Dundhu was granted the boon of remaining Deathless by Indra, who was happy with Dundhu’s penance.
Dhundhu attacked Indra to capture Indra Loka and Indra, along with the Devas ,rushed to Brahma Loka, the Abode of Brahma.
On being advised that he needed the help of Sukracharya, the Asura Guru, Dundhu obtained Sukracharya’s help.
Sukracharya advised Dhundu to perform 100 Aswamedha Yagas.
Dhundhu started performing the Yaga.
Scared Devas, catching the whiff of the Homa Smoke, rushed to Vishnu seeking refuge in Him.
Vishnu in took the form of Vamana (Midget) and pretended to commit suicide near the place where the Yaga was being conducted.
The Brahmins who were conducting the Yaga, saved the Brahmin boy Vamana and asked him the reason for his attempted suicide.
Vamana(Vishnu) told them that he was the second son of Prabasa.
After the death of Prabasa, Vamana added that his brother Nethrabasa refused to give him his share of the property saying that Midgets,Physically disabled and Eunuchs were not entitled to property Rights.
So , Vamana said that he wanted to commit suicide.
The Brahmins requested Dhundu to provide help to Vamana.
Dhundu informed Vamana that he would give whatever Vamana wanted.
Vamana replied that he was not greedy and wanted only land equivalent to his three steps.
Dhundu agreed.
Vamana grew in size, measured the Earthh with one step, Heavens by the second.
Angered that he did not have a place to place his third step, he fell on Dhundu .
Unable to bear Vamana’s weight, Dhundu fell on the ground and Vishnu buried him in the sand and built a Grave.
This, Vamana Purana , declares is the First Vamana Avatara.
There is no limit to the marvels of Indian Temple architecture.
Melkadambur temple designed as Chariot.
And the closeness with which Hindus regard their Gods.
There is a temple near Kattumannar Koil on the banks of River Kollidam.
It is Amritakadeswarar temple in Melkadambur, five kilometers from Kattumannar Koil.
The temple is dedicated to Lord Shiva.
The temple is deigned like a Chariot on wheels.
Main Deity is Swayambu Lingam known as Arulmigu Amirtha kadeswarar facing east and his consort Vidhyujyothi Nayaki Amman in different sanctum. Sun rays falls on Siva Lingam on 3, 4, and 5, of Panguni Month (March and April).
Moon rays falls on Siva Lingam in the Month of Iyppasi full- moon day.
Temple Legend.
Sthala Purana says Devas and Indra, realized their mistake and worshipped Lord Siva in this place and received the nectar from Him.
Lord Siva stayed back in this place as Amirthakadeswarar.
When Indra was not able to lift the chariot temple from this place he worshipped Lord Vinayaka to help him.
Vinayaka agreed and asked Indra to install one Crore Lingam and he accepted the challenge. Due to his pride he failed in his attempt.
Indra worshipped Lord Siva who asked him to make a Siva Lingam chanting his name thousand times. Indra made Rudrakoteeswara and worshipped him.
Lord Amirthakadeswarar appeared before him and he said he wished to stay back in this place. It is believed that Indra worships Lord Siva of this temple daily.
When Devas churned the Ocean, pot of nectar was given to Indra.
They tried to consume the Amirta without worshiping Lord.
Ganesha took away the nectar pot to teach them a lesson.
Ganesha is called Aaravara Vinayagar, Boisterous Ganesha.
When Ganesha was passing through this place a drop of nectar fell down and this formed as Siva Lingam.
Hence the Shiva here is known as Amirtakadeswarar.
Lord Subramanya received the Bow from Shiva to fight Soorapadma.
He received His Spear, Vel, from His mother at Sikkil.
Aththi, mother of Devas worshiped Shva here.
Indra he Chief of Devatas did not like it.
He wanted to take away the Lord Amirthakadeswar Heavens.
He turned the temple as Chariot and pulled it.
Ganesha wanted to teach him a lesson by pressing the Chariot.
