Temples in Mayavaram - Mayiladuthurai
Temples near Mayavaram
Saturday Morning we started from Chennai (Madras), Tamil Nadu travelled towards south of India to cover Shaktipeethas, Navagrahas and few among 108 Divya Desams. It was a pleasant drive towards Mayiladuthurai, also known as Mayavaram that is 280 KMs from Chennai is considered to be an epicenter to all these popular/famous temples in South India. Drive was on Wagonr and Innova cars.
LingAsthakam was all the time in our ears, during the journey. Here, you can listen to Linga Ashtakam, along with the transcript and translation of Linga Astakam. Lingastakam Removes worries of all types and gives peace and tranquillity.
Mayiladuthurai (Tamil: மயிலாடுதுறை, formerly Mayuram or Mayavaram) is a city and a municipality in Nagapattinam district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. The town is located in the historic Thanjavur area on the banks of river Cauvery. Mayiladuthurai is a well known railway junction and the town is well-connected with other major towns in the region, such as Tiruchirappalli, Thanjavur, Kumbakonam and Tiruvarur. Mayiladuthurai is a Lok Sabha constituency.
Sthala Puraanam - Name and significance Legends say that due to a curse, Goddess Parvathi took birth as peacock in Mayuram and worshiped Lord Shiva in his form of Mayuranathar. Mayuram means peacock in Sanskrit and it was later translated as Mayiladuthurai in Tamil language. According to the book Mayiladuthurai Mahaangal (Saints of Mayiladuthurai), several saints lived and attained their final peace (samadhi) in and around Mayiladuthurai. Many siddhars also have lived here. Even today there is a village called Sidharkaadu in the western outskirts of Mayiladuthurai. Legends also tell that it was a part of Tharukavanam.
Temples around Mayiladuthurai
Mayooranathar Temple - The Mayooranathar Temple, also called the 'big temple' is a temple dedicated to Shiva where Thevaram is recited.
Vallalar Temple - Vallalar Temple in the northern bank of river Cauvery is a famous Shiva temple known for its Guru shrine.
Ayyarapper Temple - Ayyarapper Temple, dedicated to Lord Shiva is located at the center of the city. ThulA Festival is famous in this temple and it is celebrated in the month of October.
Parimala Ranganathar temple - Parimala Ranganathar temple, the Vishnu temple in Thiru-Indalur suburb is one among the 108 Dhivya Desams.
Gangai konda Cholapuram, a more than 1000 years old temple is just 40Km from mayiladuthurai. It is a must-see historic place.
Navagraha temples are situated around this town. There are many famous temples in Mayiladuthurai's vicinity, most important amongst which is Vaitheeswarankoil. The temple complex is known to house many astrologers employing a method of fortune telling called NADI Jyothidam. The town also has a Medhaa Dakshinamurthi temple.
Other temples of importance include the Sukran Temple and a temple in TirukkaDavUr is dedicated to Lord AmirthakaDEswarar and Goddess Abirami.
One of the institutions that was formed for the flourishing of Saivam and Tamil, Dharmapuram Adheenam (Mutt) is in the eastern part of Mayuram.
It is the most important location for "Tula snaanam", in the river Kavery in the Tamil month of "Aippasi".
Moovalur Markasagaya shiva temple constructed by Kulothunga cholan is 4Km away from Mayiladuthurai.
Senthangudi Durga Temple - Durga Temple is also famous and is 2 Km from Mayiladuthurai.
Tirupambupuram Temple - Tirupambupuram is a very ancient Shiva temple. It is known as Dakshina Kalahasti. It is located near peralam (7km west).
Thirumanancheri Temple - Thirumanancheri Temple is very famous very near from mayiladuthurai.
Kannagi Temple - The Kannagi Temple is in Melaiyur which is located around 24 km from Mayiladuthurai. Poompuhar is 4km from Melaiyur.
Punugiswarar Temple - The Punugiswarar Temple is dedicated to Lord Siva & consort santha nayaki.Situated at koranad.Workshipped by civet cat.
First of all, we reached Chidambaram by 12:45 PM. Chidambaram is 11 km from the coast and 240 km south of Chennai, is a major pilgrimage site for Shaivites as the temple there houses the Akasha Lingam of Shiva and is one of the greatest Shiva Temples of Tamilnadu.
The temple closes for devotees by 12:30 and we couldn't see Akasha Lingam (the main diety). But were able to go around and see those massive temple walls and its archetecture including wall paintings.
However, we could see the glimpse of Akasha Lingam while returning back home on the third day. On Saturday night we could cover three temples in the vicinity. We checked into the PAMS hotel which is affordable with a decent double bed room, costed us Rs. 2000 per day. That afternoon and got fresh and headed toward Oppiliappan Koil (TiruvNNagaram).
Oppiliappan Koil: is one of the famous Divya Desams located at Thiru Nageswaram near Kumbakonam in the Thanjavur district of Tamil Nadu. On the same evening we could cover Thiruadhanur, Thirupullambhuthangkudi, Thirukkavithathalam temples. The Chakrapani, Sarangapani and Ramaswamy temples, which are located in the town of Kumbakonam, were covered in one evening.
