Gorakkar Cave)
2. Two Lingams in a single sanctum called “Irattai Lingam” or Sankaran Narayan Lingams (Legend given below)
3. Vana Durgai Amma
4. Pilavadi Karuppasamy
Pilavadi Karuppasamy & Kali, are the guardian angels/gods of the Sathuragiri Hills. Vana Durgai Amma is the guardian of Sundaramahalingam temple.
They safe guard the area from evil forces. The pradistai of these three guardian angels/gods were done by the Siddhas of Sathuragiri hill.
Sathuragiri plays host to three temples. They are Sundara Mahalingam temple, Santhana Mahalingam temple and Anandavalli Amma temple.
Sundara Mahalingam Temple:
1. Sundara Murthy Swamigal Sanctum at the entrance of the temple .
2. Lord Sundara Mahalingam Temple (100 metres from Sundara Murthy Swamigal Sanctum).. Santhana Mahalingam Temple:
1. At Santhana Mahalingam Temple, separate sanctums for 18 Siddhars, Lord Ganesha,
Lord Muruga, Navagrahas, Santhana Mahadevi (Sakthi), and Santhana Mahalingam (Sivam) are available. Satta Muni Cave can also be found nearby. (Legend given below)
. Anandavalli Amma temple:
1. Anandavalli Amma’s temple mandapam can be found behind Sundara Mahalingam temple. Anandavalli Amma is formless.
Only during Navarathiri she takes a form (Legend given below). Puja Timings:
At Sundara Mahalingam temple the daily pooja starts by 6 ‘o’ clock in the morning.
At Santhana MahalingamTemple the daily pooja starts by 3 ‘o’ clock in the morning.
The two jama poojas are performed before sunrise. At both the temples Ardha Jama Poojas are finished before 18.00 hrs and closed. On full moon and new moon days, the puja schedule changes according to the visit of pilgrims.
Post Monsoon season is advisable for visiting Chaturagiri,
Sri Kalimuthu Swamigal Madam or Kanji Madam (Mob no: 93610 11741) provides place for people to stay. Check the Mobile number.
Barest facilities available.
Round the clock Anna dhaanam is served at the Kanji Madam Ashram near Sundara Mahalingam temple.
Travel light, carry breakfast/lunch, water bottle, snacks, torch-light, batteries, charger and a few clothing, bedding, toiletries etc.
Head load carriers are available for carrying luggage
Doli available..
There are no wash rooms on the way, as it is a forest area.
Do not travel alone. travel with a guide.
Ammavasya and Pournami days would be crowded.
The darshan timings for Sundara Mahalingam starts at 6 am and ends at 6 pm.
He was the son of Māyaṇa, and the pupil of Vishnu Sarvajna and of Samkarananda.
More than a hundred works are attributed to him, among which are commentaries on nearly all parts of the Veda; some were carried out by his pupils, and some were written in conjunction with his brother Mādhava or Vidyāraṇya-svāmin
“tatha ca smaryate yojananam. sahasre dve dve sate dve ca yojane ekena nimishardhena kramaman”
तथा च स्मर्यते योजनानां सहस्त्रं द्वे द्वे शते द्वे च योजने एकेन निमिषार्धेन क्रममाण नमोऽस्तुते॥
“[O Sun,] bow to you, you who traverse 2,202 yojanas in half a nimesha.”.
Explaining this,
Vartak in his Scientific Knowledge in the Vedas (1995, p. 95).[3]
1 yojana is said to comprise either 4 or 8 krosha (a cry or shout, or the range of the voice in calling); and 1 krosha (or goruta ~ as far as a cow’s lowing may be heard, or a bull’s roar) may represent either 1000 or 2000 daNDa (a rod or staff), and 1 danda represents 1 pauruSa (a man’s length) which equals 1 dhanvantara (bow-string) or dhanu (bow). 1 yojana measures either 4,000 or (more likely) 8,000 dhanus. Assuming that 1 paurusha is 6 ft long, then 1 yojana must represent a distance of about 14.6 km (or about 9 miles, as suggested by Monier-Williams).
nimesa means shutting the eye or winking, and as a measure of time it is a wink of the eye or a moment. The Arthashastra (c. 300 BC) defines 1 nimesa as 1/360,000th of a day and night, i.e. 0.24 seconds.
