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  • Mantra Temple For Continuous High Fever Kooduthurai Bhavani

    Mantra Temple For Continuous High Fever Kooduthurai Bhavani

     

    Many have written asking me whether there is any alternative because chanting of Indrakshi Siva Kavacham is difficult and the procedure is arduous.

    My observation is that we are prepared to follow the instructions of a doctor, though at times, it has no relevance to the problem and the medicine prescribed might be totally irrelevant.

    We are cured, in my opinion, because of our faith in the doctor.

    Then why don’t we follow the same approach towards Mantras and Pariharas?

    There is a Temple and a specific Mantra for high fever.

    The Sangameshwara Temple, Kooduthurai , near Bhavaani.

    Nearest Railway Station/Bus Station.  Erode.

    Airport, Coimbatore.

    Temple timings 630 am to 12noon and from 4to 8 pm.

    The temple has a Jurahareswara(Lord of Fever, Shiva)

    You may visit the temple after you chant the Mantra provided towards the close of this article.

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    Jurahareshwara with three heads, three arms and three legs is found only in a few temples in Tamilnadu. He is found here in a seperate shrine and interestingly the dwarapalakas in this shrine also have three heads, arms and legs. Offering Rice, Pepper Rasam, and Araikeerai Kootu (Greens with Dhal) to the Lord is said to relieve people of fever and other ailments.

    Chanting of

    “Bhasmayudhaaya Vidhmahe

    Raktha Netraaya Dheemahi

    Thanno Jurahara Prachodhayaath”

    and worshipping him with Bilva leaves, while offering pepper and cummin seeds is said to relieve people of chronic gastric ailments. have written on Indrakshi Shiva Kavacham for curing fever. ‘

    Chant the mantra for 108 times day with the fingers of your right hand touching A little quantity of Vibhuthi, Bhasma placed in front of you in a small plate.

    After chanting apply the Vibhuthi on the sick person’s forehead.

    After fully recovered you may visit the temple and offer parihara as mentioned above.

    Reference and citation. 

    Image credit.https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sangameswarar_Temple#

    http://aalayamkanden.blogspot.in/2011/08/sri-sangameshwarar-temple-erode.html?m=1

     

  • Eight Shiva Temples Straight Line 79*41 Longitude

    I have to refer, in my attempt to unravel Indian History, to a lot of materiel  from Archaeology,Astronomy, Etymology,History,Linguistics, local, foreign Legends,Religious texts,Ancient maps and the temples around the world.

    Shiva Temples Same Longitude ,India
    Shiva Temples Same Longitude

    Temples, especially in India speak .

    I have written on ,

    Shiva Temples in Straight Line Geometrically aligned
    Shiva Temples in Straight Line

    Twenty World Spiritual sites in the same Latitude Seven Hinduism

    Chidambaram Geo Magnetic Center o the Universe

    79* 41 Longitude Chidambaram Kanchi Kalahasti Three Elements Temple

     

    And more.Please check the related posts in each article mentioned above.

    I have also written on the Pyramids of Egypt, Temples in the South East and Middle East.

    There seems to be some geometry associated with them, which we are yet to unfathom.

    I am checking on these.

    I am producing information on Eight Shiva Temples of Shiva.

    They are located in the same Longitude,

    79* 41.

    Now There are eight Shiva  temples in the same Longitude.

    Some marginally away .

    This could be due to the spinning fo the earth’s Axis and its consequent shift.

    Eight Shiva Temples in the Same Longitude.

     

    1. Kedarnath – Kedarnath Temple (30.7352° N, 79.0669)
    2. Kaleshwaram – Kaleshwara Mukteeshwara swamy Temple (18.8110, 79.9067)
    3. Srikalahati – Srikalahasti Temple (13.749802, 79.698410)
    4. Kanchipuram – Ekambareswarar Temple (12.847604, 79.699798)
    5. Thiruvanaikaval – Jambukeswara Temple (10.853383, 78.705455)
    6. Tiruvannamalai – Annamalaiyar Temple (12.231942, 79.067694)
    7. Chidambaram – Nataraja Temple (11.399596, 79.693559)
    8. Rameswaram – Ramanathaswamy Temple(9.2881, 79.3174)

    I shall be writing more on  Geometrically aligned structures in the World and their connection to Hindusim.

