Kshetras & Kritis
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rajumds
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Lets start with Srirangam.The details are mostly from the site ramanuja.org
The temple .situated in a small island formed by river Cauvery. is the biggest temple complex in India spreading over 156 acres with seven prakaras & magnificient towers.Sri Ranganatha is in Yoganidra resting on Adisesha. It is the first & foremost of the 108 Divyadesams and the term 'Koil' in Vaishnavite parlance refers to Srirangam only.It is also known as Boolaka Vaikundam and the 'Paramapatha Vasal' in the temple signifies the entry to Vaikundam. It is the first of the 8 Swayamvyakta kshetras of
the Lord. Andal became one with Lord at this temple.
As per Sriranga mahathmiyam the golden vimana (Ranga Vimanam)sparng as a result of the tapas of Brahma. The Lord told Brahma to worship the Ranga Vimana as per agamas. Brahma took the Ranga Vimana to Satyaloga & installed it on the banks of river Viraja and established that the decendants of Surya will do the daily pooja. King Ishvahu wanted to take the Ranga Vimana to Ayodhya and was permitted to do so after a long tapas. In Ayodhya it was worshipped by Ishvahu & his decendants. Sri Rama also worshipped Sri Ranganatha & hence the name "Periya Perumal". After His pattabishekam Sri Rama gave the Ranga Vimana to Vibeeshana. On the way to sriLanka he stopped at Srirangam for his prayer & found that he could not move the Ranga Vimana. Lord appeared & told him that He wanted stay at that place.The present temple has been built around the Ranga Vimana.
The well known kritis on Sriranganatha are the Sriranga Pancharatna kritis of Thyagaraja,Ranganathude,Ranganayakam & Rangapuravihara . Adi Shankara's Ranganthaashtakam and Ramanuja's Sriranga Gadyam are among the many slokas about the Lord.
The temple .situated in a small island formed by river Cauvery. is the biggest temple complex in India spreading over 156 acres with seven prakaras & magnificient towers.Sri Ranganatha is in Yoganidra resting on Adisesha. It is the first & foremost of the 108 Divyadesams and the term 'Koil' in Vaishnavite parlance refers to Srirangam only.It is also known as Boolaka Vaikundam and the 'Paramapatha Vasal' in the temple signifies the entry to Vaikundam. It is the first of the 8 Swayamvyakta kshetras of
the Lord. Andal became one with Lord at this temple.
As per Sriranga mahathmiyam the golden vimana (Ranga Vimanam)sparng as a result of the tapas of Brahma. The Lord told Brahma to worship the Ranga Vimana as per agamas. Brahma took the Ranga Vimana to Satyaloga & installed it on the banks of river Viraja and established that the decendants of Surya will do the daily pooja. King Ishvahu wanted to take the Ranga Vimana to Ayodhya and was permitted to do so after a long tapas. In Ayodhya it was worshipped by Ishvahu & his decendants. Sri Rama also worshipped Sri Ranganatha & hence the name "Periya Perumal". After His pattabishekam Sri Rama gave the Ranga Vimana to Vibeeshana. On the way to sriLanka he stopped at Srirangam for his prayer & found that he could not move the Ranga Vimana. Lord appeared & told him that He wanted stay at that place.The present temple has been built around the Ranga Vimana.
The well known kritis on Sriranganatha are the Sriranga Pancharatna kritis of Thyagaraja,Ranganathude,Ranganayakam & Rangapuravihara . Adi Shankara's Ranganthaashtakam and Ramanuja's Sriranga Gadyam are among the many slokas about the Lord.
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rajeshnat
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The Five Gems of Krithis on Sri RanganAthA
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Saint ThyagarAjA arived at Srirangam during ChaithrOthsavam .
He stayed at a house of a friend in South Chittra veedhi .This
was near the corner of South and West Chittra streets . It was
the day , when Sri RanganAthA came around the rAja veedhis
of Srirangam on the golden horse ( Kuthirai Vaahanam ) .
Saint Thyagaraja was standing in fornt of 86, South Chittra
street as the Lord's procession arrived . The great NaadhOpAsakA
was moved by the beauty of the Lord on Kuthirai vAhanam and
burst forth extempore into the Thodi Raaga Krithi , " Raaju
Vedale JutAmu rAre " . As the Bhagavan approached , the Saint
wanted to get closer to receive the SatAri and TulasI prasAdam
from the Archakar . The density of the crowd thwarted his plans
to come closer to the VaibhOga Rangan .The saint was disappointed
and stayed put in his original place . Some thing miraculous
happened then . The moving procession of the Lord suddenly
came to a standstill . The trained bearers of the Vaahanam of
the Lord were benumbed and could not take another step . During
such occasions , it is generally assumed that some apachAram
has been committed and Saanthi ceremony is performed to overcome
this inauspiciousness. The ArchakAs felt that there was some
dhrushti dhOsham and suggested that the Deva daasis and Raaja daasis
should perform the assigned dance for that corner as per aaagama
sAsthrAs to propitiate the Lord .The dancers performed . Nothing
happened . The vaahanam bearers did not regain their mobility .
At that time , an archakar went into an aavEsam ( inspired )
mode pointed to saint ThyagarAjA and said :
" A great BhakthA of Sri RanganAthA is standing
there at the corner of South and West Chittra Veedhi pining over his
inability to approah the Lord closely and have the Lord's darsanam .
Please bring him near the Lord for a hearty darsanam and then
the procession will move " .
The Koil KaimkaryabharAs brought the saint near
the Lord and honored him with Sataari and TulasI
prasAdham .The Saint was visibly moved by the DayA of
the Lord and he sang in all humility the famous DevaghAndAri
raaga krithi " VinarAdA nA manavi " . In that song , the saint
begged the Lord to listen to his appeal to continue
His procession and bless the BhakthAs and BhaagavathAs
waiting for His darsanam in the other raaja veedhis .
When the saint completed his DevagaandhAri raaga krithi
and concluded his appeal to comply with his request ,
deepArAdahnam was conducted and immediately , the bearers
of the Lord's Vaahanam regained their strength and the Lord's
procession resumed to the joy of all . Sri RanganAthA
thus let all those assembled at His raaja Veethi know
about the greatness of His special Bhakthan from THiruvaiyAru .
TheArchakAs and Koil adhikAris invited the saint for a specail
darsanam of the Moolavar offering Mutthangi Sevai during that
eventful evening . Saint ThyagarAja rushed to the Garbagraham
and was so moved by the sight of the reclining Lord celebrated
by so many AzhwArs and AchAryAs that he broke out spontaneously
into the famous KaambhOji raaga Krithi , " Oh RangasAyee "
with its many moving pallavi sangathis . He also sang two more
krithis in praise of Lord RanganAthA in Aarabhi (chuthAmu rArE )
and in SaarangA raagam ( KaruNa jUdumayya ! kaavEdi Rangayya ! ).
These five krithis on Sri RanganAthan came to be known collectively
as Sriranga Pancharathnams .
http://www.ramanuja.org/sv/bhakti/archi ... /0124.html is the url I picked this specific info of Sadguru ThyagarAja on Srirangam.
