Guest guest Posted December 13, 2001 Report Share Posted December 13, 2001 At 05:00 AM 12/13/01 +0000, you wrote: > >Jaybee, > Can you tell us the mysterious events that happened? >Subramaniam Sankaran The mysterious events that took place have been recorded by Dr.AV Jeyachandrun, a very great versatile and many faceted scholar of the last century. He was a District Information Officer of Tamilnadu State Government. The Great Temple of ThanjavUr, otherwise known as the BrhadhIswara Temple or PeruvudaiyAr KOyil was completed by Raja Raja Cholzan and the kudamulzukku took place in 1012 AD. But the Vaaraahi sannidhi has already been there and scholars consider that it comes from an earlier temple that must have been in existance somewhere around. During the times of ThEvAram hymns, there is mention of a temple called 'Thanjai ThaLikkuLaththaar'. Whereabouts in ThanjavuR it was, nobody knows. The figure of Vaaraahi of ThanjavUr belongs to the 6th century AD. To have a look at Tahnjai Vaaraahi, please visit the following URL- http://www.geocities.com/visva.geo/thanjai_vaaraahi.jpg You will notice that She is two-armed. As a rule, Vaaraahi figures are usually four-armed. That was time when the worship of Vaaraahi, Nisumbha Sudhini, Mahisha mardhini, Vaishnavi, Jyeshta, Sapth Matrikas, etc., were popular. Ritualistic self-sacrifice, slitting of own throat, etc., were rather in vogue. If you are interested in knowing more about this practice, please visit the following URL- http://www.geocities.com/Vienna/Choir/4262/navkanta.htm Many royal and feudatory dynasties had such deities as their kula dEvathas. The Vaaraahi must have been important to the Post-Sanggam Age Cholza or the Mutharaiyars, or even the Post-Sanggam Pandiyas who held the territory for sometime. She must have been worshipped by them. So the origin of the shrine of Thanjai Vaaraahi is shrouded in mystery. Twenty five years ago, a mandapam was erected for the Vaaraahi of ThanjavUr. They had planned to hold a kumbhabhishekam of that mandapam. In 1975, KaruNanidhi, the Chief Minister of Tamilnadu, wanted to erect a statue for Raja Raja Cholzan in the Great Temple. But this became a problem between the Archeological Department of the Central Government and the Tamilnadu State Government. Because the temple was an archeoplogical monument, there was no article of law allowing the building of new edifices. This became a sore-point. KaruNaanidhi raised an issue: "We cannot erect the statue of Raja Raja Cholzan; but can you build a new mandapam to Vaaraahi?" So the Central Government ordered the mandapam to be demolished. On the same day that the mandapam was demolished, the DMK government got dismissed by the Central Government. In a few months, Emergency was declared which was followed by a general election. Indra Gandhi and the Congress Party lost. Raja Raja Cholzar was born in the asterism(nakshatra) of Sadhayam of the month of Aippasi(Thula). The year is not known. He came to the throne in 985 AD. The date of his ascension is not known. Raja Raja's birth day has been traditionally celebrated in the Great Temple every year. The Temple management used to hold the the function throughout all these centuries. In 1983, another critical event took place. The State Government then, wanted to celebrate the Millenium Celebration of the coronation of raja Raja. But in fact, it was only the 998th year. They wanted to hold a crowning ceremony to Raja Raja in a public place outside. This became another issue. So it was decided to have the coronation within the temple in front of the sanctum. It was decided that the Prime Minister Indra Gandhi was to crown Raja Raja Cholzar. During that ceremony, the then Chief Minister of Tamilnadu, MGR fell fainting for the first time. It happened in the entrance of the temple. In a few days, his condition became worse. Indra Gandhi was assassinated following that. In that year, the Aippasi Sadhyam festival was not celebrated. The funeral procession of Indra Gandhi took place on that Aippasi Sadhyam day. Regards JayBee ============================= > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 13, 2001 Report Share Posted December 13, 2001 Dear jaybee thank u for the information u have posted regarding the Commander-in-Chief of Lalithambika.Victory and Glory to Varahi. Her worship is terrible and really great and marvellous.Let these events be a lesson to the people who takes things casually and do Her worship without any initiation. At the same time She is very kind and protect us from evil. i am greatly indebted for ur information.Research on Varahi is being done by our Governor's wife (Andhra Pradesh).some events have taken place. only thing we do not corelate the things. i would be more glad and happy if ur kind self throw some more light on the subject..i find a lot of confusion in the