TIRUVANNAMALAI

KARTHIKA DEEPAM EPISODE

Yet, there is another legend that accounts for the Karthika deepam atop the hill. It appears, once during the amorous sports of Adidampathis - Siva and Parvathi, Jaganmata shut the eyes of Siva for a nimesha. Anon the whole world plunged into deep darkness causing untold suffering to the world; for, the eyes of Siva were none other than the Sun and the Moon. Life sans light is impossible and is akin to body minus breath. So there was destruction in every field which continued for yugas since that one nimesha there in heaven is many years here, when computed in human calendar.

When certain Siddha Purushas acquainted Maheswar with this holocaust, he gave light to the world by opening the third eye. Later, the MOTHER resorted to do penance at Kanchipuram as an act of prayaschitta. While she was doing tapas and worshipping Sivalinga made of sand, Lord Siva determined to put her to test by causing heavy floods, which swallowed a huge chunk of land along with Sivalinga. 

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