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Saint ThyagarAjA arived at Srirangam during ChaithrOthsavam .
He stayed at a house of a friend in South Chittra veedhi .This
was near the corner of South and West Chittra streets . It was
the day , when Sri RanganAthA came around the rAja veedhis
of Srirangam on the golden horse ( Kuthirai Vaahanam ) .
Saint Thyagaraja was standing in fornt of 86, South Chittra
street as the Lord's procession arrived . The great NaadhOpAsakA
was moved by the beauty of the Lord on Kuthirai vAhanam and
burst forth extempore into the Thodi Raaga Krithi , " Raaju
Vedale JutAmu rAre " . As the Bhagavan approached , the Saint
wanted to get closer to receive the SatAri and TulasI prasAdam
from the Archakar . The density of the crowd thwarted his plans
to come closer to the VaibhOga Rangan .The saint was disappointed
and stayed put in his original place . Some thing miraculous
happened then . The moving procession of the Lord suddenly
came to a standstill . The trained bearers of the Vaahanam of
the Lord were benumbed and could not take another step . During
such occasions , it is generally assumed that some apachAram
has been committed and Saanthi ceremony is performed to overcome
this inauspiciousness. The ArchakAs felt that there was some
dhrushti dhOsham and suggested that the Deva daasis and Raaja daasis
should perform the assigned dance for that corner as per aaagama
sAsthrAs to propitiate the Lord .The dancers performed . Nothing
happened . The vaahanam bearers did not regain their mobility .
At that time , an archakar went into an aavEsam ( inspired )
mode pointed to saint ThyagarAjA and said :
" A great BhakthA of Sri RanganAthA is standing
there at the corner of South and West Chittra Veedhi pining over his
inability to approah the Lord closely and have the Lord's darsanam .
Please bring him near the Lord for a hearty darsanam and then
the procession will move " .
The Koil KaimkaryabharAs brought the saint near
the Lord and honored him with Sataari and TulasI
prasAdham .The Saint was visibly moved by the DayA of
the Lord and he sang in all humility the famous DevaghAndAri
raaga krithi " VinarAdA nA manavi " . In that song , the saint
begged the Lord to listen to his appeal to continue
His procession and bless the BhakthAs and BhaagavathAs
waiting for His darsanam in the other raaja veedhis .
When the saint completed his DevagaandhAri raaga krithi
and concluded his appeal to comply with his request ,
deepArAdahnam was conducted and immediately , the bearers
of the Lord's Vaahanam regained their strength and the Lord's
procession resumed to the joy of all . Sri RanganAthA
thus let all those assembled at His raaja Veethi know
about the greatness of His special Bhakthan from THiruvaiyAru .
TheArchakAs and Koil adhikAris invited the saint for a specail
darsanam of the Moolavar offering Mutthangi Sevai during that
eventful evening . Saint ThyagarAja rushed to the Garbagraham
and was so moved by the sight of the reclining Lord celebrated
by so many AzhwArs and AchAryAs that he broke out spontaneously
into the famous KaambhOji raaga Krithi , " Oh RangasAyee "
with its many moving pallavi sangathis . He also sang two more
krithis in praise of Lord RanganAthA in Aarabhi (chuthAmu rArE )
and in SaarangA raagam ( KaruNa jUdumayya ! kaavEdi Rangayya ! ).
These five krithis on Sri RanganAthan came to be known collectively
as Sriranga Pancharathnams .
http://www.ramanuja.org/sv/bhakti/archi ... /0124.html is the url I picked this specific info of Sadguru ThyagarAja on Srirangam.
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vs_manjunath
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Very Interesting thread giving very valuable info.
It's heartening to know how Thyagaraja spontaniously sang those lovely songs. Of course, Sri Ranganayakam & Rangapura Vihara of Dikshitar are very majestic lovely songs.
Sripadaraja has sung " Kangalidhyatako Kaveri Rangana Nodadha" a Kannada song On Sri Ranganatha in Thodi.
It's heartening to know how Thyagaraja spontaniously sang those lovely songs. Of course, Sri Ranganayakam & Rangapura Vihara of Dikshitar are very majestic lovely songs.
Sripadaraja has sung " Kangalidhyatako Kaveri Rangana Nodadha" a Kannada song On Sri Ranganatha in Thodi.
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rajumds
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I thought of moving from Rangaraja to the next Raja but the proximity of this of temple made me to post this next.
Jambukeshwaram called popularly as Thiruvanaikoil lies in the same islet of Srirangam. This temple is one of the Panchabootha sthalams representing water. As per sthalapurana Parvathi was directed go to earth & do tapas under a white jambu (ven naval) tree. Devi (Akilandeshwari) formed a Lingam out of water installed it under the jambu tree and started her tapas. Shiva pleased with her tapas appeared before her .Devi took upadesam from Shiva facing east and that how the idols are installed Devi facing east & Shiva facing west. Thus this is a updesha sthalam & hence no thirukalyanam is performed in this temple since Devi is a student & Shiva the teacher. Since Akilandeshwari worshipped Shiva here, as a tradition the priest dresses like a woman & performs the pooja to Shiva at noon everyday.
Devi was in the form of ughra (fierce) devatha and Adi Shankara installed the thatangas with Sri Chakra & Siva Chakra and also installed Vinayaga in front of Her and transformed Her as an anugraha devatha.
The Legend of the Name - 'Thiru Aanai Kaa'
There were two Siva Ganas (Siva’s disciples who live in Kailash) by name 'Malyavan' and 'Pushpadanta'. Though they are Shiva Ganas they were always quarrelling with each other . Once 'Malyavan' cursed 'Pushpadanta' to become an elephant in earth and the latter cursed the former to become a spider in earth.
Both the elephant and the spider came to Jambukeshwaram and continued their Shiva worship. The elephant collected water from river Cauvery and conducted Abhishekam to the lingam under the Jambu tree daily. The spider constructed his web over the lingam to prevent dry leaves from dropping on it and prevent Sunlight directly felling on Shiva.
When the elephant saw the web and thought that as dust on Lord Shiva and tore them and cleaned the Linga by pouring water. This happened daily. The spider became angry one day and crawled into the trunk of the elephant and bit the elephant to death killing itself. Lord Siva, moved by the deep devotion of the two relieved them from one other curse.
As an elephant worshipped the Lord here, this place came to be known as 'Thiru Aanai Kaa' (Thiru - Holy, Aanai - Elephant, Kaa (Kaadu) - Forest). Later the actual name 'Thiruaanaikaa' become 'Thiruvanaikaval' and 'Thiruvanaikoil'.
In the next birth the Spider was born as a Chola kingand built 70 temples and Thiruvanaikoil is the one among them. Remembering his enmity with the elephant in his previous birth, he built the Lord Shiva garbagrham such that not even a small elephant can enter. The entrance on the sanctorum of Lord Shiva is only 4 foot high and 2.5 foot wide.
Representing water among the panchaboothas, the Jambukeshwarar sannidhi is always wet due springs inside the Garbagraha & will be in ankle deep water during rainy seasons.
Kritis.
