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  • Shiva Devi Play Dice As Snakes Omkareswar Infra Red Image

    Legends they may be , in the eyes of the Westerners, yet some legends are facts even to day, the so called rationalistic 21st century.

    Most of the so called legends and myths of India are verifiable History.

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    I have been writing validating these myths with the help of known modern Technics including carbon dating and Infra read dating.

    I have written on the 12 Jyotir Lingas of Shiva.

    One of these is Omkareswara in Madhya Pradesh.

    Here Shiva and Devi are believed to play Dice after the night pooja.

    This they do in the form of Snakes.

    Above is a photograph taken recently with a night vision Camera.

    OmkAreshwar is a beautiful self manifest (swayambhu) linga. From the Vindhyanchal mountain range in Madhya Pradesh, river Narmada, turns westward and meanders in that direction. The deep wide river looks like it has assimilated into itself all the sins and sorrows of the humans and releasing them from these. This river Narmada, which flows rippling from the mountains, is also known as “Reva”. The smooth, round pebbles found in this river are called “BanaLingas”.

     

    On the banks of river Narmada, there is a huge island on which the fourth of the JyotirLinga “Omkaram Amaleshwar” is situated. This island and the river are shaped like “OM” and that is how it derives its name. It is a natural phenomenon. The devotees who go round the temple consider themselves blessed because they are doing a Parikrama or Circumambulation of Omkara itself and Darshan of the holy JyotirLinga. The Narmada banks and the island are extremely beautiful. The beauty of Nature here is seen to be believed. The houses perched on the terraced green, strong mountains, the temple, KotiTeerth located in the waterfalls and valleys like Chakrateerts are some of the places to be seen. One can see very big fish and also crocodiles in these waers. There are many trees with beautiful creepers all over them. Groups of monkeys live on these trees. There are a variety of birds. The temple towers look bright and shiny in between. The whole atmosphere echoes with the the sound of “Om Namah Shivaya”. It is here that Lord Sankara has taken the forms of “Omkareshwara” and “Amaleshwara”, as JyotirLinga.

    Sthala purana.

    In the ancient times the Demons defeated the gods or divines. Indra was worried. The Danavas or Demons have wrecked havoc in all the three worlds, i.e., Trilokas. In order to empower the Devas once again, Lord Shiva assumed the form of Jyotirmaya Omkararoop. He came out of the nether world or Patala. Lord Shankar came out in the form of Linga on the banks of river Narmada. The gods or Devas have worshipped the Linga which made them powerful once again. This time they were able to destroy the demons and re-acquiesced their empire in Heavens.

    Brahma and Vishnu also lived in the same place as Omkar Amaleshwar. That is why on the banks of Narmada Brahmapuri, Vishnupuri and Rudrapuri are built which are known as Tripuri Kshetra. The Amareshwar JyotiraLinga is situated in Rudrapuri.

    Later on, in the mythological era or Purana Kala, Yavanaswa Putra Mandhata came into power here with the blessings of Indra. He served Lord Shankara with great devotion. Lord Shankara was pleased with him. The waters of Narmada emanated from the Arghya (holy water) or Jalahari of the Omkar JyotirLinga and flown through the mountains, downward and later on flow unseen. Narmada joins the deep-water spring located near the Linga idol of Omkareshwar. It flows there eternally. When some bubbles appear at the bottom of this spring, it is said, that Lord Shankar is pleased.

    King Mandhata made this holy place his capital. Therefore, this place is also known as Omkar Mandhata. The descendents of Mandhata live here even today. The Vindhya mountain also performed a severe penance and pleased Omkar-Amareshwar. As a result of which, the whole place turned beautiful. Many hermits like Agastya have performed severe penances and japas at Omkar-Amaleshwaram JyotirLingam. They had built their hermitages.

     

    This shrine of Omkar Mandhata Shiva pilgrimage is most beautiful. According to Shankaracharya. It is:

    kAverikAnarmadayoH pavitre samAgame sajjanatAraNAya |
    sadaiva mAndhAtRipure vasantamoNkAramIshaM shivamekamIDe ||

    Meaning:
    I pay my obeisance to the One Who is the savior of the good people and the great One Who always resides at the Holy merging point of Kaveri and Narmada, i.e., Omkar Shiva.

