Columns by Devotees

Uttaramerur is a small village next to Kanchipuram in South India. This village is a masterpiece of town-planning and architecture. All the deities that prescribed for a village can be found in
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Inside the Temple of Madurai Meenakshi is the sanctum of Lord Ganesha bearing the name Mukkuruni Pillaiyar. Mukkuruni Ganesha is also found in Nagapattinam and Chidambaram. Three ‘kurunni’ (a
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Two ‘Kshetras’ (holy places) in this world (‘Bhoo loka’) are spoken of by the Vedas. One is Seshagiri (the Hill Sesha) with the Srinivasa Perumal in Tirupathi and the other one is Jagannatha
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“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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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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In Badrinath, which is surrounded by snow-capped mountains, which has ice-cold Alakananda river flowing, a strange inexplicable phenomenon co-exists! It has a perennial hot water spring, giving hot
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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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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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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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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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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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