According to my personal experience and real life experience of numerous devotees Sri Triplicane Parthasarathi Perumal temple Chennai , Tamil Nadu has reported exemplary miracles by infinite devotees…
Om Namo Narayanaya
Hare Krishna
The image is the picture of Shri Ventaka Krishnan of Thiruallikeni , Chennai
Devotees only put stones at Srivari Padalu (feet of Lord Sri Venkateswara) at Narayangiri hills.
They can’t write anything inside Tirupati temple.
Prayer : Many devotees put stones with a prayer at Srivari Padalu.
They believe , it is a way to reach Lord’s heart.
Devotion : Devotees climb nearly 300 steps with a silent prayer to reach Srivari Padalu.
They offer Tulsi Mala to Lord Srinivas and make a wish.
Facts : Devotees don’t scribble anything on walls of main Tirupati shrine.
Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams is strictly against any kind of vandalism.
Prayer : Sri Ganeshaya Namah Namo Narayanaya Sri Ram Jai Ram Jai Jai Ram Namo Parvatipataye Har Har Mahadev Jai Jai Jai Hanuman Gosai Kripa Karo Gurudev Ki Nai
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Located on the South Bank of ‘River Vaigai', Meenakshi Temple is dedicated to 'Meenakshi’ (Eswari) and ‘Sundareswarar’ (Siva). The temple complex is of 14 Acres.
The temple is one of the major temples for Sivaism. Unlike many Sivaite temples, in Madurai Meenakshi is the ‘main deity' as it is believed in some Southern parts 'penultimate (spiritual) powers rest with the women'. Vaishnavites also come in large numbers as it has many narratives of 'Vishnu'. According to them it is called ‘Southern Mathura'. It is Vishnu giving away his sister bride Meenakshi to bridegroom Shiva in Madurai.
This temple is mentioned in 6 Century CE Texts. It is also mentioned in ‘Saiva Hymns' (Padaal Petra stalam) of ‘Nayanars’ (hounds of Siva) of 6–9th Century CE Texts.
The temple has 14 ‘gateway towers' and the tallest one is of 170 feet height. The towers of Sanctums of Meenakshi and Sundareswarar are ‘gold gilded' ones.
The streets radiating from temple bear the names of Tamil months — Chitrak (1st month of Tamil year), Aadi (4th month), Aavani (5th month) and Masi (11th month). In each of these months the procession of dieties (bronze forms) happens through these streets.
Major portions of the today's temple was built by Pandya King ‘Sadayavarman Kulasekara Pandyan'. After him, many Pandya Kings undertook additional constructions, alterations and renovations in the temple. King Tirumala Nayaka also undertook restoration work in 17th Century CE.
The ‘golden lotus tank' inside the temple opposite to main deity's entrance has many significant relevance. The Rishis (Saints) used to take holy dip in the tank and pray the God by reciting hymns.
Normally a Siva Temple in Tamilnadu has many dieties, some temples have more than 100 deities. You can see deities of ‘Ganesha, various forms of Siva, Eswari, Shanmugha, Durga, Brahma, Saraswati, Vishnu, Lakshmi, Dakshinamoorthy, Bhairav, etc'.
‘Kadamba’ in Tamil (Bur-flower tree) is the tree of the temple.
The temple is considered for ‘Planet Mercury'. Those who have influence or dissuaded by Mercury offer prayers here. It is advisable to those who born in Gemini and Virgo to offer prayers here. The temple is considered one of the holy places for marriages. Dakshinamoorthy in this temple is the deity for Birthstar 'Moola’ (19th Star in order).
Madurai is one of the ‘5 dancing sabhas' of Shiva. This sabha is called 'Silver Sabha’. The dancing form of Shiva is called ‘Sandhya Dandavam'.
The temple houses a ‘1000 pillared hall'. (A very few temples in Tamilnadu has).
The statues of 63 Nayanars who recited 'Saiva Hymns’ are located at South corridor of the temple. The Nayanars who wrote hymns on this temple are:
๐️ Manikka Vasagar
๐️ Thirugnana Sambandhar
๐️ Thirunavukkarasar
Their hymns narrate the holiness of the Deities, Holy Water and this Holy Place.
The temple is one of the treasures of sculptures. Numerous sculpted pillars can be seen.
A ‘10 day festival' of ‘Meenakshi Marriage' with Sundareswarar takes place during April — May every year.
During that time ‘Chariot Procession' takes place around the temple. The
I will tell that the biggest Shiva temple in this world is Chidambaram Natarajar Temple(40 acres).But as it is already mentioned I will go for the second largest one in Tamil Nadu,THAYAGARAGAR TEMPLE,TN.(33 acres).
