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KANCHEEPURAM |
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| The Kamakoti
Peetham is enshrined in the Sri Chakra just in front of Sri Devi and all pujas and
sacrifices are offered to the Sri Chakra. It is said that Sri Devi after giving protection
to the Devas enshrined herself in the Sri Chakra in Sookshma (subtle) form. There is a
great concavity to the right of Sri Devi. It is said that Sri Devi appeared through the
great concavity called Bilakasa to save the Devas from, the Asuras. Sri Adi Sankaracharya
installed the Kamakoti Peetham in this shrine and he is said to have remained here for the
rest of his life on earth. The Sri Chakra is placed in front of Sri Devi. The Chakra is a
disc wherein sacred Mantras have been written. The image of Sankaracharya is worshipped in
the temple. The association of Sankaracharya with
Kamakshi temple is that Kamakshi was under divine wrath and she in the form of Goddess
Kali was moving out at nights and creating havoc in the city. People became alarmed.
Sankaracharya who prayed devotedly to Kamakshi appeased her wrath and extracted a promise
that she would not go out to the town without his permission. Even now whenever
processions of Kamakshi are taken out from the temple, they are halted before the shrine
of Sankaracharya with the intention of getting permission from him to go outside the
temple, in a true spirit of fulfillment of the promise once given to Sri Sankaracharya by
Kamakoti Amman. |
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