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  • கல்லறையிலிருந்தும் மதுரை மீனாட்சியைத் தொழும் ஆங்கிலேயர்

    கல்லறையிலிருந்தும் மதுரை மீனாட்சியைத் தொழும் ஆங்கிலேயர்

    ஒரு இடுகைக்கு பதிலளிக்கும் விதமாக நான் சிறிது காலத்திற்கு முன்பு எழுதிய ‘கல்லறையிலிருந்து பேசிய புனிதர்’, நான் ஒரு வாசகரிடமிருந்து ஒரு பின்னூட்டத்தைப் பெற்றேன் அந்த தேவி  மீனாட்சி ஒரு பிரிட்டிஷ் கலெக்டரை இயற்கையின் விபத்திலிருந்து தனது கையால் வழிநடத்தி காப்பாற்றினார். அவர் கோவில் நிர்வாகத்தின் பொறுப்பாளராகவும் இருந்தார் .  ஒரு நாள் இரவு நகரம் மின்னலையும் இடியையும் அனுபவித்தபோது, மூன்று வயது சிறுமி ஒருவர் அவரது இல்லத்தில் தோன்றி ரூஸ் பீட்டரை வீட்டிற்கு வெளியே அவரது கையால் இழுத்துச் சென்றதாக கதை செல்கிறது. சிறிது நேரத்தில், கட்டிடம் இடிந்து விழுந்தது.  அவரது கடைசி ஆசை  திரு.மணிவண்ணன் அவர்களின் கூற்றுப்படி, இச்சம்பவத்தைத் தொடர்ந்து, ரூ.பீட்டர் கோயிலுக்குத் தங்கக் கவசங்களை நன்கொடையாக வழங்கினார். அவர் இறந்த பிறகு அவரது கண்கள் கோவிலை எதிர்கொள்ள உதவும் ஒரு நிலையில் புதைக்கப்பட வேண்டும் என்றும் அவர் விரும்பினார். For detailed English version.https://ramanisblog.in/2014/04/20/meenakshi-led-britisher-by-hand-his-grave-faces-her/

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    Meenakshi Amman Temple Madurai.

    Sunrise Sunset Temple Centre Earth Axis Tilt Design Madurai Meenakshi

    Temples in India are not only a place for Spiritual development but they were also for social purposes like feeding the poor during Drought,Floods and for providing shelter during natural calamities.Not only this, these temples were architectural marvels but they were also built with advanced instruments of which we know not much, but these temples…

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    Madurai Meenakshi Temple with Temple Tank

    Madurai Meenakshi’s Father Sarangadwaja Killed By Aswathama Mahabharata

    Piercing the bodies of the elephants and steeds and men with sharp shafts, that foremost of smiters overthrew and deprived them of life. Cutting off with his own shafts the diverse weapons hurled at him by many foremost of foes, Pandya slew his enemies (8:19). He was slain by the Kaurava hero Ashwatthama (8:20,46) His name was mentioned as Sarangadhwaja.

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  • Madurai Meenakshi Sarangadwaja Her Father Date 5100 CE ?

    Madurai Meenakshi Sarangadwaja Her Father Date 5100 CE ?

    We have been tracing the History of India, from the Ikshvaku dynasty to which Sri Rama belongs. Vaivaswatha Manu ,father of Ikshvaku was an Emperor of Dravida Desa as attested by Srimad Bhagavadha Puran.Manu also had a daughter Ila.She married Chandra and had Budha as their son. From Budha onwards the Chandravansha begins.Pururavas was a King of this Dynasty. Ancient Tamil Kings,Chera, Chila and Pandyas trace their origin to both Solar ( Surya Vamsa) and Lunar ( Chandra Vamsa)

    Some interesting information emerge.As noted earlier, as ancient Tamil Kings trace their ancestry to both Surya and Chandra vanshas,that is Solar and Lunar dynasties,the Timeline of these kings must go back to Ramayana period.And there is information in Tamil literature that Pandyan Kings predate Chera and Chola Kings. This is open for debate. I shall be addressing this issue later.

    We find that Mahabharata mentions King Sarangadwaja, Pandya King. It records that Sarangadwaja Pandya fought the Mahabharata War on the side of The Pandavas and was killed in the war by Aswathama.

    Pandya king Sarangadhwaja sided with the Pandavas in the great Kurukshetra War. His main opponent was Ashwathama.

    As per Bhishma’s ratings, Pandya king was rated as a great Ratha (a grade for chariot-warriors) (5,172).

