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INTRODUCTION
TO PANCHARAMA KSHETRAS |
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of them have far surpassed the old shrines, where the Lord is
dwelling to keeping up His promise given. Among them the first
preference goes to the Pancharamams, where He is abiding in
the lingas installed and consecrated by the highest divinities, like
Devendra, Chandra, Sri Rama, Kumaraswamy and Vyasa. The cause for
His appearance and consequent beatitude prevailing their even today
is quite awesome and unprecedented, says the sthalagna at every
place and advises visiting them instantly, explaining the glory of
his place in full. Besides those five kshetras of eternal
importance, there are innumerable places soaked in Sivalila in this
state, as it were. As each has a legend long and sublime; popularity
immense and unchanging, frequency of visitation unending and
ever-craving, the use of superlatives to describe them serves no
purpose. So, better visit them one after another. Personal
experience exerts greater impact than reading or hearing. We will
begin with Amaravathi, where Lord Siva is abiding in a unique
fifteen -foot - high marble Siva linga the like of which is neither
found anywhere in ancient world, where theism displayed its myriad
splendour, nor in the modem machine age, when mammon worship is
reigning supreme over the internal and external worlds of man, and
bridging the gap between earth and heaven with rocket trips run by
robots displaying his advanced ingenuity.
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