    Of course I shall be writing on Rosaline Line

  • Shiva Under Rudraksha Canopy Pandavas Rooms Arakandanallur

    The history of India is diverse.

    It might appear to the uninitiated as fragments far removed from the the unity  of India, with misinformation campaign started y the British  to exercise their supremacy over their colony India and this is still being carried  out by the self styled rationalists and secularists under the myth of Reason and tolerance, to suppress the glory of Bharatavarsha.

    Apart from the spiritual side one finds marvels of Architecture using far more advanced technology than what e have today, these temples support the evidence of incidents reported in the Eighteen Puranas and the Ithihasas, Ramayana and Mahabharata.

    Pandavas  lived in cognito for a period of one year as a part of the agreement to reclaim their Lost Kingdom.

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    Atuyanadheswarar temple, Arakandanallur.

    Image credit.

    http://hill-temples.blogspot.in/2011/03/athulyanadheswarar-temple-at.html

    In the process they wandered the length and breadth of India, from Himalayas where they built a Temple for Shiva and there is a cave in Andhra where the hid.

    They have also traveled to deep down south.

    One such place where they stayed and prayed Lord Shiva for regaining their Lost Kingdom is in Araikanda Nallur, now called Arakandanallur, Viluppurm District which is about  three hours drive from Chennai.

    Arakandanallur is about 28 km from Viluppuram.

    How to reach Arakandanallur.

    Airport.Chennai/Puducherry.

    Railway station. Villuppuram/Thirukkoilur.

    Buses. from Viluppuram, frequency 45 minutes.

    Arakandanaur is 35 km from Thiruvannamalai and 2 km from Thirukkoiur.

    Moolavar.Atulyanadesewara, Shiva.

    Consort.Azhagiya Ponnazhagi, Soundara Kanagaabigai.

    Ganesha, Vishnu,Annamalaiyar(Shiva), Vishnu and Saptha mathas are also found here.

    Bheema is reported to have dug a Tank for Draupadi to take bath.

    There is a pair of feet, reportedly belonging to Thirugnana Sambhandar.

    He saw Thiruvannamalai from this spot.

    Lord Vishnu as Vamana worshiped Shiva here to absolve him from the sin of  destroying Mahabali.

    Ramana Maharishi experienced a Divine Light emanating from the sanctum here

    Sthala vruksha, Holy tree,-Vilva.

    Lord as a Swayambu Linga is seated under a Rudraksha pandal (roof) facing west.

    When saint Tirugnanasambandar came to this place, he found the temple locked by people of other faith stopping all pujas and functions.

    Sambandar sang in praise of Lord, opened the doors and restored the rituals.

    Both Pradosha Nandhi and Adhikara Nandhi leaned to right and left sides respectively to facilitate easy darshan of the Lord to the saint.

    Even now both Nandhis are seen looking at opposite directions to each other.

    Original name. Araiani nallur, temple ornamented by Five rooms.

    The Pandavas built five rooms for themselves to stay and worshiped Shiva for regaining their Lost kingdom.

    After inning the Kurukshetra war, the Pandavas visited this temple after their coronation.

    Though stated to be about 2000 Years old the temple belongs to much earlier period because of the references found in Tami literature.

    Saint Gnanasambhandar praised this temple in Thevaram Hymns.

    Tami king Paari donated lands and ornaments to this temple.

    This Temple is cut into the rocks.

     

     

  • Worlds Single Rock Two Tier Suns Rays Rockfort Temple

    Apart from the Spirituality surrounding Indian Temples, they are poems in Art.
    They were built thousands of years ago.
    They had very precise plans as laid out in the Agama Sastra which is dated back to 5000 years at a conservative estimate.
    (Please check my post on Agamas)
    They have withstood earthquakes. The Thanjavur Bid Temple has withstood as many as five earthquakes.
    These temples were astronomically oriented.
    Somecof them aligned to Winter Solstice , some Summer Solstice.

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    Some group of temples are Geometrically aligned.
    Kanchipuram, Thiruvanaikkaval and Kalahasthi lie in a straight line in the same lattitude.
    Some of them drip water on the Idol in the Sanctum.
    Some idols change colors ,in some cases, as many as Five times a day.
    Suns Rays fall at a particular date at a particular time on the Deity.

