SRI LALITHAMBIGAI, THIRUMEYACHUR (TN)
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Kshetram where Shiva is worshipped as Meghanatha and his consort is Lalithambigai seen in Abhay mudra.
Once, a demon Pandasura was harassing the Devas who went to Devi Parashakti for protection. 
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RISHI BHRINGI AND ARDHA-NAREESHWAR SHIVA

Rishi Bhringi was a devoted bhakt of Mahadev. However, in his devotion to Shiva, he ignored Mata Parvati.

Once, he visited Kailasha along with other Rishis. All the Rishis did parikrama of Shiva and Parvati both except Rishi Bhringi.

The same situation continued whenever Rishi Bhringi visited Kailasha. Mata Parvati decided to teach him that Shiva and Parvati are one and inseparable.
So on one such visit, Mata Parvati sat on the left lap of Mahadev when Rishi Bhringi came.

Seeing this, Rishi Bhringi took the form of a bee(some say bird) and did pradakshina/ parikrama only around Shiva’s head and ignored Ma Parvati.
Angered Mata took away the Shakti from his body. Rishi lost his blood and flesh and was left with a bare skeletal form.

Seeing him in such a situation where he was unable to support himself, Shiva granted a third leg to him.
Shiva then fused one half of his body with that of Ma Parvati and appeared as Ardha Nareeshwar.
Rishi Bhringi finally realised that Shiv and Shakti are one and the same.
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KANIPAKAM VINAYAKA, CHITOOR (AP)
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Kani means wetland and Pakam means flow of water into wetland.
Kanipakam Vinayaka is swayambhu (self-manifested). The murti is in a well which is always full of water.

Once, there were three brothers. Each one had a handicap- Dumb, Deaf and Blind. They had a small piece of land for livelihood. For their field, they drew water from a well. One day, they found that the well had dried up so one of them started digging in the well.

His tool hit something and blood oozed out. They found a swayambhu murti of Ganesha here.
Villagers started offering coconut water which overflew into a channel. Hence the name Kanipakam.

The murti is still growing in size. At present, we see the knees and the abdomen only. The Kavacham (Armour) offered to Vinayaka 50 years ago doesn’t fit today.
Vinayaka is believed to be the upholder of truth. So people come here and swear before him to prove their innocence.

VYAGHRAPADA AND NATARAJA

Vyaghrapada was a Shiva bhakt in Chidambaram region. Everyday he offered fresh flowers on Shivlinga.
One day, he observed that honeybees used to drink nectar from flowers before he offered them to Prabhu. So he started going to forest before sunrise.

In the course of collecting flawless flowers and tender bilva leaves, he got wounded by the thorns and rough surfaces of the trees. Still he continued his effort. Pleased Shiva gave him the boon of having tiger legs and eyes in the hands and feet.
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Vyaghrapada continued his tapas in the hope of seeing Ananda Tandava one day.
Much later, Mahadev was roaming in Thillai Vanam as a simple wanderer seeking alms.
The forest had some rishis who believed in the supremacy of magic and that Prabhu can be controlled by magic.

Their wives were enchanted by Shiva’s divine presence. Seeing this, the rishis invoked scores of snakes. Shiva lifted them and wore them as ornaments. Then a tiger was invoked. Shiva subdued the tiger n wore his skin around his waist. So the rishis invoked an Asura- Muyalakan.

Shiva stepped on its back, vanquished it and performed Ananda Tandava in his true form.
Vyaghrapada was finally able to see the divine Ananda Tandava and attained Moksha.
Thillai Nataraja Mandir depicts Vyaghrapada with tiger legs carrying a stick with hook and flower basket.

MOTI DOONGRI GANESHA, JAIPUR (Raj)

Moti Doongri has a striking resemblance to a pearl drop.
The Ganesh Mandir was built by Seth Jai Ram Paliwal in 18th c. It is one of the most significant mandirs in Jaipur.
Ganesha’s trunk faces left, considered very auspicious.
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Legend is that in 17th century when the King of Mewar was returning home, he carried a Ganesha murti with him on a bullock cart. He declared that wherever the bullock cart first stopped, he would build a mandir for Ganesha.
The cart stopped at the foothill of Moti Doongri.

Thus, the mandir was built here. (Doongri means a small hill).

There are two ledges on both sides of the entrance to mandir.

People believe that Ganesha is pleased if Bhaktas sit here for a few minutes after offering their prayers and do not rush back home immediately.

जीवन उनका नहीं युधिष्ठिर! जो उससे डरते हैं,
वह उनका जो चरण रोप, निर्भय होकर लड़ते हैं

SPECIAL FEATURES OF ASHTAMSA SRI VARADA ANJANEYA, COIMBATORE

The eight unique features in the murti of Anjaneya in this Mandir are:-

* Right hand in Varada mudra that tells Bhaktas not to fear

* Gada in left hand symbolises that there is no defeat for those who surrender to Anjaneya

* Lakshmi kataksham- Ma Lakshmi is in right hand

* Face facing west- brought Sanjivani from this direction, signifies cure from physical/mental ills

* Feet facing south (direction of Yama)- means protection from untimely death

* Rudramsam- Hanuman is within the shape of shivling (means Shiva’s powers are embodied in him)

* Tail facing North- all 9 planets reside on Anjaneya’s tail. North is also Kuber’s (God of wealth) direction.
Worshipping tail gives prosperity and helps lessen bad planetary effects

* Eyes- from whichever direction one sees, Hanuman Ji’s eyes seem to look in that direction

IT WAS RISHI KANADA WHO GAVE THE ATOMIC THEORY & TALKED ABOUT THE GRAVITY OF EARTH, 2600 YEARS BEFORE AN APPLE FELL IN FRONT OF NEWTON'S EYES:

Scientists of the modern world credit an English scientist John Dalton (1766 CE -1844 CE) for the Atomic Theory.

And this is because, most of us are not even aware of an ancient Indian Sage named Kanada, who was the first to formulate the theory of atoms, almost 2600 yrs before Dalton and talk about earth's gravity.

Rishi Kanada was born around 600 BCE in Dwarka, Gujarat and he was the son of a philosopher named Ulka. He was fascinated with the minute detailing of the things right from his childhood. Once, when he was very young, he accompanied his father on a journey to Prayaga.

He saw plentiful grains scattered along the path leading to the shore of river Ganga. It's a tradition in Hindu families to scatter the grains for the ants and birds to feed on them. Suddenly, an ant caught his attention, who was feeding on a rice grain.

He was mesmerised by this very fact that how a small grain of rice becomes food for the ant but to satisfy the hunger of a person so many grains are needed together. This incidence made him realize the importance of a single grain of rice.

WHY BABUR NEVER TRIED TO ATTACK SRI KRISHNADEVARAYA ?

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It is very well known that Babur considered Krishna Dev Raya as the strongest ruler of the entire subcontinent, and Vijayanagar empire the strongest during that time in India.

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The Vijayanagar empire reached its peak during 1509-1529 around the reign of Krishna Dev Raya.

Vijayanagar’s famed elephant brigade 👇

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At his command there were over 50000 elite troops with a regiment of Portuguese gunners and 3200 cavalry with 600 elephants.

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Along with that more than four hundred thousand ( four lakh) peasant levies and irregular military made this empire one of the largest in all of South Asia.

A typical Vijayanagar levie soldier 👇

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During Baburs invasion, Krishna Dev Raya ruled supreme in all of deccan.

In fact, in an all our brawl, Krisha Dev Raya will beat Babur fair and square.

Babur could muster at max 50000 troops with 50 canons.

While Krishna Dev Raya had these numbers in Hampi alone

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