    Pandya, who dwelt on the coast-land near the sea, came accompanied by troops of various kinds to Yudhishthira, the king of kings (5:19). There hath come Pandya. Remarkably heroic and endued with prowess and energy that have no parallel, he is devoted to the Pandava cause. (5:22).

    Dhrishtadyumna and Shikhandi and the five sons of Draupadi and the Prabhadrakas, and Satyaki and Chekitana with the Dravida forces, and the Pandyas, the Cholas, and the Cheras, surrounded by a mighty array – were mentioned as part of the Pandava army (8:12).

    Pandya, that foremost of warriors skilled in shafts and weapons, was destroying crowds of foes by means of diverse kinds of shafts. Piercing the bodies of the elephants and steeds and men with sharp shafts, that foremost of smiters overthrew and deprived them of life. Cutting off with his own shafts the diverse weapons hurled at him by many foremost of foes, Pandya slew his enemies (8:19). He was slain by the Kaurava hero Ashwatthama (8:20,46) His name was mentioned as Sarangadhwaja.

    There is a doubt if some other Pandya king sided with the Kauravas as indicated by the following passage at (9:2):- When the mighty Pandya, that foremost of all wielders of weapons, has been slain in battle by the Pandavas, what can it be but destiny?

    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pandya_kingdom_(Mahabharata)

    Sarangadwaja was also known as Malayadwaja Pandya.He was the Father of Madurai Meenakshi.She ruled Madurai and she undertook an expedition to North India, probably to avenge her Grandfather’s death( Kulasekara Pandya).This point that she undertook the expedition to avenge her Grandfather’s death needs corroboration.But expedition,she undertook, according to Tamil Literature.

    Madurai Meenakshi Amman, Moolavar ar Sanctum.

    Kurukshetra war of Mahabharata is dated 5100 CE. I have posted articles on the date details.

    So ,as Malayadwaja Pandya alias Sarangadwaja Pandya had taken part in the Kurukshetra War of Mahabharata, then his and his daughter Meenakshi’s date may be assigned at 5100 CE.

    Madurai Meenakshi Amman Temple.Madurai.

    And who was Kulasekara Pandya ,as Tamil Pandyan who is shown as Father of Meenakshi?This Pandya is Sarangadwaja.Kulasekara was Meenakshi’ s Grandfather and father of Malayadwaja alias Sarangadwaja.. This Kulasekara Pandya was killed by Sri Krishna.Please read my article on this point.

    However, ther are more Pandyan Kings who preceded him and they are mentioned as having been present during Ramayana. These Pandyan Kings seem to have ruled before Sangam Literature.Will write with evidence.

    Kulashekharan is said to be as strong as a bull. He is apparently killed by Lord Krishna, but although his son wants to avenge his father’s death, he is dissuaded from doing so by his well wishers.

    fl c.1300? BC

    Malayadwaja

    c.1300? BC

    One of the contemporaries of Jarasandha of the Brhadratha dynasty of Magadha is Jayatsena of Magadha. He takes part in the Kurukshetra War in the Mahabharata as one of the leaders on the side of Kauravas, along with Srutayus of Kalinga, Paundraka Vasudeva of Pundra, Karna of Anga, and Malayadwaja of the Pandyas. Bhagadatta of the Naraka kings is also involved in the war.

    During the battle, Malayadwaja apparently wounds the mighty Dronacharya, the teacher of both the Pandavas and the Kauravas, and who fights on the side of the Kauravas. Malayadwaja goes further and takes on Drona’s son, Ashwathama, in a duel.

    Malayadwaja’s daughter is Meenakshi, after whom the famous temple of Meenakshi Amman is built in Madurai. The city of Madurai is built around this temple. After this, the Pandyas fall back into obscurity for seven centuries.https://www.historyfiles.co.uk/KingListsFarEast/IndiaPandyas.htm

    Kulasekara , Krishna and Malayadwaja

    King Malayadhwaja has numerous appearances in the epic Mahabharata.His father,Kulashekara Pandya was said to have been slain by Lord Krishna and his country invaded.To avenge the death of his father,prince Malayadhwaja is said to obtain weapons from Bhishma,Drona,Balarama and Kripacharya.Then, prince Malayadadhwaja is said to became, in weapons, the equal of Rukmi ,Karna,Arjuna and Achyuta. He then desired to destroy the city of Dwarka, Krishna’s capital and subjugate the whole world.Sage Agastya and Varuna, however, counselled him against that decision and said to have granted him back his fathers kingdom and made king.He is said to have been present during the Swayamvara of Draupadi and said to have brought jars of Sandalwood and Agarwood perfumes and jars of gold for Yudhishthira’s Rajasuya.During the Kurukshetra War,he is said to have sided the Pandava and mentioned as a mighty and powerful charioteer and warrior.He is said to be slain by the Kaurava’s Ashwatthama. https://en.everybodywiki.com/Malayadhwaja_Pandya

