If some valuables go missing,if some your kith and kin go missing, the following Mantra shall ensure that the lost things are recovered and the lost person either returns or you get information about them
This has to be chanted, after bath, in the morning 18 times.
Hinduism abounds in God taking care of His Children.
We have Mathrubhootheswarar, Tiruchirapalli, who performed the job of a Mid-wife for a woman in Labor.
God can not stand the Hungry.
He has cooked for them and served.
Vaikom, Kerala, located 23 kilometers south of Ernakulam, Cochin, is the Famous Temple of Vaikaththappan,Father of Vaikom.
Mahadeva Vaikom Temple
One Bilvamangalaswamy visited the Temple and bot being to see the God in the sanctum , came out only to see God Lord Siva being served Food Goddess Parvati on a Rock.
The day, Vaikkathashtami, the Eighth day of the Waning Moon in The Month of November-December,Ashtami Thithi.
The festival is for Thirteen Days , on the seventh day Shiva rides the Nandi and the next day people are fed, especially the Namboodri Brahmins.
Whoever visits the Temple should never return with an empty stomach.
All are served on The Rock.
Three Siva Lingas brought by a Demon Kara are worshiped in three temples, one at each place.
Vaikom,Kattuthuruthi and Ettumaanoor.
The sacred ash is the Prasad and it is believed to cure any ailment of the stomach.
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Belief is that the Siva Linga placed by Khara Asura by his right hand is being worshipped at Vaikom, the one in left hand at Ettumannoor and the one by neck at Kaduthuruthy even to this day.
The Linga carried by Khara with his neck is believed to be at Kadathuruthy and the one by his left hand is at Ettumanoor. The fact that the distance from Vaikom to Kadathuruthy and from there to Ettumanoor is more or less the same, gives credence to this legend. So the Darsana of all these three Lingas on a same day is considered as good as the Siva Darsana at Kailas – the Abode of the Lord.
On a *Vritchika – Krishna paksha – Ashtami dahy (According to Malayalam Era), the Lord of Lords and God of Gods – Siva the Paremeswara appeared to the Maharshi with his consort Parvati – the Jagat Janani. The Lord proclaimed, “This place shall be known as Vyaghrapadapurma”, and disappeared. The world famous Vaikkathashtami and all connected holy festivals are observed here even to this day on the same Vrichika – Krishna*- Ashtami.
Vyaghrapada Maharshi continued the Pooja in most esteem and devotion for some time and went on pilgrimage.Months and years passed. Sri Parasurama – the Chiramjeevi was going by the sky one day. Seeing good omens alighted here and saw a Holy Siva Linga emerged in water emitting heavenly rays. He could understand that it was the Siva Linga placed by Khara. Sri Parasurama thought himself that, the holiest and noblest Siva Chaitanya could be a great refuge for the devoted who wish to attain Moksha. He consecrated the auspicious Linga here with His earnest Prayers and recitation of Siva Manthras.
The most benign Lord Siva at once appeared with his consort Parvati Devi before Parasurama. He was so pleased that the Linga was consecrated with the Manthras by Parasurama – the incarnation of Vishnu, his greatest devotee. The kind Lord Siva said to Parasurama, “From now onwards I shall stay here as Shaiva-Vaishnava Chaithanya granting all blisses and Moksha to all devotees”.
Full of joy and gratitude Parasurama performed Siva Linga pooja there for some days. Then he himself built a temple here and entrusted a noble Brahmin of Taruna village whom he taught Pooja Manthras. The Brahmin had learned all the 28 Sivagama and wore rudraksha and bhasma. Parasurama donated the whole temple with Linga to Brahmins and disappeared.It is the belief that the temple and all rites and customs are planned and fixed by Parasurama himself.
It is believed that the ‘Vyaghralayesha’ Siva gives His Blessings to the Devotees in three Bhavas or forms in the morning, noon, and evening in this Holy Temple. As Dhakshinamoorthy in the morning time, Kirathamoorthi in the noon time & Shakti Panchakshari in the evening.(Wiki)
‘There are more things in Heaven and earth’, said Shakespeare.
There are instances where Science fails to reason it out but instead of admitting it says it is a natural phenomenon.
Some brand of Atheists say they do not believe in God but Nature.
What is it they call Nature?
Panakalu Narasimha, Mangalgiri
Stones,Rivers,Tress, Forests or The Ocean?
It is better to believe and looks more rational to believe in an Entity than believing in Tress or Forests per se.
Let me leave these Geniuses to their Intelligence.
Many, in fact my son calls me superstitious, but some times I come across things which I can not explain
I have narrated some of these in my posts under Paranormal.
Though I am not a religious person in the strictest t sense of the term, I believe in Reality as es-pounded by Adi Shankaracharya and I am an Advaitin by conviction, with little time for Temples and Gods.
I do visit temples and in fact blogged about them.
The reason is that it gives me pleasure to visit these places whenever I feel like and I do not Pray but enjoy the visit.