There is a conception that the terms Asura and Rakshasas are interchangeable.
This file has annotations. Move the mouse pointer over the image to see them. The bas-relief of Samudra manthan from Angkor Wat, Cambodia, shows Vishnu in the center, in his Kurma avatar, with the asuras and the devas on either side.
These terms evoke the images of Demons and Evil Doers.
The Rakshasas are said to have been born of Brahma while He was asleep and started eating Brahma.
Brahma started yelling ‘Rakshama’- Protect Me’ and Lord Vishnu banished the Rakshasas from the Earth.
“The word, Asura, including its variants, asurya and asura, occurs 88 times in the Rigveda, 71 times in the singular number, four times in the dual, 10 times in the plural, and three times as the first member of a compound. In this, the feminine form, asuryaa, is included twice. The word, asurya, has been used 19 times as an abstract noun, while the abstract form asuratva occurs 24 times, 22 times in each of the 22 times of one hymn and twice in the other two hymns….
Bhargava believes that, in most of the ancient hymns, the word, asura, is always used as an adjective meaning “powerful” or “mighty”. In the Rigveda, two generous kings, as well as some priests, have been described as asuras. One hymn requests a son who is an asura. In nine hymns, Indra is described as asura. Five times, he is said to possess asurya, and once he is said to possess asuratva.Agni has total of 12 asura descriptions, Varuna has 10, Mitra has eight, and Rudra has six. Bhargava gives a count of the word usage for every Vedic deity.”
My salutations to Garuda with the beautiful wings. His limbs are adorned by the mighty serpents that he has conquered in battle. They are his jewellery. He does all the intimate kainkaryas to his Lord and is His Antharanga dhaasan. Garuda is devoted always to the Lord and His services. He is adept like the Mandara Mountain in churning the milky ocean of Vedas and to bring out the Brahma Vidyas. We can get the benefits of these Brahma Vidyas by offering our worship to him. My salutations are to him.
Sri Garudans wives Rudrai, Sukeerthi – Bindignavile
Garuda Bhagavan has designed the Vedas as his cage and uses that cage as his seat. (This suggests that the Vedas sing his praise). His Lord Sriman Narayana is bent upon destroying the enemies of His devotees. No one can stop Sriman Narayana in these endeavors. When He sets about to destroy the enemies of His devotees, he uses the shoulders of Garuda as his transport. When Garuda transports his Lord on His missions, his wives-Rudrai and Sukeerthi– miss his absence from home. When the Lord’s mission is successfully concluded, Garuda returns to his wives and they embrace him intimately with affection. In that ecstatic state, the hairs on the body of Garuda become stiff like thorns. This in turn hurts the serpents, which are covering his body. The serpents are overcome with fear and they raise their hoods. On those occasions, the ratnas positioned on their hoods radiate their brilliant red rays. That splendorous group of red rays appear at that time as the mangala Aarathi to Garuda and he sparkles in that flood of red light.
Dhandakam Paada 2
Jaya Garuda Suparna Darveekaraahaara Devaadhipaahaarahaarin diwowkaspati
Kshipta Dambholi Dhaaraa kinaakalpa Kalpaantha Vatoola Kalpodhayaanalpa
Veerayithoodhyacchamatkaara Dhaityaari Jaitra Dhwajaarohanirdhaaritothkarsha
Sankarshanaatman Garutman Marutpanchakaadheesa Sathyaathimurthe na Kascchit
samas te namaste punaste nama
O Garuda Bhagavan! You have been named Suparna, because of the beauty of your wings. Serpents of immense size serve as your food. You brought Nectar, the food of the Devas- from Indra Loka to release your mother from the bonds of servitude. Indra got angry at you during that time and threw his Vajra weapon at you. The sharp edge of that powerful weapon caused wounds on your wings and rest of the body. The welts from those wounds look today as pieces of jewellery on your body and attest to your heroic deed in defeating Indra. Your other heroic deeds stand out like the mighty winds that sweep the universe during the time of the great deluge. You are sitting on the flag of your Lord, which denotes His victory over His enemies; from your position on the flag of your Lord, we are able to infer your glories. You have incarnated as Sankarshana among the four Vyuha Murthys of Sriman Narayana, which are Vasudeva, Sankarshana, Pradhumna and Aniruddha.