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    Shadows of the top portion fall at the base of the Temple.
    There is a temple of Shiva which disappears into sea only to reappear in the same day.
    The idols receive light  where there is no light source.
    Some temples vare builtvin the plains, some in the forests,some near the sea and in the sea and some in the mountains.
    And some in the cave.
    The building of a temple in a Mountain is an arduous task.
    There are many temples in the mountains, hillocks.
    Though therecare a lot of temples built on mountains , they are single temples wit a Single tier of construction.
    That is you would find Temples in a Mountain with deity installed atop the temple, though there might be other temples , either at the base or on the way to the top.
    But there is a temple where there is a two tier construction, with one temple built on top of the other.
    And this in a Single Rock!
    This technic of carving out temples in a mountain was
    Popularised by Emperor Rajaraja Chola in 1039 AD.
    However even he could not build a two tiered temple on A Rock.
    Yet we find the Rockfort Temple , Thiruchirapalli as a lone examplecof a two floor temple on a Rock.
    The lower one is dedicated to Lord Shiva and the Top to Lord Ganesh.
    These two temples lie on a single Rock.
    The Shiva temple called as Thaayamaanavar is the first temple as you climb and lies on to youvright from the steps.
    You have to retrace your steps to climb up to see Lord Ganesh which is also on the Same Rock.
    Imagine building on a Rock by carving and that too two temples and one of them, Thaayamaanavar , is so designed that the Sun’s rays fall at the feet of Shiva Linga on three days of a year( panguni 23,24 and 25th- end March , early April), through an aperture of one and a half feet by two feet!
    And the rays have to travel about 60 feet bypassing the Dwajasthamba and enter the Sanctum, Garbhagruha!
    How to reach Thiruchirapalli.
    Airport . Thiruchirapalli, Tamil Nadu.
    Railway Station.  Thiruchirapalli.
    Bus Station.  Thiruchirapalli.
    Deities. Ganesh Uchipillayar meaning Ganesh at the Top.
    Thaayamaanavar, Shiva LINGA, who served a pregnant woman by delivering her child.

    Image Credit. Rockfort Temple Full View.
    http://www.eambalam.com/samaagamaa/know.php?id=1&subid=4&subsubid=33

  • Tilted Anthill Shiva Thiruverumbur

    Ancient Temples of India have stories to convey, but they are not stories but facts corroborated by internal and external evidence.
    Events narrated in different Puranas and Ithihasas check with the local sthala puranas. Sthala Puranas are local legends associated with the temple present in the city.

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    They appear to be stories but in reality it is History.
    This, I found out while researching on the places visited by Lord Rama.
    The basic text for Ramayana is Valmiki Ramayana.
    I also visit temples often to find out more about history.
    During the time I was figuring out the places visited by Lord Rama , I found some sthala puranas of temples to be quite outrageous at the first look when compared with the text of Valmiki Ramayana.
    Rama is believed to have performed Tharpan for Jatayu at Vaitheswaran koil in Tamil Nadu.
    And there is another temple in Andhra Pradesh where Rama performed Tharpana for Jatayu!
    Looked ludicrous. .

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    On checking Valmiki Ramayana , I found that Ravana cut the wings/feathers of Jatayu one by one.
    Jatayu persisted and flew despite losing wings/feathers and Lord Rama seems to have performed Sraddha/Tharpan at each place where the feather had fallen!
    In Kanda Purana in Tamil Lord Subrahmanya,Karthikeya annihilated the Rakshasas Sura padman and his brothers at Thiruchendur, Tamil Nadu.
    The Devas prayed Lord Shiva to relieve them of the sufferings they were being subjected to by Sura Padma and Shiva proomised to take action.
    Then SUBRAHMANYA was born.
    He was presented with a special weapon by Devi.
    Then He went on to annihilate Sura at Thiruchendur.
    Look at the places in the above sequence
    Palani Saravana  Poigai where Muruga was born,
    He was given the Vel, Spear at Sikkil Tamil Nadu.
    The place the Devas prayed Shiva was at Thiruverumbur,.
    These form a logical sequence.
    The temple at Thiruverumbur is very anciet and this was where Devas prayed to Lod Shiva.
    Thiruverumbur means city of Ants!
    The devas were aoprehensive that the Asurasigjt find out about their intentions to pray to Shiva and prevent and they assumed the form of Ants to prevent detection.
    As the SHIVA LINGA was made of Anthills, it might slip if people try to climb.
    This is also a reason for Devas assuming the Form of Ants.
    At Thiruverumbur one finds the Linga to be slighly tilted and the Shiva Linga is made of Anthill.
    Onle the base is made of Stone.
    So there are no Abhishekas excepting Tailakkaapu , anointing with oil.
    The temole is about an hours run from Thiruchirapalli and there are a lot of Buses on the Chennai route where the town lies.
    Airport.  THIRUCHIRAPALLI.
    Railway Station.. Thiruverumbur/ Thiruchirapalli.
    The temple is believed to cure mental tension.
    There is a small idol of Kasi Viswanatha Linga behind the Sanctum of Thiruverumbur Shiva Ling.
    There is a small slit at the top of the sancrum at the back.
    Sun’s Rays kiss the Viswanatha as Linga for apbout 15 minutes and it does not touch the idols adjacent to Kasi Viswanatha.
    I observed this between 845 and 9 am.
    ‘ The temple’s main shrines and its two prakarams (outer courtyards) are on top of the hill, while a hall and the temple tank are located at the foothills. Shiva is believed to have transformed himself into an ant hill and tilted his head at this place to enable ants to climb up and worship him. Erumbeeswarar is revered in the canonical 7th-century Tamil Saiva work the Tevaram, written by Tamil saint poets known as nayanmars and classified as Paadal Petra Sthalam.

