Fw: Ahobilam

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Dear All : These pictures of Ahobilam taken by

Sriman Sethuraman are indeed enthrealling .

V.Sadagopan

- Sethuraman, Aravind (S.)

Dear All,I have pictures of divine spots taken during our trip to

Ahobilam.Here are the photos

--http://www.pbase.com/svami/divine_spots1 This is the cave inside

which Prahalada learned veda lessons from Perumal. There is a

vigraham of Yoga Nrsimha...He is not counted as one of the nine

Nrsimhas. The climb is tough and the path is very narrow. A couple of

bats pose a hindrance inside this cave. Only four people can be seated

at a time.2. The Gopuram of Ugra Narasimha facing west. The mountain

to the left is the Vedathri (which houses Malola and Varaha to the

east, Prah. Padi on its top and Bhargava on the other side of the

slope to its north), to the right is the Garudathri (housing Ugra,

Kaarnja on the west - to our back side and Pavana to its south on the

other side of the slope) The lenghty one at the background is

Asalachayameru housing Jwala and Ukku sthambam. There is a 3000 ft

high and 3 km wide deep gorge between Vedathri and Asalachayameru -

you can see it in Photo # 4. The path to the left of the temple

compound takes us to the trekking region.3 In the entrance of

Chathravata Narasimha - you can see Perumal's left hand putting

thaaLam for the music of two gandharvaas - Haahaa and Hoohoo. Thats

why we say 'he is singing aaha oho' if one is singing very nicely.

The mandapam which has open space and only four pillars, echoes when

we clap and the echo resembles the sound produced when a veena string

is triggered. You can see Prah. Varada gopuram if you climb the small

ladder seen to the right....(Taller guys like me can see while

standing itself)4 This is the pillar from which He came out....See

the fluttering flag and the deep gorge. The route to Jwala crosses

the gorge as a carving (thinly visible below the cliff - in the black

region)5 Water coming from the cave is thick and red in colour, but

when taken in hand, is colourless...this is where He washed His hands

after the samhAram6 See the thick grove of Kaaranja trees behind.

Lovely forest. This is on our way to Mel Ahobilam7 To the left is

Varaha Narasimhar with His nose pointed upwards ('uththu pArkkaNum')

to the right is Lakshmi Narasimhar pradhistai to pacify the Former's

ugram.dAsan,S.Aravind