temples, the heart of sanathana dharma . . .
tirunellikkaa or thirunellikkaval as it is called today is located 17 km from tiruvarur and 23 km from mannargudi. thirunellikkaval is one of the 278 temples sung in thevaram. appar and sambandhar had sung in praise of the lord. sthala puranam the five sacred trees of devaloka – parijatham, karpakam, mandaram, harichandanam and santhanam –…
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before we proceed to the sthalapuranam of this ancient temple, a few words about the man who passionately travels and meticulously collects details about these dilapidated hearts of the dharma.. aniruddh. he has far more details and data than any such work in this genre and disseminates the treasure for us in a website he…
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location tiruvanduthurai is located about 10 km from mannargudi. on the road from mannarkudi to tiruthuraipoondi, maravaraayanalloor comes first. from there one should take a road that goes left which reads thirukkollikkaadu sani sthalam. vanduthurai is the first village on the road. sthalapuranam surely we have read the legend of ardhanariswarar, but this temple, its…
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akilandeswari sametha jambukeswarar , thiruvanaikkaval this is one of the pancha bootha sthalams of siva, which represent the five elements in the world. this temple represents water (appu), and is also called jambukeswaram, after the vennaval (jambu) tree that is core to the sthala puranam of this temple. once, parvati mocked siva for his ideal…
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vaipu temples are referred by the thevara moovar ( the 3 saints who sang thevaram) in songs to the regular thevara thalangal ( thevara temples). they are not visited although some are not too clear. thevara padal petra thalangal (regular temples) sung by appar – 125thevara padal petra thalangal (regular temples) sung by sundarar –…
