About Thirukkadaiyur

Thirukkadaiyur is a temple town on the east coast of Tamil Nadu situated in Nagapattinam district, close to Karaikal.

This is the place Lord Shiva bestowed immortality to Sri Markandeya (rishi/sage). The original temple Thirukkadaiyur Mayanam now called Thirumeignanam built in 11th Century AD was ravaged by sea and is in ruins now.

One other temple with an identical plan was built and is now visited by people praying for long life.

The boy named Markandeya (ancient rishi/sage from Hindu tradition) grew up to be an ardent devotee of Shiva. Yama (the lord of death) tried to snatch the life of the boy. Markandeya went to the temple and clutched at the Shiva Lingam in a bid to escape death. Lord Shiva pleased by boy's belief rescued him from death, incarnating him as Kalantaka (ender of death). 60th, 70th and 80th birthday worships are very famous in the temple. Abhirami Amman temple is located inside the Amrithakadeswar temple. Amman facing towards east.

The 7 Main Chakras

Chakra pronounced in Hindi as Pali, in Chinese as Chakka and in Tibet as Khorlo is a sanskrit work meaning "Wheel". Chakras are depicted as flower like or wheel like. When it is depicted as flower like, a specific number of petals are shown around the circle. It is said that human body contains hundreds of chakras that are key to the operation of our being. According to ancient scriptures, a chakra is where 216 nadis (energy channels) cross over each other, forming energy spirals. The 7 main chakras in human body refer to the 7 energy centers of which our consciouness and energy system is composed. The 7 chakras are aligned along the spinal column. Each of the 7 main chakras is their own intelligence center. It means each chakra is not only associated with our physical health but also controls aspects connected to our physical, emotional, mental and belief system. 1.Muladhara/Base Chakra (last bone in spinal cord) 2.Svadhisthana/Sacral Chakra (ovaries and prostrate) 3.M...

Sricharanam

Sricharanam is the name given to the namam used by Iyengars (caste name given to Hindu/Tamil Brahmins who follow Visistadvaita philosophy propounded by Sri Ramanujacharya), members of Sri Vaishnava tradition. Sri could be a prefix or it could refer to Lakshmi, while Charanam refers to feet. Sricharanam consists of single, thin, vertical red or yellow line in the middle of the forehead. The full Sricharanam, also called Thiruman Sricharanam includes a white U mark. Sricharanam represents the feet of Vishnu and the red/yellow line in the middle represents Lakshmi. The Sricharanam signifies devotion to Vishnu. The red namam is made out of Sindoor, red powder. Yellow namam is Sandal wood (Chandan) paste. Thiruman is made out of clay. The two iyengar sub-sects, Thengalai and Vadagalai wear the Thiruman Sricharanam in different ways. Thiruman in the case of Thengalai extends to the bridge of the nose, forming a Y shape. Vadagalai wear the U namam.

Golden Temple & Namdroling Monastery

Golden Temple and Namdroling Monastery is in Bylekuppe, Mercara. It is better known as the ‘Little Tibet’. The Golden Temple has a 60 feet statue of Gautam Buddha, flanked by 2 other grand images of Buddhas. Namdroling Monastery was established by His Holiness Pema Norbu Rinpoche shortly after he came to India from Tibet .

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