I have posted on this.
Now to the issue at hand.
Of around six thousand posts I have written I have not written a single post about Anjaneya,Hanumanji
This morning I recollected an incidence on Hanuman and posted an article ‘Hanuman Sheds tears of Joy’
Then out of the blue I wanted to write on Sundara Kandam Parayan.
I did.
Usually I do not watch Television in the afternoons.
Today I just switched on the TV, a Tamil Channel which was set earlier by some one at my Home.
The screen opened with the Giant Image of Anjaneya baring his chest to reveal Lord Ram.
It was the Producer’s Logo for His Film in Tamil!
When I went for my usual nap, as is my habit, I hunted for any book or magazine.
I came across a Tamil Magazine of June 2006(Gnana Aalayam), which featured my article.
As I skipped through it , I came across a brief outline of Panakalu Narasimha temple, where The God Narasimha drinks Panaka, Jaggery water Daily.
I want to share this with my readers.
Here it is.
“It is said that here, god is self-existent. In the temple, there will be no statue of the god, but there is only mouth, widely opened to 15 cms. The mouth is covered by metal face of the god. The temple will be opened till afternoon only, with the belief that devatas will perform pujas in the night. The God takes jaggery water as offering by a conch. The Jaggery water is actually poured into the mouth of the Lord, a gargling sound is clearly audible as if the Lord is actually drinking it and the sound becomes shriller and shriller as and when the Lord is drinking. The sound will come to a stop after sometime and the balance of the jaggery water is thrown out. This phenomenon happens not once in a day but is a recurring feature during the course of the day as and when devotees offer panakam (jaggery water). It will be interesting to note that even a single ant is not traceable near the Lord nor around the temple in spite of the offering of so much jaggery water. As the offering of the panakam to the Lord is peculiar, the Lord here is called panakala Narasimhaswamy. There is a legend about the offering of the panakam (jaggery water) to the Lord. It is said that the hill was once a volcano. Sugar or jaggery water, it is said, neutralizes sulphur compounds found in a volcano and prevents a volcanic eruption.
Behind the temple there is the temple of Sri Lakshmi, to the west of which there is a natural cave. It is believed that it will lead to Undavalli caves on the banks of the Krishna river and the sages used to go to take bath in Krishna River. Now, the cave is very dark and the way could not be seen. We can reach the temple through steps-way on foot and also by road-way. The steps to the temple were constructed by Sri Channapragada Balarama Dasu in 1890. In 2004, ghat road had been constructed through which the pilgrims can reach the temple easily. ”
Mangalagiri means The Auspicious Hill. This place is one of the 8 important Mahakshetrams (sacred places) in India. The eight places where Lord Vishnu manifested himself are (1) Sri Rangam (2) Srimushnam (3) Naimisam (4) Pushkaram (5) Salagamadri (6) Thothadri (7) Narayanasramam (8) Venkatadri.Thotadri is the present Mangalagiri. Lakshmi Devi has done tapas on this hill. That’s why it got this name (The auspicious hill). There are three Narasimha Swamy temples in Mangalagiri. One is Panakala Narasimha Swamy on the hill. Another one is Lakshmi Narasimha Swamy at the foot of the temple. Third one is Gandala Narasimha Swamy at the top of the hill.
This shape of the hill looks like an elephant. From all the directions, the hill appears in the elephant shape only. There is an interesting legend to show as to how the mountain came into existence. Pariyatra, an ancient king had a son Hrasva Srungi visited all holy and sacred places to regain normal bodily stature and finally visited this holy place of Mangalagiri and stayed for three years performing penance. All the Devathas (Gods) advised him to stay at Mangalagiri and continue to do penance in praise of Lord Vishnu. The father of Hrasva Srungi came with his retinue to take back his son to his kingdom. But Hrasva Srungi took the shape of an elephant to become the abode of Lord Vishnu who is locally known as Panakala Lakshmi Narasimhaswamy.
Though the Vedas insist that the reality is a Principle, it allows worship of personal God,Ishwara.
Divya Desam Srivilliputhur.
For Realization, the contribution of the Gd is necessary.
Even for the Karma to take effect God is necessary,Adi Shankaracharya avers.
This personal God differs from individuals to individuals, depending on their dispositions and their tendency towards a particular trait or emotion.
So you can worship God as Male, Female or an impersonal image, Linga.
It could be worshiped as one would a Child, Father, Mother,Friend, Love or even as a Foe!
Later came the Agamas, where collective worship was stressed(which is not in the Vedas).
The Agamas laid down Rules for Construction of Temples, sanctifying them with Mantras and the daily Rituals to be followed.
Some great Temples were built and they are in existence even today with Pooja being offered as laid sown by the Agamas.
Of the three principal Deities,Lord Shiava and Lord Vishnu have the maximum number of Temples.
Of these some are considered more Sacred than the others.
These Temples are called Punya Kshetras.
Legend lists 108 such temples for Lord Vishnu.
