QUES ANSW DIVINE 04-2022-13 Dear friends,
These are information compiled as QA by me in 1998’s-2014’sand stored in my computer. They are posted by very learnt members. BEING COMPILATION THERE MAY BE ERRORS. Sincerely, R. Gopalakrishnan, 78, dated 14-04-2022 Q1 What are the attributes ofMayiladuthrurai? A1 Maylidauthurai is the travel base fromwhere you can see mostnumber of Divya desams and Thevara padal petra sthalams, more than evenKumbakonam and Kanchipuram! Especially, Thirunangur (near Sirkazhi)and its surroundings have the maximum no of Divya desams and Thevara PadalPetra sthalams. It is believed that Ganga, Yamunaand Saraswathi come to Cauvery during the month of Iyppasi every year to getrid of their sins that are collected from the pilgrims who take a holy dip inthem and recharge themselves for the next year. Tula snanam in Cauvery during the monthof Iyppasi is highly popular and the town wears a festive look throughout theIyppasi month Q2 What is the speciality with Dharmasthalapriests? A2 Many of us might have also visited Kshetra Dharmastala. This is atemple of Lord Shiva ( Manjunatha ), the priests are Madhvas ( vaishnavites )and the temple is owned and managed by Jains ( Hegdes ). Thereis much more tolerance in KarnatakaTemples compared to many TN temples. Q3 What is Siddhidatri ? A3 Siddhidatri is the ninth form ofGoddess. She is worshipped on the ninth day ofNavaratri. Siddhidatri has supernatural healing powers. She has four arms andshe is always in a blissful happyenchanting pose. She rides on the lion as her vehicle. She blesses all Gods, saints, yogis, tantrics and all devotees as a manifestation of the MotherGoddess. In 'Devi Bhagvata Purana' it is mentioned that Lord Shiva worshipped her and was blessed with all Siddhis(supernatural powers). By her blessings his half body became female and other half body male in the avatar of Ardhnarishvara Q4 Do there any ill treatment to women in Vedas? A4 No. Theessence of Vedas is to live and let live all creatures. Since the world belongs to all born no one has the right to take away orimpede others right to live. This beingthe case, there is no question of Vedas sanctioning ill treatment of widows or women. No Dharma sastras sanctionill treatment to any living being, let alone human beings. Q5 What is the legend about the Murudeswara temple ? A5 Thename "Murudeshwara" means Shiva or Ishwara. The significanceof this holy town dates to the time of Ramayana. By penance dedicated to the Atma Linga,the divine Lingam of Shiva procures invincibility and immortality to the HinduGods. Ravana, the Lanka King Worshipped Shiva with devotion to attain immortality by obtainingthe Atma Linga. Lord Shiva appeared before Ravana andasked him what he wanted. By this time Lord Vishnu changes Ravana's mind at thebehest of Narada. Asa result of this plot, Ravana asks forGoddess Parvathi, and Lord Shiva offers him. On his way back to Lanka Narada tricksRavana that the real Parvathi was inPathala. So Ravana lets off Parvathi and went to Pathala and marries a king's daughterthinking that she was Parvathi. When he returnsback to Lanka his mother then asks for Linga. And this time, Ravana requests theAtmaLinga as his boon. Lord Shiva agrees to fulfil the boon on the conditionthat it should never be placed on the ground. It is believed that theAtmaLinga was ever placed on the ground, all the powers would return to LordShiva again. Having obtained his boon, Ravana started backon his journey o Lanka. Sage Narada,realised that with the AtmaLinga, Ravana mayobtain immortality and create havoc on earth, approached the Lord Ganesh tohelp him. As Ravana was nearing Gokarna, Lord Vishnublocked the sun to make it appear asdusk. Ravananow had to perform his evening rituals but was worried because with the AtmaLinga in his hands, he would not be able to do his rituals. At this time, Lord Ganesh, disguised as aBrahmin boy came near to him. Ravana requested him to hold the AtmaLinga until he performed hispuja, and told him not to place it on theground. Ganesh struck a deal with him saying that he would call Ravanathrice and if Ravana did not return within that time, he would place the AtmaLinga on the ground. Aspredicted, before Ravana could return after completing his rituals, Ganesh hadalready placed the AtmaLinga on the ground. Vishnu then removed his illusion andit was daylight again. Ravana gotreally angry that he was tricked and tried to uproot the AtmaLinga and destroyit but could not. In a fit of rage he threw the casecovering it to a place calledSajjeshwara, 23 miles away. Then he threw the lid of the case to a placedcalled Guneshwara (now Gunavanthe) andDhareshwara, 10-12 miles away. Finally, he threw the cloth covering theAtmaLinga to a placed called Mrideshwara in Kanduka-Giri (Kanduka Hill). Mrideshwara has been renamed toMurudeshwara. Q6 Do Marudesawara is temple on a hill top? A6 This temple was built on the KandukaHill which is surrounded on three sides by the waters of the Arabian Sea. It is a temple dedicated to the LordShiva, and a 20-storied Gopura is being constructed on the temple. Twolife-size elephants in concrete stand guard at the steps leading to the temple. The entire temple and temple complex, including the 249 feettall Raja Gopura, which is considered the tallest Gopura in the world, wasconstructed to its present form by businessman and philanthropist Mr R NShetty. Q7 We have heard of Kururamma devotee ofGuruvayoorappa, What are her credentials? A7 KURURAMMA was born in the year 1570 ADin a Namboothiri Illam ( House )which was very near to VILVAMANGALAM SWAMIYARSILLAM. It is widely told by many that she wasthe cousin of Vilvamangalaththu Swamiar. In fact she was born in PARUR village, verynear to THRISSUR.Her Maiden name was THAATHRI KUTTY (This name is a pollution of DHAATHRI KUTTY. Kutty is acommon name for children, which is used in Malayalam as a pet name for thosewho are liked most. After marriage and death of herhusband, she became the Senior most member of KURUR NAMBOOTHIRI FAMILY which is inthe village of ADATTHU near THRISSUR . She died in the year 1640 A.D. There isa version in which her name is shown as GAURI.Kururamma became a widow atan early age of 16 years and issueless and became an ardent devotee of LORDGURUVAYURAPPAN with the help of POONTHANAM NABOOTHIRI Kururamma who having no children adopted Lord Krishna asher child.She used to play with him and even scold him for his naughty deeds. Even theLord used to help her in her house chores. In fact she had nothing as her own andhence took refuge in her ISHTA DEVATHA LORD GURUVAYURAPPAN. She startedchanting the names of Lord Krishna with ardent devotion which elevated her tothe highest level of KRISHNA BHAKTHI. This filled her with motherly lovetowards every one and thus she became mother of every one. It is also told that the famous song(KANI KAANUM NERAM KAMALA NETHRANTAE NIRAMEKUM MANJAL THUKIL CHARTHI… was composed by her. Singing Bhajans on LORDGuruvayurappan became her pastime. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Thatha_Patty" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/thatha_patty/59789172.586075.1649910877103%40mail.yahoo.com.
