| Temples & Legends Of Tamilnadu |
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| Temples & Legends Of India |
PALANI |
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served as resting-place for a while to the Pandava brothers. This has now been protected
and shrines for Draupadi, Palani Azidavar and Vinayaka have been constructed. The cleft in
Aivarmalai was also doubtless a Jain hermitage in the centuries of the Christian era,
which is evident from the 16 rock-cut representations of the Jain Tirthankaras on the face of the overhanging rock. Dharmapuram, about 27 miles away, is spoken of as Viratapuram Sri Maruda Kaliamman temple near-by is believed to be the place the Pandava. Arms were kept hidden on a Vanni tree. Kadattur, 14 from Dharmapuram, was where Virata's cattle were led away; Karatholuvu, 12 miles off was where the cattle were seized and impounded; Tirupur, 32 miles, where the cattle were retaken; Palani and Varahagiri places where Arjuna did penance and secured Siva's grace; Aivarmalai, itself where the Pandavas abided incognito. |
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