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Arunachaleswarar Temple, Tondiarpet, Chennai (அருணசலேஸ்வரர்)
Location:
The Arunachaleswarar Temple is located near Lakshmi Amman Koil bus stop, Tondiarpet, Chennai.Description:
The Arunachaleswarar Temple is dedicated to Sri Shiva as Arunachaleswarar and Divine Mother Shakti as Apitakusambal.One of the Pancha Bootha Sthalams:
The famous Arunachaleswarar Temple at Thiruvannamalai, Tamil Nadu is a Pancha Bootha Sthalam representing the element Fire (Agni). It is said that Lord Shiva manifested in Thiruvannamalai as a column of fire. Lord Brahma and Vishnu tried to find the origin of the fire column towards the top and the bottom but could not find any end to it. The holy Arunachala mountain is considered as the representation of the column of fire itself. Devotees circumbulate around the mountain considering it as the Lingam of frozen fire. The Arunachala mountain is also associated with the life of Bhagavan Ramana Maharshi.
Shrines and Deities:
Main Shrines:
- Sri Shiva as Arunachaleswarar (அருணசலேஸ்வரர்)
- Devi as Apitakusambal (ஆபீதகுசாம்பாள்)
Sri Brahma:
- Sri Brahma (பிரம்மா)
Sri Vishnu:
- Sri Maha Vishnu (மஹா விஷ்ணு)
Sri Shiva:
- Sri Dakshinamurthy (தக்ஷிணமூர்த்தி)
- Sri Somaskandar (சோமாஸ்கந்தர்)
- Sri Bhairavar (பைரவர்)
Pancha Bootha Sthalam:
- Sri (Mannikavasagar) - Natarajar - (Sivakamisundari) (மாணிக்கவாசகர் நடராஜர் சிவகாமீசுந்தரி): Represents Akasa (Sky)
Devi:
- Devi Durgai (துர்கை)
- Devi Ganambikai (கணம்பிகை)
- Devi Relatari (ரெளதரி)
- Devi Vaishnavi (வைஷ்ணவி)
- Devi Brahmi (பிராம்மி)
- Devi Chamundeswari (சாமுண்டீஸ்வரி)
- Sri (Mannikavasagar) - (Natarajar) - Sivakamisundari (மாணிக்கவாசகர் நடராஜர் சிவகாமீசுந்தரி)
Sri Ganesha:
- Sri Vinayagar (வினயகர்)
- Sri Maha Ganapati (மஹா கணபதி)
Sri Murugan:
- Sri Valli-Shiva Subramaniar-Devasena (வள்ளி சிவசுப்பிரமணியர் தேவசேனா)
Others:
- Sri Chandikeswarar (சண்டிகேஸ்வரர்)
- Sri Shiva Suriyan (சிவசுரியன்)
- Saniswarar Bhagavan
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