
Showing posts with label KANCHIPURAM. Show all posts
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Thursday, December 17, 2009
Wednesday, December 16, 2009
KAMAKCHI AMMAN TEMPLE

- a form of tirupura sundari
- the main deity is seated in a majestic padmanasana posture signifying peace and prosperety .
- the goddes holding sugarcane bow lotus, and parrot and 2 devine instrument pasa and aungusa
- legand says that kamakshi offered wordship to sivalinggam made out of sand under a mango tree and gained shivas hand to marry him.
Ekambareswarar temple



EKAMBARESWARAR TEMPLE:
- one of the 5 major sivan temple(panchabootam sthalams) represent the element of earth
- the ancient temple has been in existence even in prior to 600 ad
- the temple was built by palava kings
- the temple covers the area of 40 acres reaching the height of 57 meters
- the temples raja goburam is one of the tallest in south India
- the temple is famous for its 1000 pillars around the temple
- the sthala virutcham( mango tree) is a 3500 years old tree which yields 4 different type of mangoes.
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