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Arthamulla Indhu Matham (அர்த்தமுள்ள இந்து மதம்)/ Meaningful Hinduism
Arthamulla Indhu Matham (அர்த்தமுள்ள இந்து மதம்)/ Meaningful Hinduism
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Thursday, March 1, 2018
Tirupattur temples - Kasi Vishwanathar, Varadaraja perumal and Sastha
Tirupattur temples
In the previous post, Sri Brahmapureeswarar temple was covered in detail. Within few kilometers of this temple, Tirupattur is home to these famous temples.
Sri Kasi Vishwanathar temple
The saint is an ardent devotee of shiva. He immerses himself when doing shiva pooja. He loves to worship shiva with bilva leaves (Bel tree) non-stop. He lived in a dense forest. The saint collected all the bilva leaves he can within hands reach. His desire to gather more leaves and dedicating to the supreme lord never ended.
He prayed to Shiva, Oh Lord, i do not know when i will attain moksha and reach shivaloka. Before the day come, can you grant me a wish? I wanted to climb on this bilva tree till the top and gather all the leaves to do archana for you. To climb such trees with agility, can you transform my legs like a tiger leg?, he cried to the Lord.
Shiva, always kind to his devotees, that too when someone asks not for himself, but to worship me, will be quiet? He granted his wish immediately. The sage's legs transformed into tiger legs. Satisfied with this, the sage thanked Shiva and climbed on the tree - he was able to climb to the top at ease. Gathering more leaves, he was constantly doing archanas to shiva. Slowly his real name was forgotten and the village people started calling him Vyakrapathar (vyakram - tiger, one with tiger foot).
He travelled to many temples in south and worshipped Shiva. He preferred to stay inside forests and make barnasalai ---- and performed tapas. The town puliyur got its name from the great sage worshipping there. However, most of his tapas was in tirupattur area. The Kasi vishwanathar temple in this town has a sacred pond which is special. Apart from washing away ones sins, its appearance is unique. when you see in bird's eye view, this pond will appear in the form of tiger's foot - resembling this great saints' tiger foot. There is an interesting story behing this.
Tirupattur was famous for its bilva trees. Vaykrapathar continued his prayers to Shiva by offering bilva leaves all the time. There is some sorrow in his mind. the lakes around this places are drying soon and water is becoming scarce. One day, he could find no water to perform abhiseka and hoped it'll rain. He was looking up at the sky in vain. He saw an elephant carrying ganges water and is hurrying to go somewhere.
Theerthakulam:
Upon seeing the elephant, he felt happy. God always tests his subject and places obstacles. Luckily, my obstacles are now gone, he thought. He pleaded with the elephant to give him some water to do the pooja. The elephant refused saying, sorry Great saint, i'm in a hurry to go to do abhisheka for Jambukeswarar fetching this water from ganges. I do not want to give you any, nor do i want to delay my journey. With that, the sage saw the elephant flying far away and disappear. Heartbroken, he pleaded with god, i know that you like to play these games. I even went begging to the elephant to get you water. If my devotion to you is true, there should be water now in this barren land. That too, i want the holy Ganges water in this place. Otherwise, i will no longer perform shiva pooja here. Having said that, he kicked the ground as hard as he could and started digging with his bare hands. Water started to flow slowly. Within short while, it became a pond. He was very happy and completed the abhisheka till this hearts desire.
Tuesday, February 27, 2018
Tirupattur temples - Brahma temple to rewrite fate
Tirupattur Brahma temple to change one's fate
Fate. Do you believe in it? Is it set forever or can it be changed? Can Brahma the creator, rewrite your fate? Worshipping Brahma at Sri Brahmapureeswarar temple at Tirupattur says yes - if such a change is possible. It can become a turning point in one's life.
Tirupattur (திருப்பட்டூர் ) is a small village on the Chennai-Trichy highway about 25 kms from trichy. Travelling from chennai, turn right to the service lane at sirunagar and travel 5 more kilometers to reach the temple. Accomodations, restaurants and all facilities are available in trichy. Other historic names for this place were Tirupidavur and Thirupadaiyur. Puranas quote Lord muruga on his way to vanquish Surapadman stayed here with his army (padai - battle). (Note: From Chennai, there are few buses that travel to Thirupathur [திருப்பத்தூர் ] - this place is near vellore and not the one referenced in this article - see the difference in name in tamil text).
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Story:
தீதும் நன்றும் பிறர் தர வாரா (Theedum Nandrum pirar thara vaara) is a popular line given by Kaniyan pungundranar roughly translates to "What you sow is what you reap". Our thoughts decide whether actions end up good or bad.
Sri Arunagirinathar sings, இருவினைமு மலமுமற (Iruvaniyum mumalamumara) - free me from both good and bad deeds. Sri Kirupananda variyar quotes this beautifully as, does it matter if the handcuffs are made of gold or iron - you are still constrained by your thoughts and actions.
So keep your thoughts clear and clean. What can mess up your thoughts? It is pride. Especially, when the "I" becomes too much and eccentric, one is bound to lose the good grace of God. Hence, the saints and siddhas took immense steps and meditation to get rid of this ego and fully surrender to the god.
Ok, if a human destroy his ego, he can surrender to god and reach him. But what if God himself is full of this Ego? Such a pride occupied Brahma, the creator and his ego found no bounds. With pride, came arrogance and vanity. We can find solace that when human beings can have such pride, why not the creator himself? But, pride is a poisonous seed. It may be little, but it will spread and spoil the entire thought process and will affect the actions.
With constant thoughts on his supreme creation power, the ego spread like a virus and he was comparing with everyone establishing his supremacy. Once he argued with Lord Shiva, that i'm equal to you, why? i may be better than you as i'm the sole creator of all living things. I too have five heads like you and the power to go along, said Brahma with his Ego unconstrained.
The ever kind Lord Shiva, understanding that Brahma's ego gave way to this arrogance, decided to teach him and the universe a lesson. With his hand, he plucked one of Brahma's head in an instant and cursed him to lose his creation power.
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