It is in this place that the great chola king punished his own son for his son had killed a calf by running a chariot over it.Hearing this ,the Chola king gave the justice to the mother cow that his own son will be run under the chariot for killing the calf .
Thyagaragar Temple is Shaivite temple dedicated to the deity Shiva, located in the town of Thiruvarur in Tamil Nadu, India. Shiva is worshiped as Moolanathar, and is represented by the lingam. The temple complex covers 33 acres, and is one of the largest in India. It houses four gateway towers known as gopurams. The tallest is the eastern tower, with four stories and a height of 30 metres (98 ft).
The temple has six daily rituals at various times from 5:30 a.m. to 10 p.m., and twelve yearly festivals on its calendar. The temple has the largest chariot in Tamil Nadu and the annual festival is celebrated during the month of April.
The present masonry structure was built during the Chola dynasty in the 9th century, while later expansions are attributed to Vijayanagar rulers .
Nobody knows since when the Shiva Lingam came into existence in this temple as its of a SUYAMBU(self manifested) lingam
It takes one full day to see this temple completely as it as many sculptures
This temple houses 365 lingams depicting the total days in a year and hence some states like Tamil Nadu and Kerala follows Solar calendar (365 days)instead of Lunar calender.
1 emarald Lingam
9 Gopurams,the Raja Gopuram being 98 feet in height
80 Vimanas
A 1000 pillared hall
12 Big Madhilgal(doors of wood)
13 Mantapas
15 holy wells
3 gardens
5 prakarams
100 Sannidhis for various Gods
86 Ganapathi Vigrahams(statues)
24 small inner temples
1 holy pond
and a big 90 feet height Chariot which is of 300 tons having 7 storeys.
There are 3 lingams of which one is emarald(installed by Lord Indra),one installed by Vishnu and one by the chola King.Daily poojas are offered to his idol referred to as Maragatha lingam(Lingam is made of EMARALD). His consort Parvathi is depicted as Kondi. The presiding deity is revered in the 7th century Tamil Saiva canonical work, the Tevaram, written by Tamil saint poets known as the nayanars and classified as Paadal Petra Sthalam having 365 songs dedicated to this temple.
OM MAHADEVAYA NAMAH.
1. “The Temple of Seven Hills”
The Tirumala hill shrine comprises of seven hills named as Seshadri, Neeladri, Garudadri, Anjanadri, Vrishabhadri, Narayanadri, and Venkatadri.
2. Stick at the right side of main entrance
At the main entrance of Tirupati Balaji Temple, there is a stick to the right side which was used by Ananthaalvar to hit Venkateswara Swamy when he was a small boy and once his chin was hurt by that stick and since then the tradition and practice of applying Sandalwood powder on Swamy’s chin started.
3. Ritual of hair sacrifice, Mokku or Kaanikai
There’s a small old story related to this hair sacrifice ritual .
Story - Once Balaji lost some of his hair after getting hit by a shepherd, Neela Devi who was a Gandharva princess. After realizing this, Neela Devi cut a small portion of her hair to implant it on Balaji’s head and Lord Balaji promised her that all his devotees who will ever come to his shrine and render their hair to him will ultimately be received by her. And since then many devotees render their hair to the Lord later they are auctioned at the time of dense gathering due to special occasions.
4. A secret village is the source of flowers, milk and butter
The villagers are the only people who are allowed to that village which is 22 km away from the temple. Not only flowers, other items like ghee, butter, milk, bilva leaves, banana leaves are also provided by that secret village.
5. Rama and Sita have visited Thirupathi
According to Varaha Purana, during Treta Yugam, Lord Sri Rama resided here along with Sita Devi and Lakshmana on his return from Lankapuri.
6. 2nd largest zoo in Asia.
Sri Venkateswara Zoological Park covers an area of 5,532 acres (22 square kilometers). It is said to have been built on the concepts of the Hindu Mythology, and is home to some of the animals that exist in ancient texts like Ramayana and Mahabharata.
7. The richest temple in the world
The major source of its income is Kanuka or Hundi offerings.
Besides this, the sale of prasadam, darshan tickets, sale of seva tickets, sale of human hair, and receipts from choultries (places of accommodation) are the other significant sources of income.
The gross income of TTD for the year 2014-15 is estimated to be Rs.2359.2 crores($385.33 mn). So, that is about Rs.6.34 crores($1.036 mn) per day. Whoooaaaa!
