- This cascading water fall is located 56 km from
Theni and 10 km from Cumbum valley.
- Silappathikaram written by Ilango Adigal
mentions the beauty of this falls.
- This falls is part of Pothigai hills or
Agasthyamalai. Pothigai hills are famous in Hinduism for providing the balance
for the world during Lord Siva’s marriage in Mount Kailash. The similarity
between Mount Kailash and Pothigais Hills backs the mythological connection of
these sacred peaks.
- Tiru Kalyana teertham at Pothigai hills is
visited by saints from Hilmalayas.
- Bogar visited and took herbs from these hills
for constructing the navapasana(a type of medicine created using nine poisons)
statue for Lord Muruga at Palani temple.
- Saints do meditation at a natural spring at Kailasanathar
cave temple. This cave temple is connected to Sathuragiri Mahalingam cave
temple.
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| Suruli Falls, Theni |
Nearby Places:
- Periyar wild life sanctuary, Thekkady, Idukki
District, Kerala. 80 km from Theni and 5 km from Kumuli.
- Munnar, Kerala. 95 km from Theni.
- Megamalai
- Mettur Dam
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- It was a
capital of Tondaiman Ilantiriyan, a sangam age king who ruled the northern
tamil country.
- Mauryan king
erupted a stupa in Kanchi, which is referred by the Chinese traveler Hieun
Tsang.
- It is one of
the most important Buddhism centers and one of the most prominent learning
centers of the ancient India, in line with Varanasi, Nalanda, Takshasila and
Valabhi.
- Pallavas
made this place as one of most important Jains landmarks. Jain Tirthankars
temple in this town was built around ninth century CE. This temple contains
several fresco paintings and a huge image of Bhagwan Mahaveer.
- The sixth
century CE famous poet Bharavi in the court of King Harshavardhana praised
Kanchi as the best city at that time.
- Based on the
evidences, this city might have housed 1008 temples. But only 200 out of those
temples are still remaining in Kanchi.
- Fifteen of
the 108 divya desams are in Kanchi.
- It is the
birth place of Saint Ramanuja acharya, Srivaishnava acharya. Also it is
believed that the great Chanakya and the poet Parimelazhagar are from this
town.
- Chaitanya
Mahaprabhu, Nityananda Prabhu and Madhvacharya visited Kanchi.
- During sixth
century, this city became the imperial capital of Pallava dynasty.
- Kanchi is
one of the Shakti Peethas.
- The great texts, Tiruvacakam, Tirukkovaiyaar, Kanchipuranam,
Manimekalai speak the glory of Kanchi city.
- Kailasanathar
temple of Lord Shiva is the oldest temple in Kanchi and it was built by Rayasimha
Pallava around seventh century CE. The eighth century murals, red stone
carvings of Rudra Thandava, Lord parvathi are the significant remains of
Pallava arts.
- Ekambareswarar
temple is one of the largest temples in Kanchipuram. Pallavas initially built
this temple and Cholas extended this temple later. Krishnadevaraya built the
main tower and the outer walls in the sixteenth century CE. It is one of the
Panchabhoota Stalams representing Earth and it is one the 275 Devara sthalams.
- Kamakshi
amman temple called as Kachi Kamakottam is one of the Shakti peethas and famous
for its ornate pillars mandapam. Sri Adi Sankara installed Srichakra yantra
here.
- Varadarajaswami Temple is one of the 108 divya desams and was built by
Vijayanagar kingdom rulers. The main tower and the prakaram were built by later
chola kings. One of the interesting features of this temple is that it has a
huge chain carved out from a single piece of stone. Inside the temple tank,
there is an idol of 10 meter high statue of Vishnu, made of wood of a
"Fig" tree. This idol is taken out once in 40 years for worship.
- Sri Kacchapeswarar temple is located in the centre of Kanchipuram and
the construction timeframe is unknown.
Divya Desams in Kanchi:
- Varadarajaswami Temple
- Adikesava perumal temple
- Jagadeeswarar temple,Tiruneeragam
- Chandrachooda Perumal temple (Tirunilaattingal Tundam)
– Located in Ekambareswarar temple
- Tirukaarvanam temple – Located in Ulagalanda perumal
temple, Tiruooragam
- Aadi Varaha temple, Tirukkalvanoor – Located in
Kamakshi Amman temple
- Tiruppavalavannam temple
- Sri Vijayaraghava Perumal Temple, Tirupputkuzhi
Other temples:
- Sri Subramanya temple
– This temple was built in last century. But it has become very famous among
pilgrims. This temple is called as Kandakottam and located in between
Ekambareeswarar temple and Kamakshi amman temple.
Nearby Temples:
- Tirumaakaral
temple is located 15 kilometers from Kanchipuram near Uttiramerur. Shiva is
said to have manifested himself as a giant golden lizard to Rajendra Cholan
here and in another legend, an Udumbu (giant lizard) is said to have worshipped
Shiva in an ant hill. Indra is said to have worshipped Shiva here.
- Tirupparuthikkundram is a village on the banks of Palar River. This
village is the place of two great Jain temples, which were built around ninth
century CE.
- A separate temple for Chitragupta is located in Kanchipuram. This might
be the only temple where Chitragupta is the main deity. To get release from the
clutches of Kethu, and to appease Yama, the Lord of Death, the blessing of
Chitragupta is sought here.
- The famous Sri Sankara mutt is located in Kanchi and one of the Sankara
Peetams established by Sri Adi Sankara.
