Update to Raju’s Temple Visits: Sri Sailam at Andhra Pradesh

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--- On Sun, 2/11/08, Rajendran <raju0704 wrote:

Rajendran <raju0704 Update to Raju’s Temple Visits: Sri Sailam at Andhra Pradeshdhandapani Date: Sunday, 2 November, 2008, 4:21 PM

 

 

 

Dear All,

 

There is an update to my Blog with a travelogue to Srisailam at Andhra:

http://shanthiraju. wordpress. com/2008/ 11/02/srisailam/

 

Significances:

 

 

The presiding deities are Lord Mallikarjuna Swamy, one of the twelve Jyothirlingas and Goddess Bhramaramba Devi one of the eighteen Mahasakthis and both are self-manifested. The unique feature of this kshetram is the combination of Jyothirlingam and Mahasakthi in one campus, which is very rare and only one of its kind. Only one of the Jyothirlingams, Rameswaram and only one of the Mahasakthi peetams, Kanchipuram are in Tamilnadu.

The prominence of Srisailam is highlighted by the fact that in the sankalpa mantra of our today's homams we specify our place of location with reference to Srisailam only. The earliest known historical mention of the Hill - Srisailam, can be traced in Pulumavi's Nasik inscription of 1st Century A.D.

Part of the 275 Thevara temples. Sambhandar and Sundarar have sung about Srisailam from Kalahasthi itself; Thirunavukkarasar, on return from Kailasam, worshipped here.

Maha Bharatham, Ramayanam, Siva Puranam, Mathsya Puranam, Agni Puranam and Vayu Puranama have mentioned this temple.

Arunagirinathar and Vallalar have sung on this temple

Marutha tree (Arjuna tree) has been Sthla Vruksham only in 3 temples and they are: a) Thiruppudai maruthur near Ambasamudhram in Trinelveli - Kadaimaruthur or Pudarjunamb) Thiruvidai maruthur near Kumbakonam where Sri Mahalinga Swamy is present - Idaimarudhur or Madhyarjunamc) SriSailam - Thalai marudhur or MathyarjunamArjunam also has a meaning of Parameswaran

 

Regards,

Raju

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