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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lalithambika sametha meganatha swamy temple thirumeeyachur is 33 kilometres from kumbakonam and 18 kilometres from mayavaram. thirumeeyachur is 2 kilometres from peralam the nearest railway station. meganatha swamy temple is an ancient temple sung in thevaram by the saints sambandhar and appar during the sixth century. thirumeeyachur is the place where the very renowned and…
pandhaadunaayagi sametha kodeeswarar temple , kottaiyur an ancient temple north of kumbakonam along the banks of cauvery where shiva gave darshan to badrayogi rishi who was looking to visit 1 crore shiva lingams and said that that one lingam is equivalent to 1 crore ( 10 million ) lingams hence earning the name kodeeswarar. kodi…
