Update to Raju’s Temple Visits: Sri Sailam at Andhra Pradesh

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Dear All,

 

There is

an update to my Blog with a travelogue to Srisailam at Andhra:

http://shanthiraju.wordpress.com/2008/11/02/srisailam/

 

Significances:

 

The presiding deities are Lord

Mallikarjuna Swamy, one of the twelve Jyothirlingas and Goddess

Bhramaramba Devi one of the eighteen Mahasakthis and both are self-manifested. The

unique feature of this kshetram is the combination of Jyothirlingam and

Mahasakthi in one campus, which is very rare and only one of its kind. Only

one of the Jyothirlingams, Rameswaram and only one of the Mahasakthi

peetams, Kanchipuram are in Tamilnadu. The prominence of Srisailam is

highlighted by the fact that in the

sankalpa mantra of our today's homams we specify our place of location

with reference to Srisailam only. The earliest known historical

mention of the Hill - Srisailam, can be traced in Pulumavi's Nasik inscription of 1st

Century A.D. Part of the 275 Thevara

temples. Sambhandar and Sundarar have sung about Srisailam from Kalahasthi

itself; Thirunavukkarasar, on return from Kailasam, worshipped here.Maha Bharatham, Ramayanam,

Siva Puranam, Mathsya Puranam, Agni Puranam and Vayu Puranama have

mentioned this temple. Arunagirinathar and Vallalar

have sung on this templeMarutha tree (Arjuna tree) has

been Sthla Vruksham only in 3 temples and they are:

a) Thiruppudai maruthur near Ambasamudhram in Trinelveli -

Kadaimaruthur or Pudarjunam

b) Thiruvidai maruthur near Kumbakonam where Sri Mahalinga Swamy is

present - Idaimarudhur or

Madhyarjunam

c) SriSailam - Thalai marudhur or Mathyarjunam

Arjunam also has a meaning of Parameswaran

 

Regards,

Raju