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Pancha Bhoota Sthalas

Lord Shiva controls the 5 elements of nature named as the Pancha Bhutas. The Panchakshara syllables Na | Ma | Shi | Va | Ya represent the five elements, the five building blocks of Creation – Earth, Water, Fire, Air, and Ether.

Pancha Bhuta Sthalas are the five temples in South India, built for each of these five elements. Geographically, they are all within the Deccan Plateau – four in Tamil Nadu and one in Andhra Pradesh. The temple for

• Water —Thiruvanaikaval
• Fire —Thiruvannamalai
• Air — Kalahasti
• Earth — Kanchipuram
• Space — Chidambaram

All these temples are geographically placed in almost a straight line. Chidambaram Nataraja Temple, Ekambareswarar Temple, Srikalahasti Temples lie exactly at 79° 41′ E in longitude and the other two temples, Thiruvanaikkaval is located at around 3°S and 1°W of the northern tip exactly of this divine axis, while Thiruvannamalai is around midway at 1.5°S and 0.5°W. The universe is a circle of mountains, oceans and continents arranged in a particular way around a mythical mountain — Kailash / Meru, known as axis mundi or the centre of the world.

• Devi's Penance at Kanchipuram
• The Legends of Kalahasti
• The Amazing Arunachala Mountain
• The Grandeur of Jambukeswarar Temple At Tiruaanaikaaval
• Significance and The Secret of Chidambaram

ThiruviLaiyadal Puranam

• Thiruvilaiyadal in Thiruppugazh— Part 1
• Thiruvilaiyadal in Thiruppugazh— Part 2
• Thiruvilaiyadal in Thiruppugazh— Part 3

Sivam in Thiruppugazh

• Sivam in Thiruppugazh— Part 1
• Sivam in Thiruppugazh— Part 2
• Sivam in Thiruppugazh— Part 3

Mahabharatham in Thiruppugazh

• Mahabharatham in Thiruppugazh— Part 1
• Mahabharatham in Thiruppugazh — Part 2

Ramayanam in Thiruppugazh

• Ramayanam in Thiruppugazh— Part 1
• Ramayanam in Thiruppugazh— Part 2
• Ramayanam in Thiruppugazh— Part 3
• Ramayanam in Thiruppugazh— Part 4

தத்துவங்கள்/Tattvas

• தத்துவங்கள் என்றால் என்ன? : பகுதி 1
• தத்துவங்கள் என்றால் என்ன? : பகுதி 2
• தத்துவங்கள் என்றால் என்ன? : பகுதி 3
• Shuddha Tattvas, Tattvas - Part 1
• Ashuddha Vidya Tattvas, Tattvas - Part 2
• Prakriti Tattvas, Tattvas - Part 3

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