1. akilandeshwari - dwijavanthi - MD
2. akhilandehwari durusuga brovumu - karnatakakapi - shyamasatri
3. jambupate - yamuna kalyani- MD
Jambukeshwaram called popularly as Thiruvanaikoil lies in the same islet of Srirangam. This temple is one of the Panchabootha sthalams representing water. As per sthalapurana Parvathi was directed go to earth & do tapas under a white jambu (ven naval) tree. Devi (Akilandeshwari) formed a Lingam out of water installed it under the jambu tree and started her tapas. Shiva pleased with her tapas appeared before her .Devi took upadesam from Shiva facing east and that how the idols are installed Devi facing east & Shiva facing west. Thus this is a updesha sthalam & hence no thirukalyanam is performed in this temple since Devi is a student & Shiva the teacher. Since Akilandeshwari worshipped Shiva here, as a tradition the priest dresses like a woman & performs the pooja to Shiva at noon everyday.
Devi was in the form of ughra (fierce) devatha and Adi Shankara installed the thatangas with Sri Chakra & Siva Chakra and also installed Vinayaga in front of Her and transformed Her as an anugraha devatha.
The Legend of the Name - 'Thiru Aanai Kaa'
There were two Siva Ganas (Siva’s disciples who live in Kailash) by name 'Malyavan' and 'Pushpadanta'. Though they are Shiva Ganas they were always quarrelling with each other . Once 'Malyavan' cursed 'Pushpadanta' to become an elephant in earth and the latter cursed the former to become a spider in earth.
Both the elephant and the spider came to Jambukeshwaram and continued their Shiva worship. The elephant collected water from river Cauvery and conducted Abhishekam to the lingam under the Jambu tree daily. The spider constructed his web over the lingam to prevent dry leaves from dropping on it and prevent Sunlight directly felling on Shiva.
When the elephant saw the web and thought that as dust on Lord Shiva and tore them and cleaned the Linga by pouring water. This happened daily. The spider became angry one day and crawled into the trunk of the elephant and bit the elephant to death killing itself. Lord Siva, moved by the deep devotion of the two relieved them from one other curse.
As an elephant worshipped the Lord here, this place came to be known as 'Thiru Aanai Kaa' (Thiru - Holy, Aanai - Elephant, Kaa (Kaadu) - Forest). Later the actual name 'Thiruaanaikaa' become 'Thiruvanaikaval' and 'Thiruvanaikoil'.
In the next birth the Spider was born as a Chola kingand built 70 temples and Thiruvanaikoil is the one among them. Remembering his enmity with the elephant in his previous birth, he built the Lord Shiva garbagrham such that not even a small elephant can enter. The entrance on the sanctorum of Lord Shiva is only 4 foot high and 2.5 foot wide.
Representing water among the panchaboothas, the Jambukeshwarar sannidhi is always wet due springs inside the Garbagraha & will be in ankle deep water during rainy seasons.
Kritis.
1. akilandeshwari - dwijavanthi - MD
2. akhilandehwari durusuga brovumu - karnatakakapi - shyamasatri
3. jambupate - yamuna kalyani- MD
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hsuvarna
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Sri , Excellent postings. Very valuable information. Please keep them coming. The article on Ranganaatha
made me find and listen to O Ranganaatha, an excellent kriti, very well rendered by Sri BV Raman and Lakshman in music india online. Please add a line on the geography of the kshetras which will give me a clue to how to go there.
made me find and listen to O Ranganaatha, an excellent kriti, very well rendered by Sri BV Raman and Lakshman in music india online. Please add a line on the geography of the kshetras which will give me a clue to how to go there.
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rajeshnat
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Hsuvarnahsuvarna wrote:Please add a line on the geography of the kshetras which will give me a clue to how to go there.
The temples in trichy , thanjAvur and nAgapattinam district are so many and most of the names start with thiru... Incidentally lot of these temples and villages/towns may have 2 names. The vernacular name that is understood by the people today is likely different from what we know as a visitor. Recently when I went down south , I majorly used these url's
http://www.templepages.com/maps.html
http://www.templepages.com/details.html
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rajeshnat
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Back to Thirunanaikoil,
Sri Jambukeswarar Akilandeswari Temple of Thiruvanaikoil:
Thiruvanaikoil temple is one of the Panchabhoota Stalams (signifying the 5 natural elements) and represents water ('Neer'). The other four temples are Kalahasti for wind ('Kaatru'), Tiruvannamalai for fire ('Neruppu'), Kanchipuram for earth ('Mann', 'Bhoomi') and Chidambaram for space ("Aagayam"
Sri Jambukeswarar Akilandeswari Temple of Thiruvanaikoil:
Thiruvanaikoil temple is one of the Panchabhoota Stalams (signifying the 5 natural elements) and represents water ('Neer'). The other four temples are Kalahasti for wind ('Kaatru'), Tiruvannamalai for fire ('Neruppu'), Kanchipuram for earth ('Mann', 'Bhoomi') and Chidambaram for space ("Aagayam"
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vs_manjunath
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ParamAdbuthamaina(Kamach)- A lovely song on Lord Ranganatha is by Mysore Sadashiva Rao. Since this thread is covering famous Kshetras------ to make the description complete, it will be nice to include a couple of tamil songs(Divya Prabandams/Pashurams) sung by Alwars/Nayanmars on the particular kshetra with lyrics and meanings in english.
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rajumds
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Thiruvaroor is the oldest & holiest of Shiva sthalas. It is not just a temple but a complex of temples with many sub temples in side, each having its own history. It is very difficult to bring out the glory of this temple in an abridged form.
You attain salvation just by being born in Thiruvarur. Such is the greateness of this place. Perhaps it proved by the birth of Trinity in Thiruvarur.
Eventhough the temple is known as Sri Thyagraja temple the presiding diety is Sri Vanmeekanathar. This swambu lingam is of indetreminate age & is formed out of an anthill (putridam kondan in tamil). Once upon a time all devas competed with each other to find out who do tapas for a long time. ahavishnu did for the longest time & as a result which he got a bow with which he started hurting the other Devas. All of them rushed to Shiva seeking protection. As instructed by Shiva the Devas became ants and went to the place where Vishnu was standing with His bow. They started corroding the string of the bow. The string got cut & recoiled and in the process beheaded Vishnu. The devas were stunned and prayed to Shiva to save Vishnu. Shiva appeared as swayambu lingam in the ant hill and brougt back Vishnu alive. The lingam formed is Sri Vameekanathar.
Sri Thyagaraja is in the form Sri Somaskanda. Vishnu was mediating on this form of Shiva and Sri Thyagaraja was dancing to the breath of Vishnu and this dance is called Ajapa natanam. This dance is enacted when Sri Thyagara is taken out in procession. When Indra was tormented by asuras he prayed to Vishnu for help. Vishnu gave him the idol of Thyagaraja and asked Indra to keep it with him & worship. Indra won over the asuras after he started praying to Thaygaraja. After some time Indra again came under the attack of asuras. This time he was directed to take the help of a chola king called Muchukunda. Indra won the battle and asked Muchukunda to take whatever he wants. Muchukunda asked for the idol of Thyagaraja.Indra was not willing to part with Thyagaraja and hence overnight he made six more identical idols and decided to ask Muchukunda to choose from the seven idols. Thyagaraja appeared in the dream of Muchukunda and and told him of Indra's plan. He also told that a bee will be circling over the original idol. Next day Muchukunda selected the original idol and Indra understood the will of Thyagaraja.
