28-07-14 MONDAY தினம் ஒரு கோயில் DAILY ONE TEMPLE VISIT--தினம் ஒரு சிவன் கோயில் (108) --DAILY ONE SHIVAN TEMPLE Worship of shivalinga is considered the prime worship for the devotees of Lord shiva. தினம் ஒரு கோயில் DAILY ONE TEMPLE VISIT--தினம் ஒரு சிவன் கோயில் (108) --DAILY ONE SHIVAN TEMPLE Worship of shivalinga is considered the prime worship for the devotees of Lord shiva. Srikalahasti which is situated on the banks of Swarnamukhi River and picturesque surrounding of hillocks is a famous Saivite Temple in South India. Thousands of pilgrims visits the temple to have darshan of the almighty Sri Kalahasteeswara and Sri Gnanaprasunambika Devi. Sri Kalahasteeswara showers grace to wipe out the sins and obstacles of devotees. Seers and sages worshipped lord Srikalahasteeswara and praised with hymns. Sri Adi Sankara visited this Kshetra and praised the bhakti of Kannappa in his Sivanandalahari. The historical reference to this temple occur in the works of Nakkeerar, a Tamil poet in 3rd Century BC during the Tamil Sangam Dynasty. He called it as Southern Kailash. Nakkeera composed hundred stanzas to praise Srikalahasteeswara. Dhoorjati a Telugu poet native of this place and one among the ashtadiggajas of Sri Krishnadevaraya’s court composed hundred stanzas on Sri Kalahasteeswara. It is one of the panchabhoota sthalam - representing five basic elements. This is the Vayu Sthalam among the Pancha Bootha Sthalamsrepresenting Air. The others are - Tiruvannamalai (Thejo sthalam - Fire) Kanchipuram (Prithvi sthalam - Earth) Tiruvanaikaval (Appu sthalam - Water) Chidambaram (Akasa sthalam - Space). Legend has it that Lord Shiva disguised as Vayu (Air) observed that The Spider (SRI), Cobra (KALA) and Elephant (HASTI) worshipped Him very devotedly. So Lord Shiva made them to relieve from the curse and attain salvation, hence this place is called Srikalahasti. Many more Tamil Saivite saints like Sambandar, Appar, Manikkavasagar, Sundaramurti, Pattinathar and Sri Ramalinga Swami of Vadalurhave also visited this place.
Posted on: Sun, 27 Jul 2014 14:45:45 +0000
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