We shall be posting the pleasure trip to more temples Surya Naryana Koil, Gharba Rakshambika koil, Ambika Amman Koil and Kethu Sthalam as on the day two.
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Tirumala Sevas - TTD
Tirumala Sevas - at TTD (Tirumala Tirupati Devastanam)
During the start of this month we had a long drive from Chennai to Tirumala Hills of the shrine Srinivasar, also know as Balaji or Venkateshwara Swamy.
This drive was exciting and more attractive view in my car (Wagonr) is the Vinayaka sitting on the dash board.We could get the tickets for Nija Paadha Seva and also an oportinuity to perform Kalyanothsavam (Kalyana Vothsavam) on a single day, which was on 6th of June 2008. Moreover that was the Sudha and I got married in the 2004 at Tirumala Hills.
That next evening we could attend Voonjal Seva, that is now-a-days happening in a auditorium due to the recent mishup that took place at the previous location as a fire broke-out due to the candles litWell the Voonjal Seva was for Kodhanda Ramar moorthy.
Due to lot of crowd on the hills for dharshan, TTD authority had arranged alternatives to manage the crowd that come every day. It is said that it was massively crowded (2 Lac people) a day after we had darshan.Further more, the TTD authorities claim that they can provide darshan for not more than 65 Thousand people per day. We also could get the Tirupati Laddu that are very famous ones and are about to get a Geographical Indication (GI) for its uniqueness.
However, the best way one can get the glimse of the lord Sri Venkateshwara is very simple and easy if one can book their tickets in advance at TTD Website online from any location in the world.Finally, I request you to click on the image on the left to check the sevas that are offered by TTD at Tirumala. Good Luck and happy journey!
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Sweet Potato - Delecious Salad
Delecious Salad - Sweet Potato- 2 kgs of red sweet potatoes
- 1/2 kgs of yellow sweet potatoes
- 1/12 cup of white vinegar
- 1/12 cup of olive oil1/3 clove garlic (minced)
- 1/12 cup of dill pickle relish1/6 cup of red onion (chopped)
- 1/9 cup of mayonnaise
- 1/9 cup sour cream
- 1/6 cup of chopped parsley
- A pinch of ground black pepper
Labels: Dinner, food, Indian Recepies, Lunch, Main Dish, Salads, Side Dish
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Tirupati Laddu
Tirupati Laddu or Ladoo - Delicious Prasadam
As I posted on Tirumala Temple and its sevas in my previous articles here is something interesting and delicious that I want to talk about... Right! it is all about Tirupathi Laddu.
Ladoo or Laddu, is one of the most famous offering and prasadam given to devotees at the Tirumala Tirupati Lord Venkateswara Temple. Tirupati Laddu is a spherical-shaped sweet made of flour and sugar. Around 150,000 laddus are made daily. This includes bigger and smaller ones together. One small laddu is given free to each devotee, whereas the bigger ones are given to the devotees who perform sevas in Tirumala.Number of daily devotees that visit the temple is around 50,000. A devotee can buy extra two laddus – a laddu costs 5 rupees. The revenue from the sale of laddu annually is more than 11 million rupees. Each laddu weighs around 100gms and is huge when compared with the normal laddu found in shops.
There is a super huge Tirupati Laddu known as Kalyana Laddu and it weighs around 500gms – ½ a kilogram. Single largest laddu made is said to have weighed 32 kg.
Tirupati Laddu Preparation - Prepared according to a formula
Ingredients used in Tirupati Laddu are Besan flour (kadalai mavu), Sugar, Cashew nuts, Cardamom, Ghee, Oil, Sugar candy, Raisins and Almonds.On a day around 5000 kg of Besan flour is used.
Sugar around 10000 kg.
Cashew nuts around 600 kg.
Cardamom 150 kg Ghee 300 liters Sugar candy 400 kg Raisins 540 kg
The ingredients are bought at the auction at the Commodities and Spices Exchange in Kochi.
The tradition of Tirupati Laddu is nearly 300 years old. It is prepared by special hereditary priests known as archakas in special temple kitchen known as ‘potu’.
Tirupati laddu, famous for its size and taste may soon get intellectual property rights as the managing trust of the temple is seeking a geographical indication (GI) tag for the delicacy. An expert panel appointed by the Registrar of Geographical Indications met at the temple last month to examine the merits of the application and has recommended granting the GI tag to the Tirupati laddu. TTD had sought the GI tag for the laddu under the Geographical Indications of Goods (Registration and Protection) Act, 1999, after failing to curb sale of counterfeit versions by hawkers seeking to exploit the growing demand from visitors to the temple.
GI status is granted to indentify a product as having a specific provenance, and with a certain quality or reputation associated with that origin. Apart from preventing the consumer from getting duped by fake products, it is geared to protecting producers’ rights of local communities, and enhancing the incomes of local artisans and farmers. The GI tag sought by TTD is for the prasadam (offering) to Lord Venkateshwara that has unique characteristic in itself and also has association with the geography—Tirupati. Source Hindu.Labels: food, geographical indication, Indian Recipes, tasty preparation formula, temples, tirumala tirupati, tirupati laddu
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