| Temples & Legends Of Tamilnadu |
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| Temples & Legends Of India |
MADURAI |
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festival is performed in the month of January when after nightfall the Images of Siva and Meenakshi are floated on a decorated raft around the island illuminated with thousands of colored lights. The festival attracts Pilgrims in there thousands. At the centre of the tank, there is a small island over which stands a small white temple surrounded by flowering trees. It provides a magnificent sight from a distance. In another dream Jnanasambandha was directed by God Cliockanatha to be a disciple of Jnanaprakasa of Kamalai. Jnanasambandha next set out for Tiruvarur and reached the piece on a Monday and found the God-appointed Guru sitting in meditation before the Dakshinamurti image in the great temple of Tyagaraja. He fell at the feet of Jnanaprakasa, the Guru who gave him the Diksha. *At Azhagarkoil also the 18 steps under the charge of Karuppaswami are to be found, where contending parties take solemn affirmations. It is believed that uttering a falsehood and crossing the 18 steps will surely entail violent death within 18 days. Several suits are to this day privately settled by solemn declaration made before the image of Karuppaswami. It is significant that a pilgrim to Lord Ayyappan’s temple at Sabarimalai has also to go up 18 steps. |
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