He gave all seven idols to Muchukunda. The original was installed in Thiruvarur and the remaining six in nearby places. These kshetras together are calles Sapthvidanga kshetras. Only the face of Thiyaagaraaja is shown. His left leg is shown during Margazhi - Thiruvadhirai and right leg during Panguni - Uthram . Other portions of his body are never shown .
Neelaotpalambal: The Devi of Thaygaraja is Neelothpalambal. Again a very rare form were the Devi is with 2 hands , one hand holding a flower & the otherhand touching the head of a child (Murugan) carried by a girl.
Kamalambal: The sannidhi of Kamalambal is in a separate temple. The Devi is doing a tapas resting her left thumb on a needle (this point is what I have heard but couldn't confirm thro' other sources). The Kamalambal temple is said to have lot secrets connected to Sri Chakra.
The Navagrahams in temple are found in a straight line facing Thyagaraja.
Every sannidhi is special in this temple. Even the Chandikeswara is special in that you two Chandikeshwaras, one is Yama &
the other usual Chandikeshwara. The Nandi is also in the standing posture & each of these have their own story.
Being the birth place of the Trinity, there are quite a few songs, mostly by Dikshitar.
The following are some of the kritis
tyagarajo virajate (atana, rupakam), tyagarajam bhajare (yadukula kamboji, misra chapu), tyagarajena samraksitoham (salagabhairavi, adi), tyagarajaya namaste (begada, rupakam), tyagaraja danyam (darbar, adi), sri tyagarajasya bhakto (rudrapriya, mishra chapu), tyagaraje kritya krityam (saranga, jhampa), viravasanta tyagaraja (viravasantam, adi).tyagaraja palaya sumam (gaula, adi), tyagaraja mahadhvajaroha (sri, adi), tyagarajam bhajeham (neelambari, rupakam), tyagaraja yoga vaibhavam (ananda bhairavi, rupakam), tyagesham bhajare (rudrapriya, adi).
Dikshitar composed his famous Gaulanta kriti-s on Neelopalambal. This is a series of eight kriti-s, all rendered in raga-s ending with the phrase "Gaula". These are: nilotpalamba jayati (narayanagaula, mishra chapu), nilotpalambam bhajare (nari ritigaula, mishra chapu), nilotpalambikaya (kannadagaula, adi), nilotpalambikayai (kedaragaula, adi), nilotpalambikayah param (gaula, rupakam), nilotpalambikayastava (mayamalavagaula, mishra chapu), nilotpalambikayam (purvagaula, rupakam),
nilotpalambike (chayagaula, rupakam).
Pancha Linga kriti-s were composed on the five linga-s of Lord Siva located in the temples in and around Tiruvarur. These are the temples of Achalesvara, Hatakeshwara, Valmikeshwara, Anandeshwara and Siddhishwara. This set is also referred to as the
Tiruvarur Pancharatna kriti-s. The five compositions in this set are: sadachaleshwaram (bhupalam, adi on Achaleshwara), hatakeshwara (bilahari, rupakam on Hatakeshwara), sri valmikalingam (kambhoji, ata on Valmikeshwara), anandeshwarena (ananda bhairavi, mishra chapu on Anandeshwara), siddhishwaraya (neelambari, mishra chapu on Siddhishwara).
Shoadasa Ganapthy kritis on 16 forms of Vinayaga most of which are in Thiruvarur temple . ekadantam (bilahari, mishra chapu), gajananayutam (vegavahini, chaturasra eka), gananayakam (rudrapriya, adi), ganapate (kalyani, rupakam), ganarajena (arabhi, mishra chapu), ganesha kumara (jhunjhuti, chaturasra eka), guruguha sarasija (sankarabharanam, chaturasra eka), hastivadanaya (navaroj, mishra chapu), kari kalabha mukham (saveri, rupakam), lambodaraya (varali, khanda chapu), mahaganapate (natanarayani, adi), mahaganapatim (chalanata, chaturasra eka), mahaganapatim vande (todi, rupakam), pancamatanga mukha (malahari, rupakam), rakta ganapatim (mohanam, adi), shakti sahita (sankarabharanam, tishra eka), siddhivinayakam (chamaram, rupakam), sri gananatam (isamanohari, rupakam), sri ganeshatparam (ardradesi, rupakam), sri mahaganapatir (gaula, triputa), sri muladhara chakra (sri, adi), shwetaganapatim (ragachudamani, triputa), ucchista ganapatim
(kasiramakriya, adi), vallabha nayakasya (begada, rupakam), vamangastitaya vallabhaya (atana, khanda eka), vatapi ganapatim (hamsadhvani, adi), vinayaka (vegavahini, rupakam).
The well known navavarna kritis on Kamalambal.
Kamalambike - Todi - Rupakam
Kamalamba Samrakshathu - Anandabhairavi - Misra Chapu
Kamalambaam Bhajare - Kalyani - Adi
Sri Kamalambikayam - Shankarabharanam - Rupakam
Kamalambikayai - Kambhoji - (Khanda) Ata
Sri Kamalamba param - Bhairavi - Misra Jampa
Kamalambikayaastava - Punnagavarali - Rupakam
Sri Kamalambikayam - Sahana - Tisra Triputa
Sri Kamalambike - Ghanta - Adi
Sri Kamalamba Jayati - Ahiri - Rupakam
Sri Kamalambike - Sri - Kanda Chapu
The temple is situated 50 kms east of Thanjavur. Thiruvarur is well connected by bus from most of the towns & Chennai. There is MG railway station but due to gauge conversion not many trains are available from Chennai. Good accomadation is available.
The reference are mostly from www.srithiyagarajatemple.org
You attain salvation just by being born in Thiruvarur. Such is the greateness of this place. Perhaps it proved by the birth of Trinity in Thiruvarur.
Eventhough the temple is known as Sri Thyagraja temple the presiding diety is Sri Vanmeekanathar. This swambu lingam is of indetreminate age & is formed out of an anthill (putridam kondan in tamil). Once upon a time all devas competed with each other to find out who do tapas for a long time. ahavishnu did for the longest time & as a result which he got a bow with which he started hurting the other Devas. All of them rushed to Shiva seeking protection. As instructed by Shiva the Devas became ants and went to the place where Vishnu was standing with His bow. They started corroding the string of the bow. The string got cut & recoiled and in the process beheaded Vishnu. The devas were stunned and prayed to Shiva to save Vishnu. Shiva appeared as swayambu lingam in the ant hill and brougt back Vishnu alive. The lingam formed is Sri Vameekanathar.
