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 Temple info -1228 கோயில் தகவல் -1228 Puligundeswarar Temple Trekking in Puligundu rock mountain is one of the most spine chilling and challenging treks. Though the trekking time was less, puligundu trekking tops our list for testing our fear and patience. Puligundu Sivan temple is located in Andhra Pradesh at Chittoor district. Puligundu is a dual rock mountain with a height of 1000 feet from the ground. Because of its height, you can get a remarkable view of the surrounding hills. In this dual rock mountain, it is believed that one mountain is Lord Shiva (Puligundeeswarar) and the other one is Lord Parvathy. Every shivan temple has its own importance. Likewise, Puligundu mountain itself resembles shiva lingam and there is a Shivan temple on the top that makes it special.  The history of Puligundu rock mountain History says the British tried to capture this to use it as a watchtower. But the people from the nearby villages intercepted and saved it from the Britishers. As proo...

 Temple info -1226 கோயில் தகவல் -1226 Dakshina Mookambika Temple, Paravur, Ernakulam  Religion Affiliation Hinduism Deity Saraswati Location North Paravur, Ernakulam, Kerala, India Geographic coordinates 10.146616°N 76.232001°E Website www.dakshinamookambika.org The Dakshina Mookambika Temple is a famous Saraswati temple in the town of North Paravur in the Ernakulam district of Kerala. The presiding deity in this temple is Saraswati and sub-deities are Ganapathy, Subrahmanyan, Mahavishnu, Yakshi, Hanuman and Veerabhadran. A shrine devoted to Yakshi is at the southwest corner. The sanctum sanctorum is in the midst of a lotus pool. According to legends, Thampuran (ruler) of Paravur was a great devotee of Goddess Mookambika. He used to visit the Kollur temple in Mangalore every year to pay homage to the goddess. When he became old, his health worsened and he could no longer undertake the long journey to Kollur. The goddess appeared to the sad devotee in a dream and ordere...

 Temple info -1227 கோயில் தகவல் -1227       Arulmigu Thirumalaikumarasamy Temple God Arulmigu ThirumalaiKumaraswamy Theertham Poonjunai Sthalaviruksham Tamarind Tree Agamam Karana Agamam Historical Importance Once upon a time Swamy Thirumalaimurugan appeared one Poovan Battar Archagar of Thirumalai Kaliamman Temple’s dream and asked him to find out the idol (stone vickragam) of swamy Thirumalai kumaran which is under the Bamboo bush,situated at Kottaithiradu on the way to Achankoil,ants would show the way to locate the idol. The message was conveyed to the then Kerala King of Pandalam.The king and Battar went to Kottaithiradu in order to find out the statue as stated in the dream ants paved the path.Lord Thirumalai Murugan statue was found.The same was brought and installed in the sanctum sanctorum of this present temple.It would had happened around 600 years back. Literary Importance Prof. Dr. GanapathiRaman in his thesis work about this temple’s history noted that ...

 Temple info -1225  Temple Info-1225  Kachabeswarar, Eachangudi, Thanjavur  Basic information about the temple  Moolavar: Kachabeswarar  Ambal / Thayar: Mangalambigai  Deity: Siva  Vriksham: Eecha maram  Age (years):  500-1000  Temple set:  Swamimalai parivara devata sthalam  City / town: Eachangudi  District: Thanjavur  Current location Thanjavur (17 km) Kumbakonam (33 km)  Ariyalur (34 km) Perambalur (59 km)  Location  Sthala puranam and temple information  Eachangudi is the birthplace of Kanchi Periyavaa’s mother, and the native village of her father.  The temple is located at the eastern end of the Agraharam, while the other end has a Perumal temple.  Originally, the village of Eachangudi was located a few hundred meters away, amidst what are agricultural fields today, which had its own Siva temple that is said to have existed from several centuries earlier.  This village’s ...

 Temple info -1223  கோயில் தகவல்-1223  Manakkudi Sundareswarar Temple  Arulmigu Sundareswarar Temple is located in the village of Manakkudi, about 5 km from Mayiladuthurai.  This temple does not seem to have been consecrated after 1941!  It was very distressing to see the condition of the temple.  The temple pond was adorned with beautiful lilies.  There is a beautiful staircase.  The villagers keep the pond clean. There is a lot of water in the pond as the access to the pond is not blocked.  Pool with beautiful stairwell.  Beautiful Tirukulam full of lilies. Since the temple was in ruins and unprotected, the gurus who told him that the Karunguyil Nathanpet next to the Natarajar statue in the temple was safe in the Arulmigu Sakthipureeswarar temple, told him that Natarajar would come from there in a little while and look away.  Is the temple open?  He said it was open and left.  But disappointed to go inside.  Go...

 Temple info -1222 கோயில் தகவல் -1222 Uttara Swaminatha Swami Kovil (Malai Mandir), New Delhi History of Uttara Swami Malai Temple by Śrī RV Subrahmaniam, I.A.S. (Retd) It was a time when the South Indian population of Delhi was just a handful. An ardent devotee of Lord Swaminatha, who was worshipping an emerald idol of the Lord given to him by Bhagawan Ramana Maharshi, organised jpublic celebration of Śrī Skanda Shashti, the conquest of Lord Muruga over the demon kings (the triumph of good over evil) for the fierst time in the year 1943. As the years went by, the South Indian population increased manifold and the Shashti festival became very popular. The attendance swelled into thousands and the need for a temple began to be keenly felt. The search for a suitable elevated place commenced in 1961. In a dream to a devotee, a small hillock was indicated as His would-be abode by Lord Swaminatha Himself. The mound was in the heart of a vast thicket of berry trees. There was only a tiny...

 Temple info -1224 கோயில் தகவல் -1224 Sundara Anjaneyar Temple, Kallukuzhi, Trichy Sundara Anjaneyar Temple is a Hindu Temple dedicated to Lord Hanuman located at Kallukuzhi near Trichy Railway Station in Trichy City in Trichy District of Tamilnadu. Legends Anjaneya of the temple was a pavement deity about 90 year ago on the second platform of Tiruchirappalli Railway Junction. The railway staff and the passengers used to worship him. In the year 1928, when works began to link the railway line of Erode and Nagapattinam, Armsby, the then General Manager of Railway district ordered removal of this Anjaneya. Though the structure was demolished, they could not remove the idol. The manager had a dream that night that two trains had derailed at the place where Anjaneya existed. He rushed to the spot and found his dream true. But all passengers were safe. Realizing his folly, he immediately ordered special pujas to him and immediately allotted a vast space for a temple. That space was Kall...