Once upon a time there was a king in the Pandya dynasty. He once embarked on a hunting trip in the dense jungles of his kingdom. While riding, his horse stumbled upon a piece of rock and both horse and master fell down. Dusting himself, he got up and noticed that the piece of rock [...]
Archive for May, 2008
Tirukulambur
Posted in Mythology, tagged Shiva temple, Tirukalambur, Pandya, Tamil nadu, Pudukkottai on May 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Tirupanangadu
Posted in Mythology, tagged Agasthya, Govardhan, Kancheepuram, Krishna, Pulasthya, Tirupanangadu on May 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Agasthya was a great devotee of Lord Shiva. Once on a pilgrimage he had the desire to see a shiva linga installed in a palm grove. So he went around all the palm groves looking for the linga. Soon he chanced upon one in the palm grove situated in a place called Tirupanangadu. He worshipped [...]
Ksheeraramam
Posted in Mythology, tagged Ayodhya, Ksheeraramam, Rama, Ramalinga on May 19, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Of the five pieces of the Amirthalingam which fell shattered in the earth, one piece fell in a place called Ksheeraramam. When Lord Rama was on his way to Ayodhya, he came across this piece and installed the idol in Ksheeraramam. Hence this deity came to be known as Ramalingeswarar. It is said that the [...]
Amararamam
Posted in Mythology, tagged Amararamam, Amaravathi, kartikeya, Krishna, shiva, Vishnu on May 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Once Indra was cursed by rishi Durvasa that he would lose all his wealth and prosperity. Indra rushed to Vishnu and prayed that he be blessed with good fortune. Vishnu said that that Amirthalingam churned from the sea would be shattered by Kartikeya and will fall in different places. If Indra could only find one [...]
Learn from your mistakes
Posted in Folk tale, tagged carcass, debris, jungle, pilot on May 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Two youngsters regularly went hunting for animals in the nearby jungle. Once they hired a plane and went into the jungle. After a long wait both of them caught an ox each and pulled the carcass to the plane to get back home.
When the reached the plane the pilot said they could not take the [...]
Gayasura
Posted in Mythology, tagged Brahma devas, Gaya, Indra, shiva, Trimurthis, Vishnu on May 6, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
There is another tale related to the place mentioned in the Virajadevi story. Once there was an asura named Gaya. He was an ardent devotee of Lord Vishnu. He prayed to the Lord that he should not be killed by anyone other than the Trimurthis.
He was also given the opportunity to rule the three [...]
Draksharamam or Bheemalingeshwar
Posted in Mythology, tagged Bheemalinga, devas, Draksharamam, kartikeya, Tale, Tarakasura, yagna on May 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Once the demon Tarakasur was meditating upon Shiva. Pleased with his penance, Shiva appeared before him and told him to ask for a boon. Tarakasur asked for an Atmalingam for which Shiva replied that it would come to him on its own after the devas had finished churning the ocean for the Amirthalingam. So saying [...]