Sri Thyagaraja is in the form Sri Somaskanda. Vishnu was mediating on this form of Shiva and Sri Thyagaraja was dancing to the breath of Vishnu and this dance is called Ajapa natanam. This dance is enacted when Sri Thyagara is taken out in procession. When Indra was tormented by asuras he prayed to Vishnu for help. Vishnu gave him the idol of Thyagaraja and asked Indra to keep it with him & worship. Indra won over the asuras after he started praying to Thaygaraja. After some time Indra again came under the attack of asuras. This time he was directed to take the help of a chola king called Muchukunda. Indra won the battle and asked Muchukunda to take whatever he wants. Muchukunda asked for the idol of Thyagaraja.Indra was not willing to part with Thyagaraja and hence overnight he made six more identical idols and decided to ask Muchukunda to choose from the seven idols. Thyagaraja appeared in the dream of Muchukunda and and told him of Indra's plan. He also told that a bee will be circling over the original idol. Next day Muchukunda selected the original idol and Indra understood the will of Thyagaraja.
He gave all seven idols to Muchukunda. The original was installed in Thiruvarur and the remaining six in nearby places. These kshetras together are calles Sapthvidanga kshetras. Only the face of Thiyaagaraaja is shown. His left leg is shown during Margazhi - Thiruvadhirai and right leg during Panguni - Uthram . Other portions of his body are never shown .
Neelaotpalambal: The Devi of Thaygaraja is Neelothpalambal. Again a very rare form were the Devi is with 2 hands , one hand holding a flower & the otherhand touching the head of a child (Murugan) carried by a girl.
Kamalambal: The sannidhi of Kamalambal is in a separate temple. The Devi is doing a tapas resting her left thumb on a needle (this point is what I have heard but couldn't confirm thro' other sources). The Kamalambal temple is said to have lot secrets connected to Sri Chakra.
The Navagrahams in temple are found in a straight line facing Thyagaraja.
Every sannidhi is special in this temple. Even the Chandikeswara is special in that you two Chandikeshwaras, one is Yama &
the other usual Chandikeshwara. The Nandi is also in the standing posture & each of these have their own story.
Being the birth place of the Trinity, there are quite a few songs, mostly by Dikshitar.
The following are some of the kritis
tyagarajo virajate (atana, rupakam), tyagarajam bhajare (yadukula kamboji, misra chapu), tyagarajena samraksitoham (salagabhairavi, adi), tyagarajaya namaste (begada, rupakam), tyagaraja danyam (darbar, adi), sri tyagarajasya bhakto (rudrapriya, mishra chapu), tyagaraje kritya krityam (saranga, jhampa), viravasanta tyagaraja (viravasantam, adi).tyagaraja palaya sumam (gaula, adi), tyagaraja mahadhvajaroha (sri, adi), tyagarajam bhajeham (neelambari, rupakam), tyagaraja yoga vaibhavam (ananda bhairavi, rupakam), tyagesham bhajare (rudrapriya, adi).
Dikshitar composed his famous Gaulanta kriti-s on Neelopalambal. This is a series of eight kriti-s, all rendered in raga-s ending with the phrase "Gaula". These are: nilotpalamba jayati (narayanagaula, mishra chapu), nilotpalambam bhajare (nari ritigaula, mishra chapu), nilotpalambikaya (kannadagaula, adi), nilotpalambikayai (kedaragaula, adi), nilotpalambikayah param (gaula, rupakam), nilotpalambikayastava (mayamalavagaula, mishra chapu), nilotpalambikayam (purvagaula, rupakam),
nilotpalambike (chayagaula, rupakam).
Pancha Linga kriti-s were composed on the five linga-s of Lord Siva located in the temples in and around Tiruvarur. These are the temples of Achalesvara, Hatakeshwara, Valmikeshwara, Anandeshwara and Siddhishwara. This set is also referred to as the
Tiruvarur Pancharatna kriti-s. The five compositions in this set are: sadachaleshwaram (bhupalam, adi on Achaleshwara), hatakeshwara (bilahari, rupakam on Hatakeshwara), sri valmikalingam (kambhoji, ata on Valmikeshwara), anandeshwarena (ananda bhairavi, mishra chapu on Anandeshwara), siddhishwaraya (neelambari, mishra chapu on Siddhishwara).
Shoadasa Ganapthy kritis on 16 forms of Vinayaga most of which are in Thiruvarur temple . ekadantam (bilahari, mishra chapu), gajananayutam (vegavahini, chaturasra eka), gananayakam (rudrapriya, adi), ganapate (kalyani, rupakam), ganarajena (arabhi, mishra chapu), ganesha kumara (jhunjhuti, chaturasra eka), guruguha sarasija (sankarabharanam, chaturasra eka), hastivadanaya (navaroj, mishra chapu), kari kalabha mukham (saveri, rupakam), lambodaraya (varali, khanda chapu), mahaganapate (natanarayani, adi), mahaganapatim (chalanata, chaturasra eka), mahaganapatim vande (todi, rupakam), pancamatanga mukha (malahari, rupakam), rakta ganapatim (mohanam, adi), shakti sahita (sankarabharanam, tishra eka), siddhivinayakam (chamaram, rupakam), sri gananatam (isamanohari, rupakam), sri ganeshatparam (ardradesi, rupakam), sri mahaganapatir (gaula, triputa), sri muladhara chakra (sri, adi), shwetaganapatim (ragachudamani, triputa), ucchista ganapatim
(kasiramakriya, adi), vallabha nayakasya (begada, rupakam), vamangastitaya vallabhaya (atana, khanda eka), vatapi ganapatim (hamsadhvani, adi), vinayaka (vegavahini, rupakam).
The well known navavarna kritis on Kamalambal.
Kamalambike - Todi - Rupakam
Kamalamba Samrakshathu - Anandabhairavi - Misra Chapu
Kamalambaam Bhajare - Kalyani - Adi
Sri Kamalambikayam - Shankarabharanam - Rupakam
Kamalambikayai - Kambhoji - (Khanda) Ata
Sri Kamalamba param - Bhairavi - Misra Jampa
Kamalambikayaastava - Punnagavarali - Rupakam
Sri Kamalambikayam - Sahana - Tisra Triputa
Sri Kamalambike - Ghanta - Adi
Sri Kamalamba Jayati - Ahiri - Rupakam
Sri Kamalambike - Sri - Kanda Chapu
The temple is situated 50 kms east of Thanjavur. Thiruvarur is well connected by bus from most of the towns & Chennai. There is MG railway station but due to gauge conversion not many trains are available from Chennai. Good accomadation is available.
The reference are mostly from www.srithiyagarajatemple.org
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2 interesting observations about tiruvarur temple . The temple tank is very big almost like a sea and the godess kamalAmba sits in a pose that is neither a yogic pose nor you would have seen such a pose anywhere before. I got both these info from Smt R Vedavalli in a recent lecdem on Muthuswami Dikshitar.
The url http://www.srithiyagarajatemple.org/god ... asp#kamala visually depicts this pose. Watch it carefully.
The url http://www.srithiyagarajatemple.org/god ... asp#kamala visually depicts this pose. Watch it carefully.