    There was an interesting, pertinent  comment thus,

    ‘How come night vision camera capture image in full colours? Night vision only captures image in dark with green colour’

    The answer is there are cameras to get color images.

    See demo here.

    Citation and reference.

     

    http://www.shaivam.org/siddhanta/sp/spjyoti_omkar.htm

  • Shivas Secret Name Shambhu Ashta Eight Temples

    Shiva is a Pre Sanatana Dharma/vedic Deity, though He finds a rare mention in the Vedas.

    Records indicate He was worshiped in the South, the Dravida Desa much before the worship of Vishnu.

    The spread of Shiva, Ganesha and Murugan(Subrahmanya cult in the south Asian Countries and towards the west culminating in the US has been documented in this blog.

    Shiva has been attributed many names,

    Sankara,Neelakanta,Visweswara,Mahadeva,Triyambaka,Tripurantaka,Mahakala,Kala,

    Mrutyanjaya,Sarveswara.

    Viswesvaraya Mahdevaaya Triyambakaaya Tripurantakaaya Trikaagni Kaalaya Kaalagni Rudraaya Neelakantaaya Mruntnjayaya Sarveswara Sadasivaaya -Sri Rudram

    Even this Maha Mantra does not disclose the secret Name of Shiva, mentioning the name of Shiva  in secret  in the Rudram in the Yajur Veda, in the middle of the eleven anuvaakas, in the fifth anuvaka,again in in the 5th stanza as the fifth word!

    ‘Nama Sivaya cha Sivadharaaya Cha’

     

    The hidden name is Shambhu, indicating Shivas’ Bliss.

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    Ashta( Eight)Shiva Temples.Bhubaneshwar.

    ‘This name of Lord Shankar indicates his blissful personality. He assumes the form of gross elements during playful moments, while he becomes the object of concentration during spiritual moments. Therefore He is called as Shambhu. Shiva, Maheshwar and Shambhu; these names indicate creation, maintenance and annihilation respectively. Thus these three titles can be accepted as the neutral symptoms of Brahman, the Absolute. Material cause (Upadan उपादान) from the first title, efficient cause ( Nimitta निमित्त) from the second title and the oneness of cause and effect has to be understood from the third title. A great Shaiva शैव and crown jewel of Tantra तंत्र Shri Bhaskar Roy reveals the secret of this name as under—
    शं भवयसि च भवसे शं च भवसि चेति वा देव्।
    त्वं देवदारुविपिने लिङ्गे प्रथितोस्यतः शम्भुः॥
    O Lord!! You generate all bliss and you enjoy all bliss, you are embodiment of all bliss and eternity. Your lingam which resides in pinewood forest, is called Shambhu-lingam शंभु लिंगम्. So you are known as Shambhu.
    The sense of delight which we feel in ourselves, that also depends on the delightfulness of Lord Shambhu. He remains uncovered just to allow us to get pleasures ceaselessly. His perpetually uncovered form is eternally joyful to Him. Therefore Lord Shiva is called Chidananda चिदानंद. Even the happiness felt by us in gross sense objects, that happiness also comes from Shiva because there is no other origin of happiness except Lord Umesha. Attainment of the happy and blissful nature of the self is the secret of holy name ‘ Shambhu’.

    “शं सुखं भक्तानां भावयतीति शंभु:”, meaning, one who produces happiness to his devotees

    -Shankaracharya in His commentary on the Vishnu Sahasranama.

    There are eight (Ashta) Shiva Temples in Bhubaneshwar,Odisha, India.

    ‘In the Uttaresvara Siva Temple precinct there are eight temples of identical size and dimension locally known as Astasambhu. Ashtameans eight and Sambhu refers to another name of Lord Shiva. Five of them are arranged in one alignment are also known as Panchu Pandava. The temple is under the private ownership and is maintained by the Ratnakara Gargabatu and family. According to architectural features like bada division and pabhaga mouldings, this temple was built around 10th Century A.D. This is a building made up of stones and its typology is Rekha Deul. The temple is surrounded by Godavari tank in the east, Uttaresvara Siva Templecompound wall in west, and Bindusagar tank in south beyond the compound wall. The temple has an east facing shrine.

