Pancha Bhoota Stalam refers to the five Shiva temples, dedicated to Lord Shiva, each representing the manifestation of the five prime elements of nature- land, water, air, sky, fire. Pancha indicates Five, Bhoota means elements and Stala means place.
All these temples are located in South India with four of these temples at Tamil Nadu and one at Andhra Pradesh. The five elements are enshrined in the five lingams and each of the lingams representing Lord Shiva in the temple.. The five grand temples associated with the five basic elements are: 1. Earth – (Bhoomi or Nilam) - Kanchipuram - Ekambareswarar Temple 2. Water – (Neer) - Thiruvanaikaval - Jambukeswara Temple 3. Fire – (Agni or Nerupu) - Tiruvannamalai - Annamalaiyar Temple 4. Wind – (Vaayuvu or Kaatru) - Srikalahasti 5. Sky – (Akaasam or AAkayam) - Chidambaram - Chidambaram Temple A flickering lamp in the Sree Kalahasti temple shows the play of wind, the water spring in the innermost sanctum of the Tiruvanaikka temple shows the temple's relationship to the element water, the annual Kartika Deepam festival at Tiruvannamalai where a giant lamp is lighted atop the Annamalai hill shows the Annamalaiyaar's manifestation as fire, the Swayambhu lingam of sand at Kanchipuram signifies the deitie's association with the earth while the formless space at Chidambaram shows the association of the Supreme being with formlessness or nothingness. .. The SriKalahasteeswarar Temple in Srikalahasti is the only temple in the world which is open on all the days of the year irrespective of the eclipses that occur as the Rahu..Ketu Pooja is performed in this temple only where no Doshas of any kind effect any part of the temple.. Sai Ram __._,_.___ Attachment(s) from Shivakumar Gopal 5 of 5 Photo(s) Annamalaiyar-Temple.jpgChidambaram-Temple.jpgEKAMBARESWARAR-KAMAKSHI.jpgJambukeswara-Temple.jpgKalahasteeswarar-Temple.jpg -- --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "saimsg" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
