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Dear Sri Bala :

 

Pancha Mukha Sivan is a form of Sivan with

Five faces named SadhyOjjAtham , Isaanam ,

Tathpurusham , AghOram and VaamadEvam .

 

Pancha Mukha Vaadhyam with five faces

representing the five faces of Sivan is a Mebrophonic

Vadhyam played in ancient Sivan Koils such as

ThiruvArUr in Tamil Nadu and Possibly Vadakku Nathar

Koil in Kerala . You can see this instrument at

Madras Govet .Museum . It is played with Suddha

MattaLam in Siva PujAs .

 

It is rare to find an idol of Pancha MUkha Sivan in

a Siva Temple .

 

ParasivAs are the ones , who are exclusive players of

Pancha Mukha Vaadhyam . Your family probably comes

from the Parasiva Group devoted to Temple service

in the past .

 

Hope this helps ,

V.Sadagopan

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"S. Sriram" <ajiva_rts

"Sadagopan" <sgopan

Friday, November 11, 2005 10:13 AM

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>> Hello,

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>> I find some reference to "five-faced Sivan" in a poem in the archives.Is

> there any information with you about a temple big or small for the

> five-faced Sivan?

>> Our family ahs been told recently that kula devata is a five-faced sivan

> alhtough we have all through been accepting Palani as ours.We have been

> asked to do something to propotiate this form of our kula devata and we

> ahve

> failed so far to find any information from our family sources or reference

> anywhere.

>> Thanking you,

>> Y.Balakrishnan