VAITHEESWARAN KOIL, NAGAPATTINAM (TN)
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One of the 9 Navagraha kshetram in TamilNadu with Shiva as Divine Doctor. His consort Thayyalnayaki Ambal stands with medicinal oil to cure diseases of the devotees.

The Kshetram is associated with Angaraka/ Chevvai (Mars).

Once, Chevvai/ Angarakan was struck by leprosy. He was cured here by Sri Vaitheeswaran.

People come here to get relief from Chevvai dosham caused by unfavourable position of Mars.

Also here, Shiva cured the injured army of Sri Subramanya during his war with Soorpadaman.
Devotees take bath in the Siddhamruta Theertham Tank to cure them of their diseases, especially skin diseases. It is also called Goksheera (Go is cow n ksheera is milk)Theertham, as Kamadhenu’s milk flowed in this tank when she performed milk abhishekam to the deity here.
It is believed that Rama and Lakshmana cremated Jatayu here.

The Nethrapidi Sandhanam and Thiruchandu Urundai are two of the prasadams which are believed to cure all ailments.

This is the nerve centre for Naadi Josiyam, a popular form of astrology (predictions on palm leaves)

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The 3 big things that made the 1980's/early 1990's surreal for me.

1) Satanic Panic - satanism in the day cares ahhhh!

2) "Repressed memory" syndrome

3) Facilitated Communication [FC]

All 3 led to massive abuse.

"Therapists" -and I use the term to describe these quacks loosely - would hypnotize people & convince they they were 'reliving' past memories of Mom & Dad killing babies in Satanic rituals in the basement while they were growing up.

Other 'therapists' would badger kids until they invented stories about watching alligators eat babies dropped into a lake from a hot air balloon. Kids would deny anything happened for hours until the therapist 'broke through' and 'found' the 'truth'.

FC was a movement that started with the claim severely handicapped individuals were able to 'type' legible sentences & communicate if a 'helper' guided their hands over a keyboard.