Given that 1 yojana is between 14.6 and 16.4 km, 2,202 yojanas must represent between 32,149 and 36,113 km. Half a nimesha is 0.12 seconds. Sayana thus gives the “speed of the Sun” as between 267,910 and 300,940 km/sec, i.e. the same order of magnitude as the speed of light at 299,792 km/sec.”(wiki)
. The units are well-known.
For example, the Indian epic “Mahabharata”, conservatively dated to 400 BC – 400 AD, defines 1 nimesha to be equal to 16/75.3 seconds; 1 yojana is about 9 miles.
This is the same as Modern Science on the Speed of Light: in fact more precise !
There s objection to this that Sayana says this about the movement of the Sun and not Light.
My point is that Hinduism speaks in allegories.
If they were speaking directly then with so much of calculations they would not be saying that the Sun has Seven Horses, which are the colors of
Light, VIBGYOR.
The Sun is an allegory for Light Energy( At the same time a Personal God, shall be posting later on this)
So Sayana was referring to Light.
What are the chances of Interpolations/Fraud?
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Substituting in Sayana’s statement we get 186,536 miles per second. Unbelievable, you’d say! It cannot be the speed of light.
Maybe it refers to the speed of the sun in its supposed orbit around the earth.
But that places the orbit of the sun at a distance of over 2,550 million miles.
The correct value is only 93 million miles and until the time of Roemer the distance to the sun used to be taken to be less than 4 million miles. This interpretation takes us nowhere.
What about the possibility of fraud? Sayana’s statement was printed in 1890 in the famous edition of Rigveda edited by Max Muller, the German Sanskritist.
He claimed to have used several three or four hundred year old manuscripts of Sayana’s commentary, written much before the time of Roemer.
Is it possible that Muller was duped by an Indian correspondent who slipped in the line about the speed? Unlikely, because Sayana’s commentary is so well known that an interpolation would have been long discovered.
And soon after Muller’s “Rigveda” was published, someone would have claimed that it contained this particular “secret” knowledge.
The fact that the speed in the text corresponds to the speed of light was pointed out only recently by S.S. De and P.V. Vartak.
Also a copy of Sayana’s manuscript, dated 1395 AD, is available.
Further support for the genuineness of the figure in the ancient book comes from another old book, the Vayu Purana.
This is one of the earliest Puranas, considered to be at least 1,500 years old. (The same reference is to be found in the other Puranas as well.)
In Chapter 50 of this book, there is the statement that the sun moves 3.15 million yojanas in 48 minutes.
This corresponds to about 10,000 miles per second if considered as speed of light, and 135 million miles for the distance to the sun,
if considered as the speed of the sun. Sayana’s speed of light is exactly 18 times greater than this speed of the sun! Mere numerology?
For the rationalists these numbers are a coincidence.
Given the significance of these numbers, they’d look very carefully at the old manuscripts of Sayana’s commentary.
Situated in Dantewada, south-west of Jagdalpur, at the confluence of the holy rivers Shankini and Dhankini,both the rivers have different colors,this six hundred year old temple is one of the ancient heritage sites of India and is a representation of the religio-socio-cultural history of the Bastar region. Little is known about this shrine to much of India. The vast temple complex today is truly a standing monument to centuries of history and tradition. With its rich architectural and sculptural wealth and its vibrant festival traditions, Danteshwari Mai temple serves as the most important spiritual center for the people of this region.
Dantewada Danteshwari
Temple of Danteshwari
Danteshwari,Faghun Mela
Fagun Mela is Special here.
Dasara is a very important festival here.
How To Reach.
Monday – Friday: 6.00 AM – 7.00 PM , Saturday: 6.00 AM – 7.00 PM , Sunday: 6.00 AM – 7.00 PM , Public Holidays: 6.00 AM – 7.00 PM
Devotees have to wear Dhoti before entering the Temple.
The Danteshwari Temple is situated at a distance of about 84 km from the city of Jagdalpur.
It is located in Dantewada, to the south-west of Jagdalpur, near Bastar Palace and Gole Bazaar and at the confluence of the holy Dhankini and Shankini rivers.
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