The only ancient temple where Lord Nataraja is the presiding deity is located in Chidambaram and the unique feature of that temple is the famous “Chidambara rahasyam” (Cosmic secret) that is
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The Protection for Chennai!
One end of Chennai’s sea shore is Tiruvottriyur — where Pattinathar’s Samadhi is located. The other end of Chennai’s sea shore is Thiruvanmiyur where Sri Pamban Swamigal’s Samadhi is
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Special Shiva Linga
There is a small village called Neidhavayil next to Chennai. There is a temple in this village which houses a special ‘Sivalinga’. The speciality of this Sivalinga is that, if camphor
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Soma-Ganapathy
Generally, in Shiva temples, the deities of Parvathi and Parameswara are found along with ‘Skanda’ or ‘Muruga’. This is called ’soma-skanda’. It is this deity that is taken in
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Namakkal
The town of Namakkal in Tamil Nadu does not have a separate Siva temple. The only Siva temple is in the precincts of the temple for the presiding deity of the town, Kshetra
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Sabarimala and Ramayana
‘Hampi’ in Karnataka is in the banks of river ‘Hamba’. The letter ‘ha’ is often interchanged with ‘pa’ in Kannada language and so this is actually the river is ‘Pamba’. This was
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Sembakkam near Vellore
Sembakkam is a beautiful village near Vellore in Tamil Nadu. The uniqueness of this village is that it has a Ganesha temple in which eleven moorthis (deities) of Ganesha have appeared on its own
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Tirupporur Murugan Temple
Near Chennai, India, there is a village called Thiruporur. In this holy place, there is a Murugan temple in which Lord Muruga has appeared as Swayambhu (appearing on its own accord). This holy temple
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Thiruvarur Thiyagaraja
Thiyagaraja temple is one of the biggest temples in the town of Thiruvarur in South India. The chief deity Shiva assumes the name Thiyagaraja. ‘Raja’ denotes a king. The lion is called ‘mruga
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Dharmasamvardhini
The town of Thiruvayyaru in Tamil Nadu has no Vishnu Temple. This is because, the presiding deity of this town, Dharmasamvardhini, sports the conch (’sankha’) and wheel (’chakra’) which are
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Thiruvottriyur Temple
Thiruvottriyur is a place in Chennai in South India. The presiding deities of the main Shiva temple here are Thyagaraja and Vadivudaiyamman. The speciality of this temple is that it houses 27
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Tiruvannamalai Facts
“Tiruvannamalai is ‘agni kshetra’ (representing fire – the five elements water, earth, fire, space and wind are each represented by five Siva temples in various places). Here, Lord Siva
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