    The temple has a square vimanam(shrine) measuring 2.45 metres with a frontal porch of 0.53 metres. Its pancharatha(five chariots) as distinguished by a central raha and a pair of ‘anuratha and kanika pagas on either sides of the raha. On elevation, he vimana is of rekha order that measures 5.72 metres in height from pabhaga to kalasa. From bottom to the top the temple has a bada, gandi andmastaka. With three fold divisions of the bada the temple has a trianga bada measuring 1.72 metres. At the bottom the pabhaga has four base mouldings of khura, kumha, pata, basanta that measures 0.47 metres. Jangha measures 0.90 metres and barandameasuring 0.35 metres thick has three mouldings. The gandi measuring 3.00 metres in height is devoid of any decoration and mastaka measures 1.00 metres with components like beki, amlaka, khapuri and kalasa.

    The parsvadevata niches are located on the raha paga of the jangha on the three sides of north, west and south measuring 0.50 metres x 0.32 metres and with a depth of 0.20 metres. Except the southern niche the rest two are empty. The niches are decorated with talagarbhika and urdhagarbhika of khakhara order. The southern niche houses a four armed Ganesha holding a parasu in his lower left, a rosary with varadamudra pose in lower right hand. His upper hands are broken. The deity is flanked on the top by two flying vidyadharas holding garlands in their hands. This temple is made up of coarse grey sand stone, construction technique is dry masonry type and construction type is Kalingan.

    Uttareswara Shiva Temple.

    Uttaresvara Siva temple is located within a precinct in the northern embankment of Bindusagar tank in the Nalamuhana Sahi, Kedara-Gouri Chowk, Old Town, Bhubaneswar. The enshrining deity in this temple is a Siva lingam within a circular yoni pitha at the centre of sanctum. The original temple has collapsed, as evident from the renovation work above the pabhaga and presence of cult images of earlier phase in different parts of the temple walls without conforming to the canonical prescriptions. It is the main temple within the precinct along with nine lesser shrines..

    Citation and References.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uttaresvara_Siva_Temple

    https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-meaning-of-Shambhu-which-is-one-of-the-names-given-to-Lord-Shiva

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astasambhu_Siva_Temples

     

  • Unique Roof Stone Drips Water on Shiva Linga 24 Minutes Thittai

    There are some astounding features in Indian temples.

    The construction of a temple is very complex and it hs to follow well laid norms in the Agama Sastra.

    Thittai Vasisteswarara Temple roof.jpg Thittai Vasisteswarara Temple roof.

    In addition to this , many temples have special features.

    Vasishteswarar ,Thenthittai.jpg Vasishteswarar ,Thenthittai

    Rays of the Sun falling on the Idol at fixed time of the year.

    Idols shadow touching the wall.

    Idols changing colors at fixed time every day.

    Temples being aligned in the same longitude.

    Idol looking like one figure from the front and another from the back.

    Idols growing.

    Idol which feels like Human at our touch.

    Shadow of the roof of the temple falling in its base(Thanjavur)

    The list is endless.

    Please read my posts on what is listed above and for more.

    Now there is a Temple in Thittai near Thiruvarur, Tamil Nadu, India, where a special stone called Surya/Chandra Kanthakal( Sun, Moon Stones) is fixed in the Vimana,roof of the temple over the Garbha Gruha.

    This stone absorbs moisture from the atmosphere and drips water on the Shiva Linga once in 24 Minutes.( Half Muhurtha)

    Vasishteswarar temple is situated in the village “Thittai” near Thanjavur.

    As the village is situated south of the Cauvery river, it is also called “Thenkudi Thittai”.

    The presiding deity is Swayambootheswarar and the Goddess, Ulaganayaki. As the main deity is a Swayambu Lingam he got the name “Swayambootheswarar”.

    The main deity is also called as Vasishteswarar as he was worshipped here by Saint Vasishtar.

    The unique feature of this temple is that a drop of water falls on the Shiva linga every 24 minutes from the ceiling.

    This is because of a very special stone called Chandrakanth kept on the roof.

    This stone absorbs moisture from the surrounding air and converts into a drop of water.

