Wednesday 27 January 2016

NAVAGRAHA STHALANGAL

SL NO

GOD AND GODESS

SPECIAL

PLACE
1

Suriyan ( Sun )
Suriyanar Koil
2
Chandran (Moon )
Thingalur
3
Angarahan ( Mars)
Vaitheeswaran Koil
4
Budhan ( Mercury)
Thiruvengadu
5
Guru ( Jupiter ) – Pragaspathi  
Alangudi
6
Sri Karpagambaigai Samedha Sri Agneeswarar
Sukran ( Venus)
Kanjanoor

7
Sri Piranambigai Samedha Sri Dharparanyeswarar
Saneeswaran ( Saturn)
Thirunallar

8
Sri Kujambigai Samedha Sri Nageswarar
Raghu ( North Lunar Node)
Thirunageswaram

9
Ketu ( South Lunar Node )
Keelaperumpallam

--- OM SHIVAYA NAMA : ---


Thursday 21 January 2016

Pancha Bootha Sthalangal

SL NO

GOD AND GODESS

SPECIAL

PLACE
1
Earth ( Boomi ) 
 Kanchipuram
2
Water ( Jalam)
 Thiruvanaikkaval
3
Fire ( Agni)
 Thiruvannamalai
4
Air ( Vayu )
 Kalahasti
5
Sky ( Akasa )
 Chidambaram


--- OM SHIVAYA NAMA ---

JYOTIRLINGA TEMPLES / STHALANGAL

A Jyotirlinga or Jyotirling or Jyotirlinga Sanskrit:ज्योतिर्लिङ्ग), Devanagari ज्योतिर्लिंग) is a devotional object representing the Supreme God  Shiva. Jyoti means 'radiance' and lingam the 'Image or Sign' of Shiva; JyotirLinga thus means the The Radiant Sign of The Almighty Siva. There are 64 Jyotirlinga sthalam of which  twelve traditional Jyotirlinga shrines are believed to be most auspicious and holy in  India.

It is believed that Lord Shiva first manifested himself as a Jyotirlinga on the night of the Arudra nakshatra in the form of jothi ie as column of fire piercing through the earth after he reaches a higher level of spiritual attainment.

According to Siva Mahapurana once Brahma (the god of creation) and Vishnu (the form of God during Preservation) had an argument over supremacy of creation.  To settle the debate, Supreme God Shiva pierced the three worlds appearing as a huge Infinite column of Light. ( The Jyotirlinga which later cooled into the Holy Mountain Annamalai,  on which the Temple of Arunachaleshwara is located). Vishnu in the form of varaha and Brahma in the form anna bird, split their ways to downwards and upwards respectively to find the end of the light in either directions. Brahma lied that he found out the end and asked Thalam poo ( a flower ) to give witness to Shiva, while Vishnu accepted his defeat.  After this debate Shiva cursed that Brahma will not be worshiped in a separate temple and the flower Thalampoo should not be offered for worship. The Jyotirlinga in all Shiva Temple are worshiped in the form of Lingothbavar just back side of Sanctum.


Sanskrit Sloka
The following sloka (द्वादश ज्योतिर्लिंग स्तोत्रम् Dvādaśa Jyotirliga Stotram) describes the 12 Jyotirlingas:

தமிழில்
“ஸௌராஷ்ட்ரே ஸோமநாதம்ச ஸ்ரீ சைலே மல்லிகார்ச்சுனம்
உஜ்ஜயின்யாம் மாகாளம் ஓங்காரம் அமலேச்வரம்
பரல்யாம் வைத்யநாதம்ச டாகின்யாம் பீமசங்கரம்
சேதுபந்தேது ராமேசம் நாகேசம் தாருகாவனே
வாராணஸ்யாம் து விச்வேசாம் த்ரயம்பகம் கௌதமீதடே
ஹிமாலயேது கேதாரம் குஸ்மேசம் சிவாலயே
ஏதானி ஜோதிர் லிங்கானி ஸாயம் ப்ராத: படேந்த:
ஸ்ப்த ஜன்ம கிருதம் பாபம் ஸ்மரணே வினச்யதி”

In Sanskrit
Saurāṣṭre Somanātha ca Śrīśaile Mallikārjunam
Ujjayinyā Mahākālam Omkāram Mamleśhwaram
Paraly Vaidyanātha cha ākinyā Bhīmaśhakaram
Setu Bandhe tu Rāmeśa Nāgeśha Dārukāvane
Vārāasyā tu Viśveśa Tryambaka Gautamītae
Himālaye tu Kedāra Ghuśmeśa ca Śivālaye
etāni jyotirligāni sāya prāta pahennara
saptajanmakta pāpa smaraena vinaśyati
karmakayo bhavettasya yasya tuṣṭo maheśvarā

In DEvanagiri ( Hindi )
सौराष्ट्रे सोमनाथं  श्रीशैले मल्लिकार्जुनम्।
उज्जयिन्यां महाकालमोङ्कारममलेश्वरम्॥
परल्यां वैद्यनाथं  डाकिन्यां भीमशङ्करम्।
सेतुबन्धे तु रामेशं नागेशं दारुकावने॥
वाराणस्यां तु विश्वेशं त्र्यम्बकं गौतमीतटे।
हिमालये तु केदारं घुश्मेशं  शिवालये॥
एतानि ज्योतिर्लिङ्गानि सायं प्रातः पठेन्नरः।
सप्तजन्मकृतं पापं स्मरणेन विनश्यति॥
एतेशां दर्शनादेव पातकं नैव तिष्ठति।
कर्मक्षयो भवेत्तस्य यस्य तुष्टो महेश्वराः॥:

In English
Somnath in Saurashtra and Mallikarjunam in Srisailam;
Mahakaal in Ujjain, Mamleshwar in Omkareshwar;
Vaidyanath in Parali and Bhimashankar in Dakini;
Ramesham (Rameshwaram) in Setubandh, Nagesham in Darukavana;
Vishwa-Isham (Vishwanath) in Varanasi, Trimbak on bank of the river Gautami;(Godavari)
Kedar ( Kedarnath ) in Himalayas and Grushnesh (Ghushmeshwar) in Shivalaya ( Shiwar ).
One who recites these Jyotirlingas every evening and morning
is relieved of all sins committed in past seven lives.
One who visits these, gets all his wishes fulfilled
and one's Karma gets eliminated as Maheshwara gets satisfied to the worship. 

