Once there was a king, who thought that senior citizens were unfit to be in his kingdom. So he asked them to go out of his kingdom and find other places to live. The aged citizens were worried and helpless and most of them left the kingdom.
Once it so happened that the kingdom was threatened [...]
Archive for April, 2008
The Worldly wise
Posted in Folk tale, tagged disease, floods, Folk tale, King on April 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
‘Kukke’ Subrahmanya
Posted in Mythology, tagged Karnataka, Kukke, kumara parvat, Subrahmanya, temple on April 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
“Kukke” Subrahmanya
During the puranic age, Lord Subrahmanya or Muruga as he is popularly known is said to have killed an asura named Tarakasur, Surapadma and Padmasura. After vanquishing them, he cleaned his weapons in the river nearby. The river came to be known as Kumaradhara from then.
Happy that he had vanquished the asuras, the people [...]
Mandaikadu Bhagavathi
Posted in Mythology, tagged Bhagavathi, Cape Camorin, puja, Navagraha on April 26, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Mandaikadu is a small sleepy seaside town in the South Cape Camorin. The deity in the temple here is Bhagavathy, who is believed to cure all the ailments which women suffer. She is also believed to rule the nine planets or the Navagrahas in one’s astrological chart.
According to legend, over a 1000 years ago, a [...]
A small twist to the earlier story
Posted in Mythology, tagged elephant, kaveri, mythical, Shiva temple, Tiruvanaikaval on April 25, 2008 | 1 Comment »
There is another version of the earlier story. I again read this in a magazine, which had given this version and took the liberty of translating it. I do not know if the previous story and this one are connected. Anyway appreciating the imagination of our yester year authors, i thought this twist to [...]
SeeKalahasti or Sri Kalahasti
Posted in Mythology, tagged grandma, kalahasti, Oornanabha, shiva, spider, Vishwakarma on April 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Sri Kalahasti
This is a small temple town about an hour’s drive from Tirupati the famous pilgrim town of Andhra Pradesh, India.
Kalahasti is a temple where the deity is Shiva. It is said that a spider, snake and elephant were absolved off their sins due to their ardent devotion and service to Shiva.
According to legend Vishwakarma [...]
