KALAHASTI TEMPLE - Rahu Ketu remedies

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This is an important temple dedicated to Lord Siva. This temple has

one of the elemental lingas, the vayu (air) linga. There is a lamp

inside the inner sanctum that is constantly flickering despite the

lack of air movement inside. The air-linga can be observed to move

even when the pujaris close off the entrance to the main Deity room,

which does not have any windows. You can see the flames on several

ghee lamps flicker as if blown by moving air. The linga is white and

is considered Swayambhu, or self-manifested. The linga here is

identified as one of the Panchabhutalingas (the five lingas made up

of the five elements of the universe) - wind, water, fire, earth and

ether. The linga at Srikalahasti is Vayulinga or one made up of wind.

 

Kalahasti, known as Dakshina Kailasa is surrounded by huge mountains

and sanctified by river Swarnamukhi. Inside the Garba Graha, the

centre place, is the unique and sacred Vayu Linga which is considered

to be a naturally formed one (Swyambu). The linga is covered by a

golden screen. Two sets of oil lamps keep burning in front of the

Linga. While one set is always flickering, the other one burns

steadily. This surprising phenomenon signifies the mind of an

ordinary mortal and the mind of a devotee who has realized God. There

are various other features like Patala Vinayaka at the basement, the

idol of Dkashninamurthi holding forth torch of flames (symbol of

knowledge), the Linga bearing the symbols of a spider, serpent and

elephant. It is believed that all these features reflect the tenets

of the 18 stanzas of Isopanishad.

 

Kalasarpa Dosha (rahu ketu dosha) is said to cause several

difficulties during the course of one's life: unhappiness in the

family, continuous loss in business, miserable married life,

childlessness, ill health, skin diseases, trouble in eyes, ears and

throat, poverty and financial difficulties, delay in marriage,

improper development of body organs, loss and litigations, striving

very hard to progress in life, always worried. People, who have built

their houses on plots after demolishing the snake pits, are found to

face ill health as long as they live in that house.

 

Sri Kalahasti is also reputed as Rahu Ketu Kshethra. Of the nine

Grahas, Rahu and Ketu are very important as they influence our life

to a great extent. Special prayers here can ward off the ill effects

caused by the planetary positions of Rahu and Kethu.

 

Rahu-Ketu sarpadosha nivarana puja

Rahu Ketu Sarpadosha Nivarana puja is a highly efficacious puja

conducted in the temple of Sri Kalahasteeswara, reputed as Rahu-Ketu

kshetra. Those who are affected by Rahu-Ketu doshas, Grahadoshas,

sarva doshas, those who are unmarried, who are childless and people

who are affected with long-standing problems perform this unique puja

to remove such doshas and get desired result. Thousands of devotees,

who received good results after performing this puja, come from all

corners of India and abroad and continue to fulfil their vows again

and again

 

The other deities installed in the temple

'Sri Pathala Vinayaka', 'Sri Balambika', 'Sri Kalimatha' outside the

shrine and 'Lord Saneeswara', 'Bezawada Kanakadurga', 'Lord

Venkateswara', 'Lord Subrahmanya', 'Sri Kasi Visweswara', 'Sri

Ramalingeswara' & 'Sri Dakshinamurthy' inside the shrine make it a

complete Pilgrimage. Also 'Sri Saraswathi Theeram' commonly known as

the 'Pathala Ganga' is inside the temple. According to the Puranas,

the holy water of this well relieves devotees from chronic diseases

and physical deformities. Thus a visit to Srikalahastheeswara swamy

temple to offer prayers by a devotee makes it equivalent to visiting

all the other punyakshetras of great importance in India.

 

According to ancient Tamil sources Sri Kalahasti has been known as

the 'Kailas of the South' for slightly more than two thousand years

and the small river on whose banks it sits, the 'Ganges of the

South.' Kailas is perhaps India's most revered spiritual symbol.  It

is the abode of Shiva, from whose head, according to legend, the

Ganges is said to flow. Shiva, 'that which is auspicious at all

places, times and in all circumstances' is a symbol of the Self and

the Ganges flowing from his head represents the spiritualized or

awakened mind.  A mind sourced in Spirit is a river of immeasurable

power and life-giving goodness.  The claim that Kalahasti is

the 'Kailas of the South' simply means that the small hill near the

temple is to be taken as the spiritual equivalent of the Himalayan

Kailas. Likewise, the small river flowing in a northerly direction

beside the temple is to be taken as the mighty Ganges.

 

 The Vedas posit four ends for which human beings strive in their

search for happiness: pleasure (kama), security or wealth (artha),

duty (dharma) and freedom (moksha).  In the temple at Kalahasti these

four universal motivations, which may take any worldly form, are,

according to temple literature, converted into spiritual impulses. 

They are represented by four deities facing in the four cardinal

directions.  Shiva in the form of Dakshinamoorthy represents desire,

in this case the desire for liberation, although he more commonly is

said to represent the feeling of wealth (dakshina) that comes when

you know who you really are.  At Kalahasti the Goddess

Gnanaprasoonamba (the giver of knowledge or the mother of all

knowledge) represents the 'wealth' i.e. freedom from limitation

conferred by Self knowledge.  The deity Kalahastishwara (the lord of

Kalahasti) faces west and symbolizes liberation.  Liberation, the

death of ego upon the rediscovery of the Self, is the final stage of

life just as setting is the sun's last act before it disappears over

the horizon.  Unfortunately the

temple literature from which this information was gleaned neglected

to include mention of the forth deity.