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The details of seven viDanga sthala are -These kshetras together are calles Sapthvidanga kshetras
ThiruvArUr - vIdhi viDaNgar - ajapA naTanam
Nagaik kArOnam - sundhara viDangar - vIci naTanam (NagappaTTinam)
Thiruk kOLili - avani viDangar - brunga naTanam (Southern Bank of kAvEri)
Thiru naLLARu - nagara viDaNgar - unmaththa naTanam (Near kAraikkAl)
Thiruk kArAyil - Adhi viDangar - kukkuTa naTanam (Between tiruvArur and tiruttuRaippUNDi)
Thiru vAymUr - nIla viDangar - kamalanaTanam (Between tiruvArur and vEdAraNyam)
Thiru maRaikkAdu - buvaniviDangar - hamsapAda naTanam (vEdAranyam)
Source - http://www.shaivam.org/siddomain/vidanga.html
The tiruvAnmiyUr (Chennai) is also called viDanga sthalam - In this temple also there is tyAgarAja as SomAskanda.
The sthala vRkSha of tiruvArur is tERRa maram - the nut of the tree is called tERRAkkoTTai - strychnos potatorum - Clearing Nut (also called Cleaning Nut) used for cleaning water and for medicinal purposes. Sri tyAgarAja mentions about this nut in the kRti 'nI cittamu niScalamu' - dhanyAsi
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viTanka is Sanskrit and viDanga is Tamil. In both languages, the word has same meanings. Thyagaraja is called viDangar (viTanka). The literal meaning of this word is 'beauty', 'manhood' etc. Dr V Raghavan gives another meaning 'unchiselled' - please refer to Excerpts from Dr.Raghavan's article in the journal of the Music Academy -What does viDanga mean? I was thinking it was viTanka
http://sky.prohosting.com/~guruguha/vr1.html meaning the 'svayambhu' lingam - unchiselled
Source - http://www.shaivam.org/siddomain/vidanga.htmlIn the vidanga temples there will be a muurthi called Thyagarajar. It is the Saha Umaa Skandha (generally called Soomaaskandha) form of Lord Shiva. Initially this muurthi was prayed by Mahaa VishNu, and he got a beautiful son Manmadha. Later he gave it to Brahma and he gave it to Indra. Indra prayed the muurthi for a long time. The Chola king Muchukunda, who had the face of monkey, was a king known for his valor. He helped once Indra for defeating demons. Indra wanted to present something and asked Muchukunda what he wanted. Muchukunda being a devotee of Lord Shiva and impressed by the Thyagarajar asked for that muurthi. Indra didn't want to give that to Muchukund. So he ordered to make six similar muurthis and asked Muchukunda to find out the one he wanted. Muchukunda prayed God and found the original muutrthi. So Indra gave him all the seven muurthis to Muchukunda. Muchukunda kept those muurthis in seven temples which are called Seven vidanga temples. (all these temples are in Tamil Nadu and situated around Thanjavuur.)
However, the story about manmata is self contradictory because -
(a) according to the quote 'tyAgarAja has sOmaskanda form - Siva with umA and skanda'
(b) according to popular purANas, marriage of Siva and pArvati took place only after Siva burnt manmata to ashes.
(c) skanda's was born after that.
Therefore, manmata precedes skanda; viShnu could not have worshipped the tyAgarAja in the form of sOmAskanda to beget manmata. May be He worshipped in the form of 'viTanka' (svayambhU linga) as brought out by Dr Raghavan. The sOmAskanda form for tyAgarAja might have come about later.
Incidentally, in every Siva temple, in the inner prAkAra we can find the 'lingOdbhava' right behind where Siva linga is situated.
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ThiruvArur-Tamil song sung by Appar:
pAdilam poodhathinAnum pavalhacHeVay vaNatHanum
kOdilhaman mulaiyAlaiKudiya kOlathinAnum
Odilha venpiraiyAnum bilithigal sUlatHinAnum
adilambAm basaitHAnum ArUrar amaranda aMManE
Tamil song by Sundarar:
sollidil ellaiyillai suvaiyilaPEdaivAlvu
nallidOr kooraipukku nalamiga arandEnallen
malligai mAda nIdu marumgodu nerungi yengum
allivandiyengum Arur appane anjinEnE
pAdilam poodhathinAnum pavalhacHeVay vaNatHanum
kOdilhaman mulaiyAlaiKudiya kOlathinAnum
Odilha venpiraiyAnum bilithigal sUlatHinAnum
adilambAm basaitHAnum ArUrar amaranda aMManE
Tamil song by Sundarar:
sollidil ellaiyillai suvaiyilaPEdaivAlvu
nallidOr kooraipukku nalamiga arandEnallen
malligai mAda nIdu marumgodu nerungi yengum
allivandiyengum Arur appane anjinEnE
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a view of Srirangam temple. set the scale to 50m. move south further to see the rajagopuram
http://www.wikimapia.org/#y=10862657&x= ... 18&l=0&m=a
http://www.wikimapia.org/#y=10862657&x= ... 18&l=0&m=a
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Never led a moral life. Days were spent in pursuit of wordly desires which deteriorated my health. Oh! Mind, Don't fear ! Let me pray atleast now onwards that lord of aadiyur,mukkanna(thrinethra) who was extolled by varuna,kinnaras and saints.vs_manjunath wrote:ThiruvArur- Tamil song sung by the famous Sambhandhar:
Neediyol vAlgilai nAlhselA ninrananitHa nOygalh
VAdiyAvAdhalAnAlu nAlimbamE maruvinAye
sAdiyAr kinnarar darumamam varunanumEthu mukkan
AdiyArOr tholhudu vuyyalAm maiyal kondu anjalnenjE
(PS: This is only a gist to give an over all meaning. rasikas proficient in tamil are most welcome to edit this meaning to perfection.)
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ThiruVaarur and ThiruAnaikaa are also powerful manthra Stalams. Goddess kamalambika is the starting point for all SriVidya upasakas. Any Japa/Meditation in this sanctum instantly charges you with divine Energy. Dikshidhar that is why composed the Nava Avarana geethams. The nava Avaranas correspond to the Nine stages of SriChakra worship. There are extensive tamil poems, with very deep inner mornings. The goddess is supposed to be sexually charged and the Lord in a primordial dance. The place is indicative of the MoolaDhaara Chakra and the temple bestows Siddhi to Kundalini Yogic practitioners
so is the case with AkhiLaandeshwari who is in a special form of ShriMaatha called Vaarahi.
It seems there was a great man who was meditating in Thiruanaikaa temple and an Old begger came, chewing paan and asked him to open his mouth. when he refused, the begger woman asked a tramp to open his mouth and spat on his mouth.
the tramp instantly became a poet and he was called KalaMegha Pulavar(poet)
And then SriRangam ofcourse.
A very visit itself bestows Divine Blessings.
so is the case with AkhiLaandeshwari who is in a special form of ShriMaatha called Vaarahi.
It seems there was a great man who was meditating in Thiruanaikaa temple and an Old begger came, chewing paan and asked him to open his mouth. when he refused, the begger woman asked a tramp to open his mouth and spat on his mouth.
the tramp instantly became a poet and he was called KalaMegha Pulavar(poet)
And then SriRangam ofcourse.
A very visit itself bestows Divine Blessings.
