I have just completed darshan of all the thirumurai sthalams ( 266 ) and Divyadesams ( 82 ) - a total of 348 - in Tamilnadu.
The darshan tour appropriately ended with a visit to Bhavani Mukkoodalon Thursday.
I was intent on completing the process before the onset of NE monsoon and by God's grace (and his Grace alone)the goal could be accomplished.
The very thought of setting foot on the soil hallowed by our great Nayanmars and Azhwars was both a humbling and a thrilling experience.
I want to bring out a temple map of Tamil Nadu that will list divyadesams, abhimana sthalams, thirumurai sthalams, vaippu sthalams, sakthi, pillayar, kumaran and all other major temples so that people will find it easier to visit these places. Let us see.
During all this time I have been following developments in our group, and being the novice in this field as I am, I have been silently digesting the wealth of information that has been gushing like Cauvery in its full flow.Even if I am able to retain 10% of the information I will have made by day.
now get your pass port ready 2 in lanka and one in tibet. and a few in north india. you will be one of the first 100 to have seen all the abodes of shiva vaalththukkal.
kailash
regarding kailash the abode of shiva many people have been taking organised tours. the parikrama( girivalam) of the kailash takes 58 km because the pathway has been chosen for the least resistance to the pilgrim. this is called the outer parikrama. however there is an inner parikrama where one can walk just at the base of the hill. there were a lot of restrictions on who could take this trip of 13 or so km. they said only in the chinese year of the horse it was allowed or allowed to those born in the year of the horse. however fantastic videos have started coming of this trip. and adding to the wonders of the pilgrim are their contents,
in the video we were able to notice man made caves halfway up on the main hill. something like ellora and ajanta . there were atleast one pair of white deer living on the hill. there was a lingam at the base and a waterfall of powdered snow was doing abhishekam for it. also on the manasarovar lake are some ducks which make sounds like " uma"