Though it said to be organised by the Azhwars,the savants of Vaishnavism,these places trace their origin to ancient times and are referred to in The Purans.
The Deities of the Temples have been praised and poems were composed on them.
These places of Pilgrimages are called the Divya Kshetras,
Of the 108, two, The Thirupaarkkadal, wich alludes to the Milky Way Galaxy and Vaikunta, which is a Space location are not located in the Earth.
The First Divadesam is Sriranagam, the second being Srivilliputhur.
Being from Srivillputhur I would cal it as the first for Vishnu came in search of Andal while people seek him!
Read my post on Vishnu’s Navel, confirmed by Science.
The List of the Vaishnava Kshetras, based on Geographical Locations is provide below.
Tirtha means a Small pond or a Sanskrit: तीर्थ), which literally means “a ford, a shallow part of a body of water that may be easily crossed” has come to connote places of pilgrimage associated with sacred water.
Kampilya (कम्पिल्य) was the Capital of the Panchala Kingdom ruled by Drupada during Mahabharata period. It is mentioned in Mahabharata that when Pandavas were in exile and staying at place called Ekachakra (Etawah, Uttar Pradesh), they came to know that Drupada, King of Panchala, had announced the Swayamvara of his daughter Draupadi. Then they came to Kampilya (Kampil, Uttar Pradesh), the capital of Drupada. The historian Thakur Deshraj has mentioned that the people of Kampilya were later known as Koil. The Koīl people came from Kampilya and founded the city known asKampilgarh, situated south east of Ganges. The town of Kampilgarh later became popular as Koil which is now Aligarh. Shri Nagendranath Basu has mentioned in ‘Bangla vishva kosha’ that Jats seized Ramgarh in 1757 AD and named it Koil. This was later took by Marathas and appointed a French named Piran as administrator of this place. Koil is also mentioned in an old folk-song ‘Rag dhola’ which tells about Fool Singh Punjabi Jat as its ruler. This place was also ruled by Maharaja Suraj Mal of Bharatpur for some time. Literary significance of Kampilya In Kampil there have also been great poets. (1) Mathura Chaubey Mukatimani (Kaviraja). Aurangzeb gave him 500 bigha of free hold land that is still in the possession of the family. A descendent of this poet Ms. Neera Misra Chairperson of Draupadi Trust is working for Restoration of the historical and heritage value of this land.’
This is reported to be the place where Varaha Avatar redeemed the world.
Taking a dip here shall relieve one of his sins.
4.Varaha Tirtha.
The most prominent temples of Varaha is the Sri Varahaswami Temple in Tirumala, Andhra Pradesh. It is located on the shores of a temple pond, called the Swami Pushkarini, in Tirumala, near Tirupati; to the north of the Tirumala Venkateswara Temple (another temple of Vishnu in the form ofVenkateswara). The region is called Adi-Varaha Kshestra, the abode of Varaha. The legend of the place is as follows: at the end of Satya Yuga (the first in the cycle of four aeons; the present one is the fourth aeon), devotees of Varaha requested him to stay on earth, so Varaha ordered his mount Garudato bring his divine garden Kridachala from his abode Vaikuntha to Venkata hills, Tirumala. Venkateswara is described as having taken the permission of Varaha to reside in these hills, where his chief temple, Tirumala Venkateswara Temple, stands. Hence, pilgrims are prescribed to worship Varaha first and then Venkateswara. In the Atri Samhita (Samurtarchanadhikara), Varaha is described to be worshipped in three forms here: Adi Varaha, Pralaya Varaha and Yajna Varaha. The image in the sanctum is of Adi Varaha..
5.Chakra Tirtha.
Chakra Theertham is also a famous pond in Tirumala, which is located next to Silathoranam and holds special importance. Visiting this site is considered as good as touching the Lotus Feet of the Lord, which will deliver the devotees from their travails.
It is believed that when Lord Brahma observed grief at this site, Lord Vishnu plunged his Sudarshana Chakra for cleansing it. The Sudarshana Chakra then fell into a place, which later came to be known as Chakra Theertham. This pond is known for cleanse bathers of sins that would lead them to the lotus feet of Lord Vishnu.
Chakra Theertham is located about 2 Km from the temple, in the same complex as the Sila Thoranam is a rare natural rock arch. This place houses a Swayambu Lingam and is well-known for being a popular tourist spot in Tirupati.
6.Bhimshankar Therrtha.
Bhimashankar Temple, one of the 12 Jyotirlinga temples dedicated to Lord Shiva, is situated in Bhavagiri (Bhorgiri) village, 50 km north-west of Khed, in Maharashtra, India. Bhimashankar Shiva Mandir is about 110 km from Pune in the Ghat region of the Sahyadri hills (Sahayadri Ranges). The temple is situated on the banks of River Bhima, it is from here Bhima Rive flows south east and merges with the Krishna River near Raichur. Bhima Shankar Temple gives a beautiful view of the forts, the rivers and the hill stations nearby..
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