Nataraja Dancer extraordinaire…Wonderful Darsan Published:21 Dec 2015 7 PMUpdated:21 Dec 2015 7 PM Sakthi Vikatan K.N. Mahalingam Puduchery |
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2. Opposite to the Chiṛṛambalam (Hall of Wisdom) is Ethirambalam, where the sacred bath of Natararajar takes place. Also known as Kanakasabai. Pērambalam, also known as Dēvasabai, is where the processional deities stay. Tērambalam, stationed to the left of the flagpole, is the wheeled carriage or car of processional deities. Urdha-thāndava deities appear in the car. This place where these deities stay bears the name Niruntha Sabai. Mārgazi month Ārudra Darsan and Āni Tirumanjanam (Sacred bathing of the deity) occur in the thousand-pillar pavilion.
3. In Thanjai Thirusengāttangkudiyil, we can receive Darsan of the
statues of nine deities: Bhujangalaḷitham, Kālasamhāra Mūthy, Kangāla
Mūrthy, Pitchātana Mūrthy, Tripura Samhāra Mūrthy, Bhairavar,
Itthirāpathiyār, Ūrtthuva Tāṇdavar and Ānanda Tāndavar
4. Madavār Viḷākam near Srivilliputthūr is the home of Srivaithya
Nātha Swamy temple wherein we can have Darsan of the monolithic
Natarajar’s wonderful and sacred statue. Likewise, in Nellai Māvattam
Āzvār Kuṛicchi Sivālayam, monolithic Nataraja is the central deity for
Darsan. What is unique about this statue is that upon tapping, it sounds
like bronze metal.
5. In Pērūr Pattīsvarar temple, Natarajar presented the Thillai sacred
dance pose to Sundaramurthy Nāyanar and went by the name Kudaka (north)
Thillai Ambalavāṇan.
6. Parañjōthi Munivar, in his Tiruvilayādal Puranam’s 25th chapter,
described Natarajar’s sacred dance of the planted left leg and raised
right leg, a switch in the planted leg. In Madurai temple at the
entrance to the sanctum sanctorum, five steps are in place reminiscent
of the five-letter mantra, Na-Ma-Si-Va-Ya.
7. The famous dances of Natarajar are 108: 42 for the Devas, three for
Murugan, nine for Tirumāl, 36 for Ambikai, and 18 by himself.
8. We can receive Darsan of his dances: Brahma Tāndavam at Tirumurugan
Pūndy, Ūrddhuva Tāndavam in Avināsi, Sundara Tāndavam in Madurai, Ajāpa
Tāndavam in Tiruvārur and Ānanda Tāndavam in Thillai.
9. Tirunallam aka Kōnēri Rājapuram is five km from S. Pudhūr on
Kumbakōnam-Kāraikkāl road. Sthala Puranam says that Natarajar came as a
servitor of God, drank the five-metal molten alloy, and appeared as
Natarajar.
10. This alloy is a seven-foot-tall Natararajar statue and shows on its
body hairs, nevi, palmar creases, and nails. |