    This temple attracts huge crowds because of the above stone as well the presence of the temple for Raja Dakshinamoorthy.

    “Thittai”, the name of the village means “Thittu” in Tamil, (i-e) a Mound.

    When the whole world was surrounded by water because of “Pralayam”, Brahma & Vishnu worshipped the Lord Maheshara for protection. After wandering much for a safe place, they found this only mound, which did not drown in the Pralaya waters, where there was a Shiva Lingam.

    They performed Pooja to the Lingam and worshipped Lord Shiva, who appeared before them and delegated their duties of Creation and Protection.

    It is believed that this is the only place, which was not destroyed even during Pralayam( Dissolution of the Universe)

    Unlike many other temples, here the complete temple is built using the stone. Not only for the main deities, but also all other Sannidhi’s are constructed using stones, right from floors, pillars, walls and roof.

     

    *Two stones “Suryagaanthakkal” and “Chandragaanthakkal” which are placed at strategic points above the Vimana are the reasons for the droplets of water which falls on the deity.

    These 2 stones absorb moisture from the atmosphere, convert into 1 water droplet, performing a natural Abhishegam to the deity, every 24 minutes (1 Naazhigai), be it the day or night.

    A small piece of yellow cloth (Dhothi) which covers the Lingam is always wet because of this. If one can wait patiently, they can view this amazing act.

    The temple tank situated opposite the temple is called “Chakra Theertham” which is believed that it was created by the Chakra from the hands of Mahavishnu.

     

    The Goddess is called Ulaganayagi. It is said that a Vaisya girl got back her dead husband after worshipping Ulaganayagi.

    How to reach.

    Airport. Tiruchi.

    Railhead.Tiruchi, Thanjavur,Kumbakonam, Thiruvarur.

    Bus Station.From Tiruchi, Kumbakonam,mauram, Thiruvarur, Thanjavur

    The temple is located six km from the main road on the way to Melattur from Thanjavur

    Citations.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasishteswarar_Temple,_Thittai

    http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-tamilnadu/special-arrangements-at-thittai/article1885476.ece

    http://www.hindutemplethittaiguru.com/

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  • Laos Mountain Sixty Meter Linga Peak Linga Parvatha Vat Phou

    Laos Mountain Sixty Meter Linga Peak Linga Parvatha Vat Phou

    We know that Thiruvannamalai is about a Billion old and Tirumala Tirupati is about 2100 Million Years old.

    The Thiruvannamalai Hill is believed to be the Form of Linga, Agni Linga.

    There is a Mountain in Laos with the Shiva Linga, 60 Meters, at its peak.

    It is bathed by a Spring.

    The water is carried by 632 Pipes.

    Wat Phou peak Linga Parvatha ,Laos.jpg The mountain has a natural linga on its peak. Image Credit. “Watphoupeaklinga03”. Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons – https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Watphoupeaklinga03.jpg#/media/File:Watphoupeaklinga03.jpg

    Vat Phou has been founded by the Cham, according to the historians and was later one of the first temples of the Khmers outside Cambodia. The oldest ruins date from the fifth and sixth century. Vat Phou nestles at the base of Mount Phou Pasak, that got the name Lingaparvata, because on top a 60 metres high monolith reaches into the sky. This natural outcropping has led the people to consider it a sacred place long ago. It resembles to linga of Shiva, the god of the Hindu. To some visitors it resembles also a female breast (see picture by Diane, taken on Don Daeng). “Parvata” means “mountain,” so “Lingaparvata” is literally “Linga Mountain.” It is the same word-root as “Parvati” the name of Shiva’s consort, a mountain-goddess, notes art-and-archaeology.com. Willard Van De Bogart tells the story of Lingaparvata, the story was also published with a lot of book references. Read also the official site description by the Museum of Vat Phu.

    Linga Parvata.

    n Laos, Lingaparvata became a focal point for austerities to Shiva in the fifth century under the vocable of Bhadresvara, the god of the Chams at My Hon-Son on the Champa (Vietnam) coast. The city of Kuruksetra and then later called Sreshthapura was the holiest ancient city for kings to make pilgrimage (tirtha yatra). In fact a 250 mile royal road runs from Angkor Wat directly to Vat Phu indicating there was a direct link to Vat Phu from the new Ankorean center.

