Guest guest Posted May 23, 2005 Report Share Posted May 23, 2005 Dear Shubra maargis, In thamizhnADu there is place called thiruninRavUr. In that place there lived a brahmana called pUsalar who is well trained in veda-s and agama-s. This brahmana had a burning desire. In that village there was no temple for Lord shiva and pUsalar wanted to construct a temple. Eventhough he had the desire, he did not have the material resources to support it. But pUsalar had the knowledge of building a temple for Lord shiva according to Agama vidhiH. After a long contemplation on his inability to build a temple, pUsalAr got an idea to accomplish what he desired.pUsalAr thought even though he cannot build a temple outside, he can indeed build one in his mind. From that day onwards he started building the temple. Even though it was built in mind, he went through every step as if it built normally. Every single detail, like amout of material needed and labor required was planned carefully and executed. Finally the construction was completed. It took pUsalAr the same amount of time it will require to build the actual temple. After the completion, pUsalAr fixed an auspicious time and date for kumbAbhishekam and invited the Lord to be present and sanctify the ceremony.It so happened that the pallava king wanted to perform kumbAbhishekam to the temple he constructed on the same date and began making aranngements for it. Lord who is present everywhere, to show the greatness of his poor devotee, appeared in the dream of the king and commanded him to change the date. Lord shiva told the king that HE is going to enter the magnificient temple built by the devotee pUsalAr in thiruninRavUr and will be not available for the king. Next day, astonished pallava king with his ministers started out to thiruninRavUr in search of pUsalAr andthe temple. After reaching thiruninRavUr, he could not find the temple or any details about it from the local people. Finally, he and his ministers, managed to locate pUsalar's house and asked him the details (after informing about the dream).pUsalar was stunned and was overcome by waves of emotion. Tears veiled his eyes thinking about his Lord's love and grace. Finally after overcoming his emotions, when he narrated the details of his temple. The whole assembly was overcome with joy and emotion. King paid his respects to the great pUsalar and returned back to his capital. thiru pUsalAr (in tamizh thiru = shrI), as planned did the kumbabhishekam in all grandeur and daily at all six times did pUjA to Lord shiva according to the rules laid down by agAma-s.Such is the greatness of mAnasa pUjA. Let us bow to the great pUsalAr for his devotion and to our Father, Lord shiva for his love and compassion towards all.(pUsalAr is one of the 63 nAyanmArs) (Iam downloading and pasting whatever pictures and images I have if it does not open on your screen please bear with me. The content is more important than the pictures--Subodha) Om Nam sivaya Sivaya Nama om, Subodhoham! Purity, Powers, Parabrahmam... Click to join Rajarajeshwari_Kalpataru ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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