  
SL NO

GOD AND GODESS

PLACE

LOCATION
1
Somnath
Gujarat
2
Mallikarjuna
Srisailam, Andhra Pradesh
3

Mahakaleshwar
Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh
4

Omkareshwar
Madhya Pradesh  
5
Kedareswara
Kedarnath, Uttarakhand  

6
Sri Bhimashankar
Bhimashankar
Pune, Maharashtra

7
Vishwanath
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh
8
Sri Trimbakeshwar
Trimbakeshwar
Nashik, Maharashtra

9
Sri Vaidyanath ( Sri Vijnath in Marathi )
Vaidyanath
Parli, in Beed district, Maharashtra

10
Sri Nagnath
Aundha Nagnath
Aundha, Hingoli district, Maharashtra

11
Sri Parvathavardini Samedha Sri Ramanatheeswarar
Rameswarar
Rameswaram, Tamil Nadu

12
Sri Grishneshwar or Sri Ghusmeshwar
Grishneshwar
Ellora near Aurangabad, Maharashtra

--- OM SHIVAYA NAMA ---

Monday 11 January 2016

Sri Arunachaleswarar Temple and Sri Kalahasteeswara Temple, Chennai, Tamil Nadu.

 10th January 2016.
While sorting out the Pancha Bootha sthalangal  ( for the index of my web blog ) of Thondai Nadu ie in and around Chennai found that the two Temples, Sri Arunachaleswarar and  Sri Kalahastheeswarar are missing. Sri Kalahastheeswarar temple is missing from the Google map but managed find out that the temple is at Pavalakara Street. Forgotten the scheduled agendas  on 10th January 2016, Sunday morning, visited both the temples ( Missed the Mylapore festival  by Mr Venkatesh  - A pond, A tank  Via canal,  Mylapore’s lesser known tales). All the Pancha Bootha sthalangal are on the north part of Chennai.

Both the temples are under balalayam and renovation is on full swing.  Kumbhabhishekam is scheduled  on 20th January 2016 for Sri Arunachaleswarar.

SRI KALAHASTHEESWARAR TEMPLE
Since the temple is under renovation I could not take good photos. The place was in a mesh due to construction activities. This temple is squeezed between concrete buildings.


Moolavar : Sri Kalahastheeswarar

Consort   : Sri Prasunannambigai.

Some of the important details are as follows....
The temple is facing east with an entrance arch. Dwajasthambam, balipeedam and Nandhi in a mandapam are in front of the sannadhi. Stucco dwarapalakas are in front of sannidhi and Navagrahas are on the left side of inner mandapam. Sannadhi for Vinayagar and Subramaniyar behind sanctum.

In koshtam Vinayagar, Dakshinamurthy, Vishnu ( in place of Lingothbavar), Brahma and Durgai. Sub sannadhis and mandapam are under construction.

Happened to see an inscription dated 21-1-1926 by Naga Siva Chidambaram Chettiar's son of Subraya Chettiar about the donation given for conducting the  functions from the income of a house and go down after deducting the tax to be paid to Govt.  and maintenance charges.

HOW TO REACH :
The temple is on  155/ 50 – Pavalakara Street ( Coral merchant Street), Chennai -1  Mannady area.  North end of the street.
On town bus routes  Ibrahim Sahib Road Get down at Thambu Chetty  Street and Pavalakara street is very near. ( 6D, 8B, 11 a, 38 A,G ,H,S, 44, 56B, 57D etc,. ).

LOCATION OF THE TEMPLE : CLICK HERE  











SRI ARUNACHALESWARAR TEMPLE
This temple is on the Palliappan street in mint area. This temple is also under renovation and Kumbhabhishekam is scheduled on 20th  January 2016.


Moolavar    : Sri Arunachaleswarar
Consort      : Sri Abithakusambigai

Some of Important details of this temple are .
The temple is facing east with a 5 tier Rajagopuram. Anubhoothi mandapam is after entering the rajagopuram and the main sanctum os on the left. Balipeedam, Dwajasthambam and Nandhi mandapam are at the entrance. In Koshtam  Vinayagar, Dakshinamurthy, Vishnu ( in place of Lingothbavar ), Brahma and Durgai.

In the outer prakaram, Sannadhi for Vishnu, Vinayagar, Sri Valli Devasena Subramaniyar. A mandapam is at front and reliefs on the stone pillars are worth to see.

In the inner prakaram sannadhi for Navagrahas, Chandran, Suryan, Naalvar, Shiva and Ambal, Saba mandapam, Palliyarai, Chandikeswarar,  Vinayagar and Subramaniyar.  Ambal is in a separate sannadhi.

HOW TO REACH :
The temple is on 24- Palliappan Street, Chennai 79 Park Town area,  near Mint street.

LOCATION OF THE TEMPLE: CLICK HERE 


















---OM SHIVAYA NAMA : ---