Friday 14 December 2012
Tuesday 27 November 2012
Friday 20 April 2012
Friday 13 April 2012
Sunday 8 April 2012
Friday 30 March 2012
Nandi to Markandeya
Legend also reveals that while Nandikeswara was extrolling the greatness of this sthala to sage Markandeya, he explained that while all others sthalas can be deemed to be Body, this Arunachala is the Face with Lord siva as its eyes. He also told that the fame of this stala is unfathomable.
Glory of this Place
- Legends declare that those who pronounce the name of this sthala - Om Arunachaleshwarya Namah - once, Secure the bliss of repeating three crores of time the pancakshara (the Mantra of Five Words - Om Namah Shivay)) and
- those who visited and worshipped in this stala, They along with their descendents upto 21 generations will get liberation.
Four Yugas
Tiruvannamalai was a
- Fire (Agni) mountain in Krathayuga,
- Gold (Swarna) mountain in Thrathayugha,
- Copper (Thambra) mountain in Duvaparayuga and
- Rock mountain in this Kaliyuga.
Tuesday 27 March 2012
Asta Lingams in Girivalam
| Name |
Direction
|
God
|
Planet
|
Benefits of Worshipping
|
| Indra lingam | East | Indra | Sun and Sukiran | Blesses the devotees with long life coupled with prosperity in abundance. |
| Agni lingam | south east | Agni | Chandra | Helps one to keep away sickness and to maintain good health |
| Yama lingam | south | Yama | Sevvai | Relieves the devotees of their financial constraints. |
| Niruthi lingam | South West | king of the giants | Ragu | The devotees are Freed of their problems. |
| Varuna lingam | west | Varuna | Sani | The devotees protected from all critical illness and taken care to elevate their social development. |
| Vaayu lingam | north west | Vaayu | Kedhu | Gives strength to fight all heart ailments, stomach problems, lung problems and general illness. |
| Kubera lingam | north | Kubera | Guru | Helps the devotees to achieve prosperity |
| Eeshanya lingam | north east | Eeshanya | Budha | Gives peace of mind to devotees and develops a positive attitude in them to achieve success in all their pursuits. |
Monday 26 March 2012
Yoga Master's record breaking achievement
Handstand walking down the hill steps with official setup to make a record by Mr.P. Neerathilingam (Yoga Master - Pathanjali Yoga centre) of Rajapalaiyam, Tamilnadu state, India. It was done on 14.4.2002 in Thiruvannamalai temple steps at Srivilliputtur taluk, Virudhunagar district, Tamilnadu, INDIA. It took the Brave man less than 1 minute and 25 seconds to Hand walk down the 204 hill steps.
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