    There is a haunting living quality to Lingaparvata as it protrudes so uniquely into the sky almost as if some giant were pushing upward deep from within its rocky interior. From a distance Lingaparvata appears as a linga or even a small temple set on the summit where rituals to the gods would be performed. There is a Chinese document from the Sui dynasty (589-616CE) that mentions a temple on the summit of a mountain named Ling-kia-po-p’o, which is guarded by a thousand soldiers and consecrated to a spirit named Po-to-li. It was Georges Coedes, the famous French epigraphists, who transliterated Ling-po-p’o into Lingaparvata.

    It is by all accounts a magical mystifying experience to witness this singular protuberance setting itself alone amongst the mountain tops behind Vat Phu and forever capturing the fascination and wonder of anyone who sets eyes on it.

    Mt. Phu Kao immediately focuses your attention to the summit as no other small mountain can do. It’s as if in its own way the mountain is trying to announce something profound or waiting to direct the eyes of the beholder to look at something very special. The mountain commands one to look in its direction because none of the other hills are as unique. It is unique and different and holds its own as a singular presence like none of the other hills. Surely such a mountain would be thought of having supernatural powers and perhaps in order to even address those powers rites and rituals would have had to be conducted long before any consideration would be given to scale its summit.

    Here was a mountain top that was so singular in its appearance that innately one sensed there was something being conducted on its rocky protrusion that only the mountain itself knew about. The absolute profundity and sanctity that the mountain has held over the millennia has finally reached its symbolic identity as the linga of Lord Shiva himself.

    This was Shiva’s pillar of fire that endlessly went into the heavens and endlessly passed down through the earth. Here was the penultimate axis of the world and once the Brahmins from India saw this outcropping they could do none other than name this mountain Lingaparvata. This one linga would be impossible to move, and would provide the devotee with a substantive feeling of awe simply by recognizing the latent power of this mountain made it possible to communicate with the gods. It was on this mountain that the priests had developed the Cakravartin cosmology that in 400 years would establish the consecration of the Khmer Empire where Shiva, Vishnu, and Brahma would be the gods that would establish divine kingship for another 500 years.

    If Mt Kailash in Tibet is considered the home of Shiva and Arunachela is considered an actual manifestation of Shiva then I would offer that Lingaparvata could be thought of as the temple of Shiva whereby divine communication with all the gods would take place. My justification for making such a statement and associating Lingaparvata with a temple gateway to meet the gods is by recognizing that the Khmer Empire got its spiritual guidance from the environs of Kuruksetra. The combination of Vat Phu, Lingaparvata, the sacred spring and King Jayavarman IIÕs inscription at Vat Oubmong indicate an auspicious focal point that merits calling Lingaparvata a temple gate way to the gods. It was in 802CE that King Jayavarman II consecrated the Khmer Empire and he became the “Cakravatin” and established the union between god and king and the beginning of the “Devaraja” cult worship’

    ….

    Champasak Wat Phou Spring water pipes.jpg Champasak Wat Phou Spring water being carried by pipes to bathe Shiva.

    ‘From Pakse, we first headed south 30 km, ferried across the Mekong River, cooled off over lunch at a riverside restaurant in Champasak town, then continued to the Khmer site of Wat Phu Champasak. Unlike the meticulously restored Phanom Rung site that we visited in Thailand, this one has a very atmospheric tumbled-down appearance. From a huge pond, a promenade flanked by stone lotus bud columns (most lying on the ground) leads to a pair of large rectangular worship pavilions, the most impressive buildings here due to their size and detailed carvings. The pathway continues west past a Nandi pavilion, now empty, and climbs past some guardian figures and a Ganesha to the main sanctuary. This structure of stone blocks has many detailed carvings of Hindu epics and gods. Originally it housed a Shiva lingam continually bathed in water from a nearby spring. Now it shelters several folksy Buddhas.

