Thursday, March 1, 2007

Thiru Achirupakkam, Thiru Edaichuram and Dindivanam.

  1. Dindivanam:

    One of 275 important Siva Devara sthalam.


    The place is about 37kms from vizhupuram.



    Main deity is Swayambu lingam known as Thiru Trineeswarar and his consort Maragadavalli amman. Sthala vruksham: Tamrind tree.


    Impotance: The lingam is under the tamrind tree, hence the name
    Trineeswarar.


    There deities like Ganesha, Subramanya, Durgai, Lingothbavar, Dakshina moorthy, Navagraha and chandeeswarar are there.


    Navakku arasar sang hymns on Siva here.


  2. Thiru Achirrupakkam:



    This is One of 275 Siva Devara Sthalam.
    The place is about 16 kms from Madhuranthakam.


    Main deity: Swyambu lingam known as Yamadeesar and his consort Balambikai, the other one known as Umaiyadeesar and his consort melilayal.


    Sthala vruksham: Kondrai.Teertham: Deva teertham, Sanku teertham and Bhanu teertham.



    Importance: There are two Dities in the temple. Dwajasthamba and Nandi are not in straight line to main entrance but they are In a line to Yamayadheesar which is old swayambu lingam.


    The second lingam was installed by pandya king in later days. Lord Siva on his mission of thirupra samhara did not worship Ganesha so axle of siva’s charriot broke in this place, after worshipping Ganesha they were able to proceed further. Hence he name Achirupakkam.


    Pandya king came to know from hunters that everyday a cow was Pouring milk on a bush and king asked them to clear the bush, at that time they saw a udumbu (lizard family) and threw a arrow on it. They saw blood oozing out and when they cleared it they found a Siva lingam which was kept in the temple by the King known as Umadeesar.


    Sambandhar and Appar sang hymns on Siva here.


  3. Thiru Edaichuram:


    This is One of the 275 Siva Devara Sthalam.


    The place is about 7 kms from chengalpet to Thiruppoorer, we reach Thiru kadaichuram.



    Main deity is Swyambu lingam known as Edaichuranadhar and his consort Emayamadakkodi ammai also known as Gyanapureeswarar and Govardhanambikai.


    Teertham: Mdhura teertham. Sthala vruksham: Padhiri.


    Importance: The village is in between two mountains so the name Edaichurram. Swayambu maragadha linga which gllitters during harathi time. Sanathkumarar and Gowathama muni worshiped Siva here.


    Other deities like Vara siddhi vinayakar, Brahamandeeswarar, Subramanya and others are there.

    Sambandhar sang hymns on siva here.


2 comments:

  1. lovely pics.........and the place u have visited seems to have an amzing landscape..the natural formations beat the grand canyon

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  2. Excellent! Well done.

    There is a sculpture labelled "Manomani" in the Hindu Temple of Atlanta (USA) and I am having great difficulty finding out anything about this form of Parvati and, particularly, whether there are shrines to her in South India. In your travels, have you see any shrines of Manomani?

    Thank you.
    Adrian Smythies

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