Fwd: [periyavaa] SIVA TEMPLES OF SOUTH INDIA

[Dr D Bharadwaj]

sarvE bhavantu sukhinaH | 

sarvE santu nirAmayAH |

sarvE bhadrAni paSyantu | 

mA kaschit duHkha bhAg bhavEt || 

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Date: Mon, Sep 5, 2011 at 5:31 PM
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Many years ago, I was gifted by a book by an unknown person at Bharati Vidya Bhavan.  It was titled Siva Temples of South India.

I have found this book as one of the most simple and informative books and I have wanted to share this book with everyone. Because of my other commitments, so far I have not been able to do this, but now I am attempting to do the same. It may take soem time, but I wil do my best to update this on a regular basis.

To start with, I have started of with temples which have special significance to the Lord.

TWELVE JYOTIRLINGAS

 

PLACE	NAME OF LORD
Somnath (Gujarat) Srisailam (AP) Ujjain (MP) Omkareswara (MP) Kedarnath (UP) Bhimashankar (Maharashtra) Varanasi (UP) Tryambakeswar (Maharashtra) Vaidyanath (Bihar) Nageswar (Gujarat) Rameswaram Ghirishnesh	Somnatheswara Mallikarjuneswara Mahakaleswara Omkareswara Kedareswara Bhimashankara Visweswara Tryambakeswara Vaidyanath Nageswara Ramanathaswamy Ghirishneshwara

 

 

PANCHA BHOOTA KSHETRA

 

The five great Elements of nature are represented at each one of these temples. Together these temples are called the Pancha Bhoota Kshetras

PLACE	NAME OF LORD	Element
Srikalahasti (AP) Kancheepuram Tiruvannamalai Chidambaram Tiruvannaikaval	Srikalahastiswara Ekambareswara Arunachaleswara Nataraja Jambukeswara	Air Earth Fire Akasha (Ether / Space) Water

 

 

ASHTA VEERATANNA KSHETRA

These are certain places where Lord Siva assumed Rajo Guna and performed heroic deeds for destroying evil forces. Eight such places are specifically mentioned and collectively called Ashta Veerattana Kshetras.

 

PLACE	NAME OF LORD
Tirukkoyilur Tiruvadigai Tirrukadavur Parasalur Kurrukai Valuvur Virkudi Kandiyur	Andhakasura Samharam Tripura Dahanam Kala Samharam Daksha Samhanam Kama Dahanam Gajasura Samhanam Jalandrasura Samharam Brahma’s head was plucked

 

SAPTHA VIDANGA KSHETRA

 

Saptha Vidanga Kshetra are the seven places where the seven places where the seven Lingas said to have been brought by Mucukunda Chakravarti from Devaloka are worshpped. These Linga Murti’s are called “Vidanga” because they were created by Maya without a chisel (Vi means without and Danga means Chisel). Further each of these places are indentified with a dance form of Thyagaraja (Lord Siva)

 

PLACE	NAME OF LORD	DANCE
Tiruvarur Tirunallar Nagapattinam Tirukuvalai Tiruvaimur Tirukkaraivasal Vedaranyam	Veedhi Vidangar Nagara Vidangar Sundara Vidangar Avani Vidangar Nila Vidangar Adi Vidangar Bhuvani Vidangar	Ajapa Natanam Unmatha Natanam Para Vira Taranga Natanam Biringa Natanam Kamala Natanam Kukkuta Natanam Hamsapada Natanam

 

 

 

PANCHA SABHA

The five places where Lord Nataraja performed his Tandavam are collectively known as Pancha Sabha meaning five assembly halls of Lord Nataraja

 

PLACE	NAME OF SABHA	DANCE
Chidambaram Tiruvalangadu Madurai Tirunelveli Kutralam	Kanaka Sabha Ratna Sabha Rajata Sabha Tamira Sabha Chitra Sabha	Ananda Tandavam Oordhva Tandavam Sandhya Tandavam Muni Tandavam Tripura Tandavam

 

 

PANCHA ARAMA KSHETRAM

 

Pancha Arama Kshetram are those five places where the pieces of a Swayambhu Linga are installed. This Swayambhu Lingam was being carried by Tarakasura in his throat, which was broken into five pieces by Kumaraswamy (Subramanya) during the course of the battle with him and these pieces fell at the following places.

 

PLACE	NAME OF LORD
Drakshashrama Samalkot Gunipundi (Bhimavaram) Palakollu Amaravati	Drakshashrama Swamy Bhimarama Swamy Somarama Swamy Kshirarama Swamy Amararama Swamy

 

 

 

ARUPADAI VEEDU

 

The Arupadai Veedu are identified as directly associated with Lord Muruga. These six places collectively are called the Arupadai Veedu

PLACE

Tiruttani Swamimalai Palani Pazhamudir Solai Tiruparakundram Tiruchendur

 

Navagraha Kshetra

 

Worship of the Navagraha Murti is done in various ways not only to appease them for mitigation of their malefic influence but also to seek their blessings for acquiring peace, wealth, prosperity and longevity of life in the world. Perhaps, to satisfy this need, a shrine is set up apart for the planetary deities in all Siva temples. They are installed on a single platform with the Sun God as the presiding deity in the centre.  There are however a few temples where one or the other of the Navagraha deities individually find a shrine exclusively dedicated for them

 

PLACE	Planet
Suryanarkoil Tirvarur / Tingaloor Vaitheeswaran Kovil Tirvenkadu Alangudi Kanjanoor Tirunallar Keezhperupallam Tirunageswaram	Sun Moon Mangal (Mars) Budha (Mercury) Guru (Jupiter) Sukra (Venus) Shani (Saturn) Ketu Rahu

 

The next update will start the journey at Kolkata, travelling down the east coast and exploring the various temples.

Best regards

Ranganath 

 

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[Meena Iruvanti]

very nice sharing! thank you

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[Gopi Krishna Paritala]

Many thanks. Very useful information. Love and Love alone ....

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[Saibaba SV]

Very good compilation.

Thank you Mr. Ranganath for sharing such useful information

S.V.Sai baba

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[Ganesh J. Acharya]

Thanks for sharing... its a great resource

On Wed, Sep 14, 2011 at 4:58 PM, Dr D Bharadwaj <dr.d.bh...@gmail.com> wrote:

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