postings about Varahi on our site by our members. upasana and sadhanas will throw more light on Her Glory.i am a very small and humble devotee.During navrathri days i exprience a lot of mysteries during the night especially on panchami when we perform Her homa.May Her blessings be with u. urs krishnamoorthy(Kaushik) jaybee wrote: > At 05:00 AM 12/13/01 +0000, you wrote: > > > >Jaybee, > > > Can you tell us the mysterious events that happened? > > >Subramaniam Sankaran > > The mysterious events that took place have been > recorded by Dr.AV Jeyachandrun, a very great versatile > and many faceted scholar of the last century. He was a > District Information Officer of Tamilnadu State Government. > The Great Temple of ThanjavUr, otherwise known as > the BrhadhIswara Temple or PeruvudaiyAr KOyil was completed > by Raja Raja Cholzan and the kudamulzukku took place in > 1012 AD. > But the Vaaraahi sannidhi has already been there > and scholars consider that it comes from an earlier temple > that must have been in existance somewhere around. During > the times of ThEvAram hymns, there is mention of a temple > called 'Thanjai ThaLikkuLaththaar'. Whereabouts in ThanjavuR > it was, nobody knows. > The figure of Vaaraahi of ThanjavUr belongs to the > 6th century AD. > To have a look at Tahnjai Vaaraahi, please visit the > following URL- > > http://www.geocities.com/visva.geo/thanjai_vaaraahi.jpg > > You will notice that She is two-armed. As a rule, > Vaaraahi figures are usually four-armed. > > That was time when the worship of Vaaraahi, > Nisumbha Sudhini, Mahisha mardhini, Vaishnavi, Jyeshta, > Sapth Matrikas, etc., were popular. Ritualistic self-sacrifice, > slitting of own throat, etc., were rather in vogue. > If you are interested in knowing more about this > practice, please visit the following URL- > > http://www.geocities.com/Vienna/Choir/4262/navkanta.htm > > Many royal and feudatory dynasties had such deities > as their kula dEvathas. > The Vaaraahi must have been important to the > Post-Sanggam Age Cholza or the Mutharaiyars, or even the > Post-Sanggam Pandiyas who held the territory for sometime. > She must have been worshipped by them. > So the origin of the shrine of Thanjai Vaaraahi is > shrouded in mystery. > > Twenty five years ago, a mandapam was erected for > the Vaaraahi of ThanjavUr. They had planned to hold a > kumbhabhishekam of that mandapam. > > In 1975, KaruNanidhi, the Chief Minister of > Tamilnadu, wanted to erect a statue for Raja Raja Cholzan > in the Great Temple. But this became a problem between the > Archeological Department of the Central Government and the > Tamilnadu State Government. Because the temple was an > archeoplogical monument, there was no article of law > allowing the building of new edifices. > This became a sore-point. > KaruNaanidhi raised an issue: > "We cannot erect the statue of Raja Raja Cholzan; > but can you build a new mandapam to Vaaraahi?" > > So the Central Government ordered the mandapam to > be demolished. > On the same day that the mandapam was demolished, > the DMK government got dismissed by the Central Government. > In a few months, Emergency was declared which was > followed by a general election. Indra Gandhi and the > Congress Party lost. > Raja Raja Cholzar was born in the asterism(nakshatra) of > Sadhayam of the month of Aippasi(Thula). The year is not known. > He came to the throne in 985 AD. The date of his ascension > is not known. > > Raja Raja's birth day has been traditionally celebrated > in the Great Temple every year. The Temple management used to > hold the the function throughout all these centuries. > > In 1983, another critical event took place. > > The State Government then, wanted to celebrate the > Millenium Celebration of the coronation of raja Raja. > But in fact, it was only the 998th year. > > They wanted to hold a crowning ceremony to Raja Raja > in a public place outside. > > This became another issue. > So it was decided to have the coronation within the > temple in front of the sanctum. It was decided that the > Prime Minister Indra Gandhi was to crown Raja Raja Cholzar. > During that ceremony, the then Chief Minister of > Tamilnadu, MGR fell fainting for the first time. It happened > in the entrance of the temple. In a few days, his condition > became worse. > Indra Gandhi was assassinated following that. > In that year, the Aippasi Sadhyam festival was not > celebrated. > The funeral procession of Indra Gandhi took place on > that Aippasi Sadhyam day. > > Regards > > JayBee > > ============================= > > > > AUM shrImAtre namaH > AUM namaH shivAya > AUM namaH shivAbhyAm > > Archives : http://www.ambaa.org/ (Edited) > : /messages// > > Contact : help > > Your use of is subject to Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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