went to Thiruvaiyaaru temple yesterday.. what a massive one.!!! the gurukkal gave us list of five rivers.
1. suriya river 2. chandr river 3. Ganga from shiva's head 4. Breast milk of the ambal 5. the foam (nurai) from nandi's mouth due to its constant chewing...
ambal - aram valartha nayagi is said to be vishnu... or vishnu is in the form of aram valartha nayagi and is having 3 eyes like shiva/ Narasimhar. her hands are similar to mahavishnu / venkatachalapathy.. like some schools are of view that vishnu and amman are one and the same.
while purusha suktham talks about mahavishnu as the greatest purushan , there is other school of the view that mahavishnu and shakti are the same... think this is absolute non duality .. that is no gender for the brahman..
dont know whether this was discussed previously in our group.. but remeber that we discussed about venkatachalapathy and kanyakumari ...
Thanks for that...The common belief is Thiruvaiyaru is called so because it is nestled among 5 rivers
Kollidam
Kaveri
Vennaru
Vettaru
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Kudamuritti
A similar analogy exists in the Isle of Man
They claim you can see from the top mountain you can see 7 kingdoms is what they claim
Kingdom of Ireland
Kingdom of Scotland
Kingdom of Wales
Kingdom of Man
Kingdom of England
Kingdom of the Sea
Kingdom og Sky
Sri
If I can stop one heart from breaking,I shall not live in vain; If I can ease one life the aching,Or cool one pain, Or help one fainting robin, Into his nest again, I shall not live in vain. Emily Dickinson