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.
I had written an article about Thirumukkoodal Temple dedicated to Sri. Venkateswara, near , Chengalpattu in Tamil Nadu had a Hospital and a Vedic school. It was provided by Veera Rajendra Chola, Grandson of Rajaraja Chola and the hospital’s were called Adhura Salai.Rajara Chola, his elder sister Kundavai and Sembian Madevi,Madurantaka Chola’s mother also built many Aadhura Salais.
What is special about Thirumukkodal Hospital is that it was located in the temple and inscriptions state details of donations given by the Chola King to run day today adminstration of the temple.Not only this. The inscriptions detail diseases treated and medicines provided there.Inscription image herelow.
Medicines stored in Temple hospital at Thirumukkoodal
The medicines included Go Mutra, Cow’s Urine. ChebulicMyrobalan,Haritaki,Kadukkai in Tamil was soaked in Go Mutra for curing internal piles. Cow’s Urine was also used to treat Jaundice. Hellow is the relevant information quoted by Annual Report on Epigraphy , which says the process followed is from Charaka and Susrutha Samhita. (67th verse of 9th chapter of Saraka Samhita and in the 6th chapter of Sushruta Samhita)
Thirumukkoodal Inscription by Veera Rajendra on cows Urine being used in the temple hospital
The Hospital,Adurasalai had (hospital staff) a physician, a surgeon, two male nurses, two female nurses, a potter, a washerman and a guard.
chebulic myrobalan .Haritaki (Terminalia chebula Retz., Family: Combretaceae) possesses a great therapeutic value and is widely distributed in India, up to an altitude of 1500 m. Though Terminalia chebula Retz is the only botanical source of Haritaki, the uses of its varieties along with their sources, identifying features and therapeutic uses are described in Ayurvedic classics and other medical literature. In the present study, a detailed review has been carried out on different varieties of Haritaki……Haritaki (Terminalia chebula Retz) is held in high esteem in Ayurveda for its properties to prevent and cure diseases. It has enjoyed the prime place among medicinal herbs in India since ancient times. It is called the ‘King of Medicines’ and is always listed first in Ayurveda because of its extraordinary therapeutic benifits…Data on this medicinal plant is available in all Ayurvedic classics as well as in the Nighantus and works on the materia medica of Ayurveda. The details of the plant are also mentioned in Tibetan literature and various floras of medicinal plants. It is found throughout India up to an altitude of 1500 m.[1] Fruit rind is used as medicine and is one of the ingredients in Triphala (three myrobalans). This plant is used externally in wound healing, fungal infections, inflammations of the mucous membrane of the mouth, and internally as a rejuvenative, astringent, purgative, stomachic, and laxative. It is useful in asthma, piles, and cough.[2,3]
How to reach the temple..Thirumukkoodal is a village located about 20 kms from Kanchipuram on the road going towards Chengalpattu. While going from Chengalpattu, one can reach Pazhaya Seevaram, 5 kms before Walajabad. From Pazhaya Seevaram,one has to take left and cross the bridge on the river Palar to reach Thirumukkudal. The temple priest Sri Raghunaadhan (Tel: 94437 78352) takes care of this temple .The temple is open between 08.30 am to 11.30 am and 4 pm to 6 pm on weekdays. On Saturdays and Sundays the temple is open from 08.30 am till 1 pm and from 3 pm till 7 pm. .https://www.dharsanam.com/2011/05/thirumukkoodal-sri-appan-prasanna.html?m=1 This is a good site for details on Vishnu Temples
This is a sequel to my earlier article on Temples older than Ayodhya Ram temple. I have started sharing information on Rama temples which predate Ayodhya Ram temple,bacause of a campaign to sow the seeds of doubt on the authenticity of Rama and temples dedicated to Sri.Rama with the argument that Ayodhya Ram temple being only about 800 years old and posing a question as to why there is no Rama temple before Ayodhya if Rama’s date is 5114 BC.