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mahesh3 sir,
I dont think anything is missing. The aru paDai veedugaL (not in exact order but the order in the pallavi) are as follows:
1st paDai veedu - tirupparamagiri - tirupparamkunRam
2nd paDai veedu - tiruchendur
3rd paDai veedu - pazhani malai - Pazhani (though tiruvAvinaNguDi is considered the paDai veedu)
4th paDai veedu - tiruvEragam - svAmimalai
5th paDai veedu - tiruttaNigai - tiruttaNi
6th paDai veedu - pazhamudirsolai
I dont think anything is missing. The aru paDai veedugaL (not in exact order but the order in the pallavi) are as follows:
1st paDai veedu - tirupparamagiri - tirupparamkunRam
2nd paDai veedu - tiruchendur
3rd paDai veedu - pazhani malai - Pazhani (though tiruvAvinaNguDi is considered the paDai veedu)
4th paDai veedu - tiruvEragam - svAmimalai
5th paDai veedu - tiruttaNigai - tiruttaNi
6th paDai veedu - pazhamudirsolai
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mahesh3:
If you want to know more about the ARupaDaivIDugaL, log on to:
http://murugan.org/temples/arupadaiveedu.htm
If you want to know more about the ARupaDaivIDugaL, log on to:
http://murugan.org/temples/arupadaiveedu.htm
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yathAbdhes tharangA layam yAnthi thungA, thatthaivA padha sannidhou sevyamAne
itheevormi panktheer nrinAm darshayantham, sadA bhAvaye hrithsaroje guham tham
{The waves of worries that haunt the minds of the devotees get destroyed like the waves of the ocean when they hit the shore; Thou stands on the sea-side town of Tiruchendur exemplifying this truth that the mental worry-waves get destroyed when the devotees surrender themselves at Thy feet. O Lord Guha (one who resides in the cave of the heart)! I meditate on you always!}.
--- Subramaya Bhujangam
What an apt descrition of this lovely kshetram. Situated on the shores of Bay of Bengal at the southern tip of the country, this temple is considered to be one of the most sacred temples in the country.
Legend:
Tiruchendur was the padai veedu (army camp) of the devas led by Shanumuga in their war against Surapadman.
The original temple is said to be built be Mayan , the divine architect by carving out a red rock and hence the name kanda madana parvatham. Several additions were made by various rulers and the temple was rebuilt in the present form in the beginning of 20th century by the eforts of a saint Mouna muni.
The customary vEl is not found in the idol in this temple. Instead He has a rudraksha malai in one of the left hands and a lotus in one of the right hands. He was praying to Shiva to absolve the dosha (of killing Surapadman) when the devotees called him and He tunred back to answer their prayers. There is Siva lingam inside the garpagraham and Pancha lingas behind the garpagraham.While we have a darshan of the pancha lingam the one in side garbagraham can't be seen by us.
There is a separate sanctum for Vishnu and one can see the original redstone carving clearly here.
Even though the main idol and the dwajatambams are east facing there is no entrance from the east. There is small opening rather a hole in the eastern wall in line with sanctum . The main entrance is from the south and big rajagopuram is on the west.
Anecdotes:
In 17th century , southern costal Tamilnadu witnessed several small wars between Portugese and Dutch.
In 1648 Dutch left the place taking the panchaloga idols of Shanmugar (the Urchava murthy) and Natarajar as comoensation for the losses they had suffered. Midway, their ship was caught in a strom. Realising that they had done a mistake, they threw the idols in to the sea. In 1651 ,He appeared in the dream of one of the devotees and indicated that the statue would be found in the bottom of the sea where a lime fruit was floating and a Garuda would be circling above. This devotee with few others went in search and spotted the area with the clues from his dream. A diver went down and found the statue which was then installed in the temple in January 1651.
In the 17th century a devotee prayed to Shanmuga for a child and was blessed with a boy. But the child didn't speak till he was five. The parents took the child to Tiruchendur and took a vow that they would drown in the sea if their prayer is not answered. After a few days they enetred the sea and were about ot be drowned when He appreared as priest with a flower in his hand. He showed the flower to the child asked child to name the flower. Immediately the child launched in to a poem starting with "poomevu senkamala" and sang the Kandar kali venpa ,oneof the most revered hymns on Murugan.
In 1803, a British Collector who witnessed the Skanda sashti festival, was amused by the God being fanned by devotees and ridiculed them. The priest covered the diety with a dry white cloth and the cloth became wet with the sweat. The collector offered a silver vessel as atonement and vessel is stll available in the temple.
During the tsunami in 2004, which devastated the souther coast, water receded in to the sea at Tiruchendur and slowly came to normal level after a few hours and there was no damage in the whole area.
Kritis & hymns:
Sri Adi Shankarar composed the Subramanya bhujangam here and was cured of a severe disease.
Tamil Sangam Period work Tirumurugatruppadai by Nakeerrar describes the greatnessof the temple
83 verses in Tiruppugazh by Sri Arunagirinathar are devoted to Tiruchendur.
Can someone post the kriris on this kshetra.
How to reach.
Tiruchendur is 45kms from Tuticorin and 60kms from Tirunelveli. On way from Tirunelveli to Tiruchendur, Nava Tirupathis are located.
itheevormi panktheer nrinAm darshayantham, sadA bhAvaye hrithsaroje guham tham
{The waves of worries that haunt the minds of the devotees get destroyed like the waves of the ocean when they hit the shore; Thou stands on the sea-side town of Tiruchendur exemplifying this truth that the mental worry-waves get destroyed when the devotees surrender themselves at Thy feet. O Lord Guha (one who resides in the cave of the heart)! I meditate on you always!}.
--- Subramaya Bhujangam
What an apt descrition of this lovely kshetram. Situated on the shores of Bay of Bengal at the southern tip of the country, this temple is considered to be one of the most sacred temples in the country.
Legend:
Tiruchendur was the padai veedu (army camp) of the devas led by Shanumuga in their war against Surapadman.
The original temple is said to be built be Mayan , the divine architect by carving out a red rock and hence the name kanda madana parvatham. Several additions were made by various rulers and the temple was rebuilt in the present form in the beginning of 20th century by the eforts of a saint Mouna muni.
The customary vEl is not found in the idol in this temple. Instead He has a rudraksha malai in one of the left hands and a lotus in one of the right hands. He was praying to Shiva to absolve the dosha (of killing Surapadman) when the devotees called him and He tunred back to answer their prayers. There is Siva lingam inside the garpagraham and Pancha lingas behind the garpagraham.While we have a darshan of the pancha lingam the one in side garbagraham can't be seen by us.
There is a separate sanctum for Vishnu and one can see the original redstone carving clearly here.
Even though the main idol and the dwajatambams are east facing there is no entrance from the east. There is small opening rather a hole in the eastern wall in line with sanctum . The main entrance is from the south and big rajagopuram is on the west.
Anecdotes:
In 17th century , southern costal Tamilnadu witnessed several small wars between Portugese and Dutch.
In 1648 Dutch left the place taking the panchaloga idols of Shanmugar (the Urchava murthy) and Natarajar as comoensation for the losses they had suffered. Midway, their ship was caught in a strom. Realising that they had done a mistake, they threw the idols in to the sea. In 1651 ,He appeared in the dream of one of the devotees and indicated that the statue would be found in the bottom of the sea where a lime fruit was floating and a Garuda would be circling above. This devotee with few others went in search and spotted the area with the clues from his dream. A diver went down and found the statue which was then installed in the temple in January 1651.
