temples, the heart of sanathana dharma . . .
Soundharanayagi sametha Swarnapureeswarar, Aaththur Sthala puranam and temple information : There are several places in Tamil Nadu named Aththur (or variants of that spelling). This place is located between Manalmedu and Pandanallur, close to the banks of the Manniyaru river. In ancient times, this place used to be called Mantharaivanam, due to the sthala vriksham…
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Soundharanayaki sametha Abathsahayeswarar kovil, Thukkachi Location : Thukkachi is a small village located 15 kilometres south-east of Kumbakonam on the Nachiyar kovil – Poonthottam Road. When Durga was tasked with killing Mahishasuran, she was surprised because from every drop of the asura that touched the earth, emerged another asura. Desperate to accomplish Her task in…
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ilangailai nayagi sametha kruththivaasar (veerateswarar), varuvoor location varuvoor is a small village 9 kms to the south of mayavaram close to the thiruvarur road. its about half a km to the left from the road if coming from thiruvarur. a really big temple with 3 prakarams with gaja samhara murthy as the iconic deity of…
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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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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 –…