    Citations.

    http://www.earthportals.com/Portal_Messenger/lingaparvata.html

    http://www.arizonahandbook.com/ThaiLao2.htm

    http://treasuresoflaos.blogspot.in/2010/08/champasak.html

    ‘

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  • Lunatic Go Pacify My Paramour Order Issued to Lord Shiva

    Lunatic Go Pacify My Paramour Order Issued to Lord Shiva

    I have written quite a few posts describing the approach Of Hinduism towards God.

    God  as The Reality, on the one hand is treated as A principle without Attributes, on the other it reveals God is closer to Man if  one approaches Him with Devotion,Love.

    Lord Krishna declares in the Bhagavad Gita that He would appear to the Devotee in the Form He wishes and prays and Grant him His wishes in the Form of the God He worships.

    And in the Path of Devotion in Hinduism, God , can and was approached in the Form of a Relative,

    Mother,Father,Son,Child,Friend……..in as many as forms as there are relationships.

    God has also been approached as a Lover!

    And He responded!

    There is yet another instance that many, who do not know Tamil, may be unaware of.

    That Sundarar, a Devotee of Lord Shiva, asked the Lord to go and mediate on behalf him to his paramour!

    And The Lord obliged!

    Shiva had earlier  stopped Sunadarar’s marriage claiming that Sundara was Shiva’s Slave, as per the document executed by Sundarar’s ancestor and Shiva had documents to support it!

    And in a Court, Panchayat, Shiva proved it.

    During the course of the altercation on this issue, Sundara called Shiva as a Lunatic.Pitha(Tamil)

    Later when Shiva asked Sundarar to compose Hymns on Him(after Sundarar realized the Man who visited him was none other than Shiva), Sundarar was at a loss and asked the Lord ‘

    ‘How can I sing on You, The Lord,whom I called as a Lunatic’

    Shiva replied,

    Start with the term thou have addressed Me, Pitha, Lunatic’, the first song of his Thevaram, the songs in praise of Shiva.

    Sundarar composed.

    ‘

    பித்தா பிறை சூடி பெருமானே அருளாளா
    எத்தான் மறவாதே நினைக்கின்றேன் மனத்துன்னை
     வைத்தாய்பெண் ணைத்தென்பால் வெண்ணைய்நல்லூர் அருள்துறையுள் அத்தா உனக்காளாய் இனி அல்லேன் எனலாமே!
    Piththaa pirai soodee perumaanee arulaalaa
    Eththal maravaadhee ninaikkindreen manathunnai
    Vaiththaai pennai thenpaal vennai nalloor aruththurayul
    Aththa vunakku aalaai inee alleen enal aamee

    Translation:
    Oh mad! Oh Peruman with a crescent, Oh Graceful one, I am thinking about you without forgetting. Oh God of Thiru vennai nalloor in the southern bank of the river Pennai, how can I say I am not your slave?

    Sundharar did not want to put his leg in the holy town of thiruvadhikai where Thirunaavukkarasar was born. So he stayed in the outskirts – sidhdhavada madam. In the night when he was sleeping, the God appeared as an old man and put His legs many times on Sundharar ‘s head. Sundharar shouted at Him. He disappeared from there. Realizing that the old man was God Himself, Sundharar sang this song…

    Not only this, Sundarar asked Lord Shiva to mediate between him and his Paramour!

    Shiva did!

    Sundarar , Shiva altercation.jpg Sundarar , Shiva altercation.

    ‘

    while Sundarar was being married, the service was interrupted by an old ascetic who asked for Sundarar as his servant, making a name sake claim that Sundarar’s “grandfather pledged him” according to an ancient palm leaf manuscript in his possession. Sundarar and those assembled at the wedding were outraged and called the old man a madman (piththaan: Tamil). But a court of Vedic scholars concluded that the palm leaf was legally valid. Crestfallen, Sundarar resigned himself to servitude in the old man’s household and, following him to Thiruvennainallur village, was led to the Thiruvarutturai Shiva temple.