You have divided yourself into five forms– Satyar, Suparnar, Garudar, Taarkshyar and Vihageswarar– and matched those five forms with the five Vayus (Praanan, Apaanan, Samaanan, Udhaanan and Vyaanan) and shine thereafter as a supreme Devan. O Lord with the most exquisitely beautiful golden Wings! There is none, who is equal to you. I offer my salutations to you first and then again repeat my salutations.
O Garuda Bhagavan! Learned scholars offer their uninterrupted worships to you. Your wings in flight generate mighty winds that stir up all the oceans and make them flow over their boundaries. The waves that rise and fall from those powerful winds reach down to the netherworld (Paatalam) and the effect is like a violent blow given by the palm of one’s hand.
A frightening sound heard as “Bhaam” reverberates around the world at that time. The mighty elephants guarding the quarters are shaken up by this mighty sound of “Bhaam” and run to attack you, the generator of that sound. Your rows of sharp nails acting as the elephant goad attack those angry elephants of the quarters and repulse them. Your mighty beak raises terror in the minds of your enemies. When you knot your brows, it looks like the movement of the hood of a Cobra. Your canine teeth look like the Vajra weapon of Indra and strikes terror in the hearts of your enemies. My salutations to you of such limitless glory! May thou bless me so that Brahma Vidyas become easy to be possessed by me! Please bless me out of your infinite compassion so that I can have the good fortune to offer kainkaryams to you.
O Garuda Bhagavan residing permanently in Sri Vaikuntam! Your mantram confers to the reciters the four fold (Dharma-Artha-Kama -Moksha) goals of Life. That mantram of yours made up of 5 syllables, has the Pranavam as its first syllable. At the end, it carries the syllable associated with the wife of Agni. May the mantram of that structure protect us! Once, Devendran became arrogant over his powers and insulted the Sages with the name of Vaalakilyas. (The sages got angry and cursed Indra. They cursed that Indra’s arrogance be destroyed by an incarnation of Sankarshana (Garuda) on a future date). You were born from the vow made by the Vaalakilyas that you destroy the mighty arrogance of Indra and you made their words come true. You serve as the lord of Death for mighty serpents that challenged you.
Please bless me with the discriminating knowledge to distinguish between true (superior) and false (inferior) knowledge. Your Lord is the fundamental and principal cause of all the universes. Please bless me to have the cow representing the limitless devotion to your Lord, so that it can yield for me its delectable milk. May that devotion of mine be free from the distractions of the insignificant and evanescent pleasures of life! May thou confer on me the boon of possessing such a superior devotion to your Lord and True Knowledge about Him!
This entire Garuda Dhandakam is of the form of one slokam. This has four Paadas. Each of the Paadas has 36 GaNaas. Each Gana has three syllables. This Dhandakam follows strictly the rules of composing Dhandakams and has the NagaNaas and RagaNaas in each of the Paadas and yields novel word constructions. When one recites this Garuda Dhandakam, it will destroy the formations of the enemies, who have assembled to do battle with us and scatter them to the winds.
“Bless us with the superior devotion to your Lord – Garudan, Pomona”
This Garuda Dhandakam was composed and sung by adiyen, the Vidwan known as Venkatesa to please the Lord, who has Garuda on His flagstaff. The recitation of this Garuda Dhandakam will confer on the reciter multifold blessings and fulfill their heartfelt wishes of every kind..
There is also a mention of Garuda Vidya.
This is a Sadhana for realization.
I shall be posting on this.
Please see the image in the Post.
That is Ashu Garuda Mantra to ward of dangerous illnesses and effects of Black Magic.
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