  • How Temple Deities Were Saved From Muslim Armies ,Kal Thirai, Stone Screen

    How Temple Deities Were Saved From Muslim Armies ,Kal Thirai, Stone Screen

    Lot of information about Indian History, most of us are unaware of. We do not know our ancient history,Our culture and in short our past.One such is the information relating to the Invasion and destruction of Hindu Temples by Muslim Invaders.This information has been withheld, suppressed by the Invaders and later the Secular rulers of India (?!).Text books on Indian History right from the scholl level make a coy reference to Islam Invasion and destruction, looting of Indian Temples ,apologetically in the passing.This article is not about the list of Temples destroyed by Muslims In India or about the Temples converted into Mosques.

    How did our ancestors save most of the Moolavars, Presiding Deity in The Sanctum, when the pillaging, plundering armies ransacked towns and Temples?

    On receiving information that invading armies of Muslim Rulers were proceeding towards a city, our ancestors built a stone wall infront of the Deity in the Sanctum, placed a duplicate Idol in front of the Stone Screen, called Kal Thirai, Screen made of Stone.This is how most of the Moolavar Vigrahas were saved from the marauding Islam Armies. In Madurai , the Moolavar of Meenakshi Amman was saved this way by the Sivachariars.The Siva Linga which was damaged by the Muslim army is kept in the Meenakshi temple.

    In the north, the Indian subcontinent had been conquered by the Delhi Sultanate. Muslim armies had begun raiding central India for plunder by the late 13th century. Between 1310–1311, the Ala ud Din Khilji’s Muslim general Malik Kafur and his Delhi Sultanate forces went deeper into the Indian peninsula for loot and to establish annual tribute paying Muslim governors.[41][42][43] The records left by the court historians of the Delhi Sultanate state that Malik Kafur raided Madurai, Chidambaram, Srirangam and other Tamil towns, destroyed the temples, and they were the sources of gold and jewels booty he brought back to Delhi.

    The Islamic invasion in the 14th century, states George Michell – a professor and art historian of Indian architecture, brought an abrupt end to the patronage of Tamil Hindu temple towns.[47] The Tamil Hindus revived these towns but in some places such as Madurai, it took a long while.[42] After the conquest and destruction, the Delhi Sultan appointed a Muslim governor in Madurai, who seceded within the few years from the Delhi Sultanate and began the Madurai Sultanate. This Sultanate sought tribute from the temple towns, instead of supporting them. The Muslim Madurai Sultanate was relatively short-lived, with Hindu Vijayanagar Empire removing it in the late 14th century. According to one poetic legend called Madhura Vijayam attributed to Ganga Devi, the wife of Kumara Kampana, she gave him a sword, urged him to liberate Madurai, right the vast wrongs, and reopen the Meenakshi temple out of its ruins. The Vijayanagara rulers succeeded, removed the ruins and reopened the temple for active worship.They restored, repaired and expanded the temple through the 16th century, along with many other regional temples. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meenakshi_Temple,_Madurai#Michell https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madhura_Vijayam

    Reference Jackson, W. J. (2016). Vijayanagara Voices: Exploring South Indian History and Hindu Literature. (n.p.): Taylor & Francis. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meenakshi_Temple,_Madurai#Michell

  • Freeing Temples Nonsense? Minister Sadhgurus Stand My Reply

    Freeing Temples Nonsense? Minister Sadhgurus Stand My Reply

    Recently Tamil Nadu finance minister, while referring to the demand for freeing Hindu temples, has made several observations and they need to be answered. True to it’s philosophy ‘ The Hindu, gave a good coverage, with emphasis on the fact that the finance minister and his father PTR Palanivel Rajan are great devotees of Madurai Meenakshi and media states that the family had performed Numerous Kumbabhishekas for temples from Madurai to Tenkasi in Tamilnadu. If this , the elite thinks is a valid argument, then Naatukkottai Nagarathaar are the best qualified to run temples in India. There is no other community that has built more temples, maintain them, performed Kumbhabhishekam than them.Not only in South India, there are many temples managed,maintained by them in North India, including Kasi Visalakshi Temple.Will Tamil Nadu Finance minister publish a list of temples where his family performed Kumbhabhishekam and I shall provide a list of temples managed by Nagarathaar.