8. Thirupathi Ladoo
It got the patent rights under the Geographical Indications of Goods (Registration and Protection) Act; to counter the black market that was developing.
Around 150,000 laddus are made daily. Each laddu weighs around 100gms, and is said to be made by a group of priests called “Archakas” in a special temple kitchen called “poku”.
Not to forget the Annadhanam served to nearly 1 lakh people everyday.
Engapa Ladoo/Elli Ladoo/Ekada Ladoo/Evide Ladoo
9. Most visited holy place on earth
Visited by about 50,000 to 100,000 pilgrims daily; while on special occasions and festivals like the annual Brahmotsavam, the number of pilgrims shoots up to 500,000 and more, making it the most-visited holy place in the world.
10. Lighted lamps and real hair
Needless to mention, the lights lit in front of the Swamy are said to be lit since thousands of years.
Also, it remains a miracle that there is real hair on the main idol of Venkateswara Swamy. The authorities say that this hair never tangles and is silky smooth always.
Govinda. Govinda. Govindaa.!
Ghazni was very proud of the fact that his horoscope matched with the one of Prophet Muhammad. So he thought that just like the prophet, he is born to spread Islam to the world. It is believed that in Mecca, there were 360 idols which were worshipped. Among those there were three goddesses, Al-Lat, Al-Uzza, and Manat. So there was a myth in Arabia that Manat goddess has escaped and gone to India. There was a Persian court poet named Farrukhi Sistani who widely celebrated the demolition of Somnath because the Hindus had occupied the temple. It is also because Manat and Somnath match a lot. However that story is neither mentioned in a primary nor a contemporary source.
The route to Mecca from India was from Somnath so the foreign traders used to see the temple and were quite fascinated by it’s wealth. So Ghazni attacked the temple to steal it’s wealth and destroy the idols. He took the pieces of the idol and placed them under the stairs of the Ghazni Mosque. Khilji also attacked the temple and the idol was taken to Delhi to be broken in front of the crowd.
The three piแนแธฤซs in the Vaiแนฃแนo Devฤซ Temple represent three supreme energies (Mahฤลaktis) of the Goddess. Interestingly, they all emerge from a single 5.5-foot-tall rock base, with the holy water known as Caraแนagaแน gฤ flowing beneath them.
The three piแนแธฤซs are:
1. Mฤtฤ Mahฤkฤlฤซ: This piแนแธฤซ represents Kriyฤ ลakti. She is ลyฤma varแนa. She grants physical strength, destroys enemies, helps overcome life's obstacles, and blesses devotees with a healthy and disease-free life.
2. Mฤtฤ Mahฤlakแนฃmฤซ / Vaiแนฃแนavฤซ: This piแนแธฤซ represents Dhana ลakti. Her piแนแธฤซ is mลซแน gฤ/rakta varแนa. She blesses her devotees with wealth, prosperity, success in business, fame, and honor.
3. Mฤtฤ Mahฤsarasvatฤซ (เคฎाเคคा เคฎเคนाเคธเคฐเคธ्เคตเคคी): This piแนแธฤซ represents Jรฑฤna ลakti. Her piแนแธฤซ is white in ลveta varแนa. As the presiding deity of knowledge, she grants wisdom, intellect, and clear judgment.
The Vaiแนฃแนo Devฤซ Temple is considered highly unique and significant because it is a place where these three essential powers for human life health and action, wealth, and wisdom are worshipped together in unison.
Many people think these tripiแนแธฤซs are the Tricaแนแธikฤs of the Saptaลatฤซ because the Durgฤ Saptaลatฤซ is chanted there. However, this is not true. For example, the Jhandewalan Mandir features idols that are replicas of the Vaiแนฃแนo Devฤซ piแนแธฤซs, and it clearly has idols of the Tridevฤซ (Mahฤkฤlฤซ, Mahฤlakแนฃmฤซ, and Mahฤsarasvatฤซ), not the Tricaแนแธikฤs. The Saptaลatฤซ is chanted there because Vaiแนฃแนo Devฤซ is Lakแนฃmฤซ, and the Saptaลatฤซ is also ultimately dedicated to Lakแนฃmฤซ.
As the Lakแนฃmฤซ Tantra (Chapter 7) explains:
"The expansion of Mahฤlakแนฃmฤซ, who is Mฤyฤ characterized by the three guแนas, is described as the dual form of Mahฤkฤlฤซ and Mahฤvidyฤ. Mahฤlakแนฃmฤซ, Mahฤkฤlฤซ, Mahฤvidyฤ, are truly greatest their manifestation occurs under the third sheath, which is known as Prasลซti, in this schema."
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