This,if left unchecked, would cast a shadow bof doubt on Rama and Rama’s temples.
So I have shared a temple older than Ayodhya Ram temple ,Rama temple at Gandharvakkottai built by Aditya Chola. In one shot the myth of Tamils being antagonist to Sanatana Dharma and earlier Rama temple does not exist,is demolished.
Now ,to another Ram temple in Tamilnadu,which is 1600 years old. I shall be sharing more Rama temples which are still older.I shall share details of a Rama Temple,which is atleast 3000 years old and it is in Iraq.
‘Eri-Katha Raamar Temple is a Hindu temple dedicated to Lord Rama located in the town of Maduranthakam, Tamil Nadu, India. This is the sthalam (place) where Udayavar (the presiding deity) was named Ramanuja. The temple is also known by other names such as – Mathuranthaka Chaturvedi Mangalam, Vaikunda Varthanam, Thirumathurai, Thirumanthira Tirupathi, Karunagara Vilagam. ..The temple was built during the Pallava era, and is estimated to be 1600 years old. The Moolavar (presiding deity) of the temple is Lord Rama, thus making this one of the oldest temples of lord Rama in South India. The temple has inscriptions indicating generous gifts from Chola king Parantaka I. The place was once famous during the rule of Cholas who ruled this place as Maduranthaga Chaturvedi Mangalam after the Chola ruler Madurantaga Uttama Chola (973 -85 CE). It is believed that Gandaraditya donated the village to the Vedics (Chaturvedi – one who knows all four vedas) of the place and hence it came to be known as Chaturvedi Mangalam.
#Parantaka Chola is the son of Aditya Chola,who built Rama temple at Gandharvakkottai,dated to be around 875 AD.As Aditya built another temple for Rama at Gandharvakkottai and his son Parantaka granted Gifts in the form of Lands,(as also other Cholas) to Erikatha Ramar Temple at Madhurantakam,it stands to reason to state that Erikatha Ramar Temple at Madhurantakam belongs to Eighth Century AD. Mention by Tamil works that this temple was built by Pallavas,who ruled this area before the middle Chozhas confirm the date to be earlier to Middle Chozhas.
While the world is agog with Mummified bodies in Egyptian pyramids, many are not aware that the remains of Sanatana Dharma philosopher is kept in the sanctum sanctorum in Sri Rangam Temple,Tamil Nadu.
‘Vaishnava philosopher and guru Ramanujacharya original body preserved inside Sri Ranganathaswamy Temple, Srirangam, Tiruchinarpalli since 1137 CE. Sri Ramajunacharya was an exponent of the Sri Vaishnavism tradition within Hinduism.
Ramanujar Sannidhi sanctum has his preserved bodyRamanuja’s thiruvarasu (sacred burial shrine) is the Ramanuja shrine (sannidhi) located inside the Sri Ranganathaswamy temple. Sandalwood paste and saffron are used to maintain the body and no other chemicals are added. Twice a year, a coat of camphor mixed with saffron, which produces ochre/orange tint on the preserved body and this tradition has been practiced for more than 878 years.
‘ His physical body is preserved even today in a sitting posture in the Sannidhi (Sanctum Sanctorum) dedicated to him on the southwest corner on the fifth round opposite to Sudharshana Alwar Sannidhi, within the Srirangam temple Complex as ordered by Lord Ranganatha himself. The whole world is wonder struck at the feat of preservation of the mummies of Egypt and the body of St. .Xavier in GAO in India and make so much fuss about them. Many SrIvaishNavaas are not aware that here in Srirangam. their holiest place hailed as ‘ Bhooloka Vaikuntam’ ( Heaven on Earth) lies preserved body of Sri Ramanuja .There is no Thirumanjanam for this Idol. Yearly twice it is Thirumanjanam of Pachai Kalpuram and Kumkuma Poo (Saffron),
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