He realized that the suffering of the people was because of the ugram of the Amman. The Kanchi Math Sri Chandrasekarenda Saraswati Swamigal, one of the most revered saints of our times, was requested for help. βIn the 1980s there was a bad drought in the area which left people suffering. I want to refer an interesting incident which my friend narrated to me about Akilandeswari Amman. Ekapadhamurthi, a carving in one of the temple pillars, is a confluence of Brahma, Vishnu and Shivan standing on one leg(ekapadam). The Amman with a parrot in her hand resembled Madurai Meenakshi Amman. Looking at the Tejas of the petite priest who does the Puja on behalf of Goddess made me envy the amount of punniyam that he had done to be eligible to perform this kind of puja. The elephant let out a roar to welcome the Amman (the priest) back to her Sannidhi. He performs the puja, and heads back to Amman Sannidhi. Surrounded by the sounds of Melam & Nadhaswaram, led by an elephant in the front, the priest starts from the Akilandeswari Sannidhi to the Shivan sannidhi. In continuation of this practice, the chief priest of the Akilandeswari Sannidhi adorns a sari and kreedam to perform the puja. It is believed that, everyday Akilandeswari comes to perform puja to the Siva Linga. Two main praharas are there in the temple one for Jambukesvarar & the other for Akilandeswari. Thiruvananikaval temple is significant as as one of the five Pancha Budha Stalams of Lord Shiva (the Neer Stalam). Once we reached Trichy we took the bus to Thiruvananikaval, a temple town near Srirangam. I had finished my previous post with me and Rajeev reachin Trichy after visiting my KulaDeivam temple. This is a post in continuation to my previous post Travelogue β Temple visit to Trichy β Part 1. Travelogue β Temple Visit to Trichy Part 2
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