    Does not the finance minister know that his father PTR Palanivel Rajan was a close confidante of Karunanidhi? .And Palanivel Rajan never allowed Karunanidhi to meddle in the Meenakshi temple affairs till he was alive.

    Does the minister know the Annadurai,ex CM of Tamil Nadu and Karunanidhi were the people who ridiculed Hindu Gods?

    Sample. During mensuration, where will Madurai Meenakshi be and what will she do? What about Theetu?

    On Sri Renganathar , Srirangam. ‘ When will the day come to blow you away with canon?

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    You are a great devotee of Madurai Meenakshi!

    Random people make random noise. These are the people who want to break the goodwill of society,” he told The Hindu in a recent interview. Asked about the demand made by certain persons, including Isha Yoga Centre founder Jaggi Vasudev, he said, “In the case of Jaggi, he is a publicity hound who is trying to find another angle to make more money.” Those making the demand have contended that temples should be run by “bhaktas” (devotees).

    “Will a godman, who is focused on god, be selling Sivarathiri tickets for ₹5,00,000, ₹50,000 and ₹5,000? Is that a sign of a man of god? Is that the identifying mark of a spiritual man? He is a commercial operator pretending to use god and religion to get help,” Mr. Thiagarajan alleged.’

    ‘Good Will of society? Which Society? Your Muslim and Christian Vote Banks

    Who are these random people? Hindus are making it.Are they random People? These ‘Random people were/are the fools who elected you and your father?You expect Muslims and Christians should raise the issue as they are ‘People’ anot not ‘ Random people’?

    As to Jaggi Vasudev, did he ask you to hand over the running of the temples to him?If he is a commercial operator,what is DMK ? What are DMK’ assets? At the last count, it crossed over 60000 Crores and it still collects money from public and also extorts.

    Are you guys not swindling Money in the guise of running a Party?

    If you find that Jaggi Vasudev is an offender, encroached land, file cases; I understand enquiries did not yield sufficient grounds for prosecution and that he had refuted every single allegation.Instead of answering his questions, why talk something totally unconnected? If you think it is correct, your party is emininently disqualified to stand in elections even.

    Then ,you talk about Mismanagement of temples and funds. Are only Hindu temples are mismanaged? Even here, the major culprits are your party DMK Squatters in temple lands. Why don’t you evict them first?

    Are you aware that Wakf board and many Churches are mismanaged? Complaints from the Muslim and Christian communities are pouring in with Vatican being involved in such a case, Marthoma Church in Kerala?Has the government taken over all Churches , Madrassas,Christian organisations and Mosques?

    Understand the fact that when there is mismanagement to an institution belonging to a community, the community will correct it.Especially Religious communities.

    Secular means belonging to No Religion, non interference.NOT interfering in one Religion,Hindu.

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    The Minister rejected the suggestion that temples be run by devotees, contending that the temples were built by emperors and kings. “Who do they belong to? You say give it to the bhaktas. Forget whether it is right or wrong. Which bhakta will I give it to?”

    Which Muslim runs a Muslim Religious place,which Christian runs the affairs of The Churches, in the same way, such Bhaktas will run the Temples.You say’ give it to’ Are the temples yours to give it?

    Mr. Thiagarajan explained the difficulties in constituting a committee to manage the temples and electing members for it.

    “Who will create a committee? Who will decide the eligibility criteria for electing a member to the committee that is going to manage [the temples] outside the government? Only from the village where the temple stands or from outside?”

    “For example, whether a bhakta, who was born in Madurai and is a great Meenakshi devotee but is living in Chennai, eligible for it?” he asked.

    He also pointed out that when a temple was taken out of government control, there was also a need to register it as a separate entity. “That entity will be registered as what? A trust or society because it should exist within some legal framework. Who will regulate it? Who will audit it? How will you elect members of the board? Will the members elected to the committee be permanent till they die? Who is eligible to be taken as board members?” he asked’

    The Hindu society will take care of it.How does the government take care of it, even though it has no right morally and constitutionally?Once you leave , you need not bother. Remain in DMK corporate.

    Quotes,image of FM from The Hindu https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/demand-for-freeing-temples-from-hrce-dept-is-nonsense/article34561361.ece/amp/

    Bold and Italics are mine

  • Shiva Tribes In Kabul To Kaveri

    Shiva Tribes In Kabul To Kaveri

    The Shiva Cult in the south oh Vindhya Mountains,Dravida Desa preceded Shiva worship in the Vedic period.

