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If you are a first time visitor to Tiruvannamalai then please read the given below details.

1, Visit Lord Arunacheleshwarar Temple (it will take 2 hours completely to see all the temple's inside Big Temple)
2, Go Girivalam its 14 kilometer circumambulation of Arunachala Hill (By walk is good, don't wear slippers)
3, Visit Ramana Ashramam, Shesadri Ashramam, Yogiram surath kumar ashramam, its on the way to Girivalam
4, Visit Kandha Ashramam its on the hill (by walk it will take 45 minutes)
5, Visit all the 9 Shiva lingams in Girivalam path.
Indra Lingam, Agni Lingam, Yama Lingam, Niruthi Lingam, Varuna Lingam, Vayu Lingam, Kubera Lingam and Esanya Lingam.

These are the most important places you must watch in your first time visit, still there are more places.]]>
If you are a first time visitor to Tiruvannamalai then please read the given below details.

1, Visit Lord Arunacheleshwarar Temple (it will take 2 hours completely to see all the temple's inside Big Temple)
2, Go Girivalam its 14 kilometer circumambulation of Arunachala Hill (By walk is good, don't wear slippers)
3, Visit Ramana Ashramam, Shesadri Ashramam, Yogiram surath kumar ashramam, its on the way to Girivalam
4, Visit Kandha Ashramam its on the hill (by walk it will take 45 minutes)
5, Visit all the 9 Shiva lingams in Girivalam path.
Indra Lingam, Agni Lingam, Yama Lingam, Niruthi Lingam, Varuna Lingam, Vayu Lingam, Kubera Lingam and Esanya Lingam.

These are the most important places you must watch in your first time visit, still there are more places.]]> <![CDATA[Are there local bus services from Tiruvannamalai bus stand to Sri Ramana Ashram? Alte]]> http://tiruvannamalai.co.in/forum/Thread-Are-there-local-bus-services-from-Tiruvannamalai-bus-stand-to-Sri-Ramana-Ashram-Alte Thu, 28 Jul 2011 18:51:13 +0000 http://tiruvannamalai.co.in/forum/Thread-Are-there-local-bus-services-from-Tiruvannamalai-bus-stand-to-Sri-Ramana-Ashram-Alte