 

History of the temple in Brief :

SriKalahasti is named after the staunch devotees of Lord Shiva. They

were the Spider(Sri), the Serpent(Kala) and the Elephant(Hasti).

Appeased with their unflinching devotion, Lord Shiva gave them a boon

that their names be merged with the Vayulinga and called as

SriKalahasteewara. There are several other legends connected to the

glory of the temple. Prominent among them is of Parvati who was

cursed by Lord Shiva to discard her heavenly body and assumed the

human form. To get rid off the above curse Parvati did long penance

here. Pleased with her deep devotion Lord Shiva again restored her

body hundred times better than her previous heavenly body and

initiated various mantras including Panchakshari. Consequent of this,

Parvati gained Shiva Gnanam and came to know as Gnanaprasunamba.

Cursed to became a ghost Ghanakala prayed at Srikalahasti for 15

years and after chanting Bhairava Mantra many times Lord Shiva

restored her original form. Mayura, Chandra and Devendra were also

freed from their curses after taking bath in Swarnamukhi and prayed

at Srikalahasti. To Bhakta Markandeya, Lord Shiva appeared in

Srikalahasti and preched that a Guru alone could make esoteric

teachings and, therefore he is Brahma, Vishnu and Maheswara. At

Srikalahasti, Lord Shiva tested the unshakable devotion of Kanna

(Later became Bhaktha Kannappa) before the sages gathered at

Srikalahasti. With his divine power, Lord Shiva created a Tremour and

the roof tops of the temple began to fall. All the sages ran away

from the scene except Kannappa who covered the Linga with his body

from any damage. In another incident, Kannappa plucked out one of his

eyes and placed in the eye of Linga which was oozing with blood and

tears. When the tears and the blood were still trickling from another

eye, Kannappa decided to remove his second eye and placed one of his

feet on the spot of the right eye of the Shiva Linga. Before he could

pull out his second eye with the arrow, Lord Shiva appeared and

restored his eye while granting him a boon to occupy a place close to

him.

[Guest guest]

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[Guest guest]

Sir,

 

Kalahasti is in a very short distance from Chennai on the road to Thirupati. 

All bus transports go to this place from Cennai  every hour or two.  You can

catch a luxury bus from Chennai central Railway station itself.

 

He will provide you more details. Regarding arrangements, Parandaman, e-mail:

parandaman_79@

 

 

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

this temple is situated near tirupathi. U can book ur tiket direct to tirupathi

from delhi and after worshipping Lord balaji at tirupathi hill, u can come down

to tirupathi and proceed to Kalahasti temple by engaging a taxi. It is jus half

an hour's drive from tirupathi station or bus stand to kalahasti,

good luck,

k.gopu

 

 

 

--- On Wed, 9/10/08, dharampalverma2005 <dharampalverma2005 wrote:

 

dharampalverma2005 <dharampalverma2005

Re: KALAHASTI TEMPLE - Rahu Ketu remedies

 

Wednesday, September 10, 2008, 10:21 PM

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

respected friend,my name is dharampal verma house no 175/16

vidhyapeeth marg jind-126102 haryana .i want complete details about

KALAHASTI TEMPLE.PL SUGGEST WHERE THIS TEMPLE IS SITUATED ,PL TELL

TRAIN CONNECTIVITY FRON DELHI .PL TELL POOJA SYSTEM AT KALAHASTI

TEMPLE,NANE OR MOBILE NO OF ANY OR MORE PANDIT SO THAT I MAY BE ABLE

TO VISIT KALAHASTI.PL GIVE ALL DETAILS.DHARAMPAL MOB NO 09416720225

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

Dear Parandaman Sir,

I want to know & see arrangements on kalahasti for karl sarp yog so please email

me with full details & phone number of pujaris of my viddhi, so please let me

know ok

thanks

rashmi patel

 

 

 

 

venkatachala pathi <pathiav

 

Wednesday, September 10, 2008 1:55:13 PM

Re: Re: KALAHASTI TEMPLE - Rahu Ketu remedies

 

 

Sir,

 

Kalahasti is in a very short distance from Chennai on the road to Thirupati. 

All bus transports go to this place from Cennai  every hour or two.  You can

catch a luxury bus from Chennai central Railway station itself.

 

He will provide you more details. Regarding arrangements, Parandaman, e-mail:

parandaman_79@

 

 

[Guest guest]

Rashmi ji have you some new info.in this field about KALAHASTI TEMPLE.dharampal

jind mob 09416720225

 

--- On Thu, 9/11/08, rashmi patel <rashmihpatel wrote:

 

rashmi patel <rashmihpatel

Re: Re: KALAHASTI TEMPLE - Rahu Ketu remedies

 

Cc: parandaman_79

Thursday, September 11, 2008, 7:46 PM

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dear Parandaman Sir,

I want to know & see arrangements on kalahasti for karl sarp yog so please email

me with full details & phone number of pujaris of my viddhi, so please let me

know ok

thanks

rashmi patel

 

 

venkatachala pathi <pathiav >

 

Wednesday, September 10, 2008 1:55:13 PM

Re: Re: KALAHASTI TEMPLE - Rahu Ketu remedies

 

Sir,

 

Kalahasti is in a very short distance from Chennai on the road to Thirupati. 

All bus transports go to this place from Cennai  every hour or two.  You can

catch a luxury bus from Chennai central Railway station itself.

 

He will provide you more details. Regarding arrangements, Parandaman, e-mail:

parandaman_79@