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INTRODUCTION |
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given the priority to the basic facts of Saivism, I then decided to
increase the original number of temples from 100 to 300. Surprised!
Need not be. For there are thousands and thousands of temples
for Siva scattered across the country from Somnath in Gujarat to
Bali in Indonesia, breadth wise and Amarnath to Trincomallee
lengthwise; as Saivism is the oldest religion and was followed and
propagated some millenniums of years before to birth of Christ. Some
books procured divulged a wide range of fantastic and exotic;
fascinating and awesome legends of the places, which He chose to
swell in from the Vedic age in some cases, after accomplishing the
purpose of his descent, either at the request of the locals or out
of his own choice. And each place of His dwelling is endowed with an
aura that not only succeeded in heightening His divine image, but is
mesmerising and turning the visitors godward instantly and
everlastingly, since the vestiges of the Sivalila found in several
forms, like inscriptions and monuments bearing unmistakable imprints
of their erstwhile existence and glory would convince even the hard
core agnostics.
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