In the 17th century a devotee prayed to Shanmuga for a child and was blessed with a boy. But the child didn't speak till he was five. The parents took the child to Tiruchendur and took a vow that they would drown in the sea if their prayer is not answered. After a few days they enetred the sea and were about ot be drowned when He appreared as priest with a flower in his hand. He showed the flower to the child asked child to name the flower. Immediately the child launched in to a poem starting with "poomevu senkamala" and sang the Kandar kali venpa ,oneof the most revered hymns on Murugan.
In 1803, a British Collector who witnessed the Skanda sashti festival, was amused by the God being fanned by devotees and ridiculed them. The priest covered the diety with a dry white cloth and the cloth became wet with the sweat. The collector offered a silver vessel as atonement and vessel is stll available in the temple.
During the tsunami in 2004, which devastated the souther coast, water receded in to the sea at Tiruchendur and slowly came to normal level after a few hours and there was no damage in the whole area.
Kritis & hymns:
Sri Adi Shankarar composed the Subramanya bhujangam here and was cured of a severe disease.
Tamil Sangam Period work Tirumurugatruppadai by Nakeerrar describes the greatnessof the temple
83 verses in Tiruppugazh by Sri Arunagirinathar are devoted to Tiruchendur.
Can someone post the kriris on this kshetra.
How to reach.
Tiruchendur is 45kms from Tuticorin and 60kms from Tirunelveli. On way from Tirunelveli to Tiruchendur, Nava Tirupathis are located.
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Composers of kEraLa have employed the kshEtra mudrA in their compositions. Some examples:
1) kumAranallUr - kumAra nagarAlayE (ShrI kumAra - aThANA - svAti)
2) aTTingaL - varATTugaL dEvi (amba gaurI - Arabhi - irayimmantanpi)
3) pazhavangADi - pUrvArpaNa - most of the songs on gaNapati by tulasIvanam are on addressed to this deity.
4) guruvAtapurESha/gurupavanapura etc. all refer to guruvAyUr
5) syAnandUrapura/anantapura referring to tiruvanantapuram are employed by svAti/paramEShvara bhAgavatar/tulasIvanam
6) ShrIkaNTEShvaramm - employed by svAti/tulasIvanam
1) kumAranallUr - kumAra nagarAlayE (ShrI kumAra - aThANA - svAti)
2) aTTingaL - varATTugaL dEvi (amba gaurI - Arabhi - irayimmantanpi)
3) pazhavangADi - pUrvArpaNa - most of the songs on gaNapati by tulasIvanam are on addressed to this deity.
4) guruvAtapurESha/gurupavanapura etc. all refer to guruvAyUr
5) syAnandUrapura/anantapura referring to tiruvanantapuram are employed by svAti/paramEShvara bhAgavatar/tulasIvanam
6) ShrIkaNTEShvaramm - employed by svAti/tulasIvanam
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rbharath
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they all have names starting with 'thiru'ksrimech wrote:mahesh3 sir,
I dont think anything is missing. The aru paDai veedugaL (not in exact order but the order in the pallavi) are as follows:
1st paDai veedu - tirupparamagiri - tirupparamkunRam
2nd paDai veedu - tiruchendur
3rd paDai veedu - pazhani malai - Pazhani (though tiruvAvinaNguDi is considered the paDai veedu)
4th paDai veedu - tiruvEragam - svAmimalai
5th paDai veedu - tiruttaNigai - tiruttaNi
6th paDai veedu - pazhamudirsolai
3rd - thiruvAvinankuDi is another name of pazhani
6th - thirumAlirunsOlaimalai - to be split as thirumAl-iru-sOlai-malai, with a reference to azhagar kovil.
This is the order of 'paDai veeDu's usually used in many places. I have seen this order in most murugan temples and in some literary works as well. i dont know the reason behind the ordering though.
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jayachandran
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This is with reference to Tiruvarur stalam, regarding the definition of the word 'VITANKA'.
1. (In Sanskrit) The term means Vi (without) +Tanka (chisel) - the roopam (form) that which which is not been chisseled. In tamil it is called as 'uli teendaa meni'.
2. (In Sanskrit) The term means vi (bird) + Tankayati (abode) - the abode for the bird. The bird reffered here is 'hamsa'. The physical representation of the term 'hamsa' is swan. In its metaphysical connotation it refers to ham+sa - 'ham- the sound produced during expiration(apaana)' and sa-the sound produced during inspiration(praana)'. So indirectly the term 'ViTanka' refers to human body which holds 'hamsa'(thebird, the breathe) in it.
3. (In Tamil) The term 'vidanga' refers to - vidu(crack) + thangal(that stays) - that which stays in the crack
4. (In Tamil) The term 'vidanga' refers to one who is a beautifier - an earlier association of worship of the young, handsome, valouristic hero, which borders on worship of Muruga in South India.
1. (In Sanskrit) The term means Vi (without) +Tanka (chisel) - the roopam (form) that which which is not been chisseled. In tamil it is called as 'uli teendaa meni'.
2. (In Sanskrit) The term means vi (bird) + Tankayati (abode) - the abode for the bird. The bird reffered here is 'hamsa'. The physical representation of the term 'hamsa' is swan. In its metaphysical connotation it refers to ham+sa - 'ham- the sound produced during expiration(apaana)' and sa-the sound produced during inspiration(praana)'. So indirectly the term 'ViTanka' refers to human body which holds 'hamsa'(thebird, the breathe) in it.
3. (In Tamil) The term 'vidanga' refers to - vidu(crack) + thangal(that stays) - that which stays in the crack
4. (In Tamil) The term 'vidanga' refers to one who is a beautifier - an earlier association of worship of the young, handsome, valouristic hero, which borders on worship of Muruga in South India.
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rajumds
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There will be program on Trisulam temple on 27th Feb 09 between 6 am to 6.30 am on Vasanth TV.
Sri Tirupurasundari samedha Sri Trisulanathar temple at Trisualm (near Chennai airport) is among some of oldest temples around Chennai. As per sthalapuranam, Brahma worshipped the Lord here by invoking the 4 vedas on the four hillocks around the temple, The present structure dates back to 8-9th century.
This temple located in a serene atmosphere is about 1.5 kms from trisulam railway station and Chennai airport and has some lovely and rare idols.
Sri Tirupurasundari samedha Sri Trisulanathar temple at Trisualm (near Chennai airport) is among some of oldest temples around Chennai. As per sthalapuranam, Brahma worshipped the Lord here by invoking the 4 vedas on the four hillocks around the temple, The present structure dates back to 8-9th century.
This temple located in a serene atmosphere is about 1.5 kms from trisulam railway station and Chennai airport and has some lovely and rare idols.
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neevarp3032
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Re: Kshetras & Kritis
What does viDanga mean?
Additional info on vidanga - The form of lord which is not made by any device(உளி) or made my human.
Additional info on vidanga - The form of lord which is not made by any device(உளி) or made my human.