tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6836814222585267965.post7891303624554653865..comments2024-01-22T23:20:34.947-08:00Comments on ARUNACHALA MYSTIC: Significance of Arunachala Girivalam Asta LingamsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6836814222585267965.post-33300092590646642042015-11-30T08:05:07.593-08:002015-11-30T08:05:07.593-08:00Yes the photographs in the Asta Lingam Shrines are...Yes the photographs in the Asta Lingam Shrines are of Arunachala Mooppanar (I.S.V. Arunachala Mooppanar). Few people who come nowadays to Arunachala to perform girivalam and visit Shrines realise that only a few short years ago, the area was in disrepair. <br /><br />As mentioned in the narrative the Asta Shrines had to be wrested away from squatters and the like. Even at the time of his death in 1999, much of the work on the Shrines was still to be completed.<br /><br />There are many such stories throughout Tiruvannamalai. In this respect the third most important Shiva Shrine (after Arunachaleswarar Temple and Adiannamalai Temple) is Arunagirinathar Temple (next to Ayyankulam Tank). Until a Trust was formed by a family of Brahmin Priests, who personally supervised the raising of funds to restore the Shrine, it was in a terrible condition. <br /><br />The same conditions apply also to Adi Annamalai Temple which was restored recently mostly due to the good services of a local Sadhu, Swami Ramananda. Meenakshi Ammalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03735776328895257779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6836814222585267965.post-56169022508926178602015-11-29T12:23:18.205-08:002015-11-29T12:23:18.205-08:00Is this the same man whose picture I see mounted o...Is this the same man whose picture I see mounted on the walls of every lingam shrine . He is sitting in a chair ?<br />Thankyou for providing the missing information , I wondered who he was and this story provided a deeper meaning as to why his picture is there . Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6836814222585267965.post-90495810274305986562015-03-27T04:40:53.489-07:002015-03-27T04:40:53.489-07:00Thanks for the appreciation. Will be posting soon ...Thanks for the appreciation. Will be posting soon a new narrative on 2 additional girivalama Lingams, that are sometimes talked about as the 9th and 10th lingams: i.e. Surya (sun) Lingam and Chandra (moon) Lingam.Meenakshi Ammalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03735776328895257779noreply@blogger.com