    The old man was said to be Shiva (Lord Thiagaraja) himself, who told him: ” That the document shown was only a name sake reason and he wanted sundarar to be reminded of his actual form as alalasundarar a servitor in lord’s kailasam, who had to be born in earth both due to moments of worldly thoughts that overcame him as well as due to the fact that the southern tamil region that had done great thavam during kali age need be blessed with an account on lives of great nayanmars called tiru thondar thokai.You will henceforth be known as Vanthondan, the argumentative devotee. Did you not call me a mad man just a short while ago? Begin your hymn addressing me ‘O mad man!’”.Lord sivan had also advised vanthondar to” while on earth sing of us in words of Tamil”…

    ‘

    Sundarar prayed to the Lord for His help in pacifying Paravayar. The Lord disguised Himself as Sundarar’s messenger, a Brahmin priest, and went to Paravayar’s house. The Brahmin pleaded Sundarar’s cause, but Paravai refused and sent them back. Yet she was grief-stricken at the separation from Sundarar.

    When the Lord informed Sundarar of all that had happened, Sundarar was inconsolable and blamed that Shiva’s going there in the form of a messenger and not in His true form was the cause for the failure of the mission. The Lord once set out to go to the second time.

    In the mean time, the devout Paravayar had understood that the Brahmin was no other than the Lord Himself and was suffering from terrible anguish for not recognizing Shiva. The Lord again went to her house: and this time He appeared before her in His real form. Paravayar at once prostrated before Siva and agree to obey his commands.

    The Lord then informed Sundarar that He had pacified Paravayar and that Sundarar could now return to her. In the mean time, Paravayar had decorated her house beautifully and was eagerly waiting for her Lord. Sundarar, with his devotees, entered the house. Paravayar fell at Sundarar’s feet. Thus, they were re-united after a long separation.

    Because of his adamant attitude to even the Lord, Shiva Called Sundarar as Vanthondar, One who is argumentative , prone to violence!

    A word about the evidence of this incident

    Sundarar is unique among the Nayanars in that both of his parents are also recognised as Nayanars. He was born into an adi saiva, temple priest Brahmin group.His original name was Nambi aroorar. The ruler of the local kingdom (Thirumunaipadi-Nadu), Narasingamunaiarayar a chieftain, adopted him and brought up as his own son, attracted by the beauty of the child he saw playing in the street. Sundarar was a contemporary of great Pallava emperor Rajasimha who was also a nayanmar saint and also author of many devotional hymn works in tamil.A temple inscription in tiruvarur says that sundarar’s father sadayan also a nayanmar saint belonged to the gotram or lineage of sage bharadwaja and his mother isaignani also a nayanmar saint belonged to the gotram or lineage of sage gautama. From epigraphs it is also inferred that a Sanskrit hagiography on sundarar namely sva swami mitra prabhandam translated as travelogues of he who became friend of lord is now not available.’

    When we want to record the happenings today, we have them written in Newspapers, Text Books.

    Now we have the electronic media and we have even digitalised our news , which would be History tomorrow.

    If they question that the news was fabricated , then what?

    If when the future looks at History and if these records we have created had been destroyed, is it that nothing has happened?

    In the past the Kings were clever.

    They created documents in the form of epigraph , built temples specifying the reasons for the temple and the Devotees like Sundarars’ Names are mentioned .

    What more do we want?

    That Shiva would come and testify?

    He did ans He will.

    I shall narrate that later.

    Tiruvennainallur Temple, where Shiva revealed Himself to Sundarar  -Basic information.

    Moolavar : Krupapureeswarar – also Arutkonda Nathar, Aatkonda Nathar, Venupureeswarar
    Urchavar : –
    Amman / Thayar : Mangalambikai, Verkanni Amman
    Thala Virutcham : Bamboo
    Theertham : Pennai River, Neeli, Sivaganga, Kama, Arul Thurai, Dandu, (Sivnarkeni), Pandava, Vaikunda and Veda theerthams.
    Agamam / Pooja : –
    Old year : 1000-2000 years old
    Historical Name : Tiruvarul Thurai
    City : Tiruvennai Nallur
    District : Viluppuram
    State : Tamil Nadu
    The temple is open from 6.00 a.m. to 11.00 a.m. and from 5.00 p.m. to 8.00 p.m.

    Sri Krupapureeswarar Temple, Tiruvennainallur-607 203, Tirukovilur taluk, Villupuram district.

    Citation.

    http://thiruppugazh-nectar.blogspot.in/2013/05/how-shiva-mediated-between-sundarar-and.html

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sundarar

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