    1 Shiva is hardly mentioned by name in the Vedas,although He is mentioned in Sreerudram as ”nama Sivaayaca, Sivadharaayaca’

    2.Shiva is mentioned copiously in all the ancient Tamil Classics.

    3.While Shiva legends of the North deal only with his marriage with Uma,Sati’s death , the subsequent Unmatha of Shiva and the scattering of Devi’s body ,which are worshiped as 108 Shakti Peetas.

    3.Though Daksha’s Yagnya,his fight with Shiva is referred to in the North Indian Traditions,more details of this incident is found in the literature of South.

    4.Daksha, to avoid Shiva’s wrath,hid in Antarctica.

    5.Daksha Yagnya Temple is in Kerala.

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    Shiva Linga
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    6.Shiva is praised as A Hunter,Kirata,in Srirudram.

    7.Kirata Shiva Temple is in Kerala.

    8.Arjuna fought with Shiva in the south to obtain Pasupathastra.

    9.Parashurama,an Avatar of Vishnu worshiped Shiva in South.

    10.Karna studied under Parashurama in the South.

    11.The earliest mountain temple of Shiva,Thiruvannamalai is in Tamil Nadu.

    12.Jwalapuram,Cuddapah district,Andhra,Nataraja Temple is 72,000 years old.

    13.Thiruvannamalai,Tamil Nadu is dated at 3.94 Billion years.

    14.Temple where Shiva drank the Halakala poison is in Suruttupalli,border between Andhra(is it Telengana now?).

    15.One Tamil king built 108 Shiva temples on the banks of River Kaveri,starting from Srirangapatna near Mysore,Karnataka to Thiruvanaikkaval,Tamil Nadu.

    16.Some of these kings date back to Ramayana period,Perunchotru Udiyan Nedun Cheralaathan being one,Kochchenganaan,the other.And there are many more.

    17.Shiva,as Chokkanatha,married Devi Meenakshi at Madurai.

    18.Meenakshi’s father Malayathdwaja Pandya fought on the side of Pandavas during Mahabhartha Battle.

    19.Shiva’s temples in all His aspects,Satyojaatham,Tatpurusham,Eesaanam,Vamadevam and Agoram are found in the south.

    20.Shiva founded the Tamil language.

    21.Sage Agastya,who is a link between north and south settled down in Podhigai range,Tamil Nadu.

    22. Shiva,Agastya and Valmiki,who wrote Ramayana were Siddhas,Realized souls,Shiva being the First,Adi Yogi.

    23.Satyavrata Manu was a king of Dravida desa.

    24.Rama’s ancestor Sivi/Sibi built a temple for Vishnu as Punadarikaksha at Thiruvellarai near Sri Rangam

    25. Tamil Chola kings belong to Ikshvaku dynasty.

    26.The Yoga system of the Siddhas of south is based on Vaasi yoga and Patanjali’s Yoga Sutra came later and it is a tool to practice Vaasi Yoga(please read my article on Vaasi Yoga)

    I have written detailed article on each of the points mentioned in this article.

    You may find them under Hinduism Category or Google search term ramanan50.

    So it appears that Shiva and His people/tribe were distributed throughout India.

    They were also present throughout the world.

    With the available evidence now,Shiva tribes seem to have been in

    Kabul,

    Near Chittore,Rajasthan,

    Near Yamuna river and near

    River Kaveri

    I may add that the ancient landmass was different from what it is now and places mentioned in South India were a part of Lemuria,others in Ikshvaku And Uighur Kingdoms.

    ‘It appears likely that the Sivis originally lived in north of river Kabol in remote antiquity, from where sections of them moved southwards in later times and settled in what is called Seva around Bolan Pass, which region was known as Sivistan till recently. Pāṇini also mentions a place called Sivapura which he includes in the Udichya (northern) division of Ancient India and which is identified by some scholars with Sibipura of the Shorkot Inscriptions edited by Vogel. The southerly movement of the Sivis is also evidenced from their other settlement called Usinara near Yamuna, ruled by Sivi king called Usinara.[31] Sivis also are attested to have one settlement in Sind, another one in Madhyamika (Tambavati Nagri) near Chittore (in Rajputana) and yet another one on the Dasa Kumara-chrita on the banks of the Kaveri in southern India (Karnataka/Tamil Nadu).’

    Reference and Citation.

    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sivi_(king)