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THIRUVOTRIYUR - KALIA NAYANAR

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Dear Readers, I recently visited one of the oldest temple in Chennai. The temple is believed to be atleast 1300 years old. Lord Shiva is the principal deity worshipped as Adipureeswarar and Tyagarajar. The Goddess Tripura Sundari or Vadivudai Amman is popular than the Lord of Thiruvotriyur. Thiruvotriyur is also happened to be the birth place of Kalia Nayanar who is one of the Sixty Three Nayanmar. Hence I thought of sharing the details of both i.e. Thiruvotriyur Temple and also about Kalia Nayanar in this article. The article is being published as part of both the “Temple Visit” and “Sacred Sixty Three” series of articles. The temple is fraught with many legends and a visit to this temple make you travel centuries back. The temple was visited by many saints right from Adisankara, Thirugnana Sambandar, Thirunavaukkarasar, Sundarar, Arunagirinathar, Pattinathar, Saint Tyagaraja to name a few. The 27 Stars are believed to have worshipped the Lord and assumed the form of Linga by the grac

RAMANARPANAM - Iusse # 2

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Dear Readers, I am glad to present the second article under the title “Ramanarpanam”. The article dwells on the biography, teachings and miracles of Bhagavan Sri Ramana Maharshi. In the Biography section we can read about Bhagavan’s Childhood, schooling at Dindigul, an interesting incident occurred at Dindigul where Bhagavan had slept like a Kumbakarnan, may be an early indication of his deep meditative powers? In the teachings we can hear the discussion transpired between Maharshi and Mrs. M.A. Piggot. Their conversation will help us to understand a little of Maharshi’s philosophy. In the Miracles we share the experience of Bhagavan’s devotee Sri P.V. Sastri and how his deep sorrow was removed by visiting Ramanasramam. I hope you will cherish reading this! Please give your valuable feedback. Happy reading! Warm Regards, A.V. Devan 3.9.2011 Chennai RAMANARPANAM – [Issue # 2] Ramana Leela (Excerpts fro