    The temple is one in a series built by Aditya Chola (871-907 CE) along the banks of river Cauvery, to commemorate his victory in the Tirupurambiyam Battle. It has several inscriptions from the Chola Empire dating back to the 10th century.[1] The temple has been declared a protected monument by the Archaeological Survey of India and is locally referred as “Kailash of South India”.

    Erumbeeswarar temple is located atop a 60 feet (18 m) hill with a flight of granite steps to the top. Since the temple is atop a hill, it is locally called “Malai Kovil” (meaning hill temple). The temple complex has two prakarams (outer courtyard) and a two-tiered rajagopuram (gateway tower).[3] The central shrine faces east and holds the image of Erumbeeswarar (Shiva) in the form of lingam made of mud mound. The granite images Ganesha (son of Shiva and god of wisdom), Murugan (son of Shiva and god of war), Nandi (the bull and vehicle of Shiva) and Navagraha (nine planetary deities) are located in the hall leading to the sanctum. As in other Shiva temples of Tamil Nadu, the first precinct or the walls around the sanctum of Erumbeeswarar has images of Dakshinamurthy (god of knowledge), Durga (warrior-goddess) and Chandikeswarar (a saint and devotee of Shiva). The central image of Erumbeeswarar is made of mud mound and is referred by other names like Erumbeesar, Mathuvaneswarar, Manikoodalachapathi, Piplikesvarar and Manickanathar. The inscriptions in the temple refer Erumbeeswarar as Thirumalai Alwar, Thiruverumbur Alwar and Thiruverumburudaya Nayanar. The shrine of the consort-goddess Narunguzhal Nayagi Amman, facing south, is located in the second precinct of the temple. The second precicnt is surrounded by granite walls. Narunguzhal Nayagi Amman is referred by other names like Sugantha Kuzhalal, Soundra Nayagi, Madhuvaneswari and Rathnambal.
    According to Hindu legend, there lived a demon (asura) Tharukasuran, who conquered Prithvi (earth) and Svarga (heaven). Indra, the leader of celestial deities and other gods suffered at the hands of Tharukasuran and sought the help of the creator-god Brahma, who asked them to worship Shiva in Thiruverumbur. In order to deceive Tharukasuran, the devas transformed into ants and reached the temple. Since the surface of the lingam (aniconic form of Shiva) was slippery, the ants found it difficult to climb up and worship. Shiva transformed himself into an ant hill and slid his head, which enabled the ants to climb and worship. Hence the name Erumbeeswarar is derived from Erumbu meaning ant and Easwaran referring to Shiva.[4] This is one of the three places where Shiva slid his head for his worshippers, the other two being the temples at Virinjipuram and Thiruppanandal. The temple is also referred as Rathinakoodam, Thirverumbipuram, Erumbeesam, Brahmapuram, Laskhmipuram, Madhuvanam, Rathnakoodapuram, Manikoodapuram and Kumarapuram in various religious literature.[5] The temple is locally called as Kailash (the abode of Shiva) of South India.
    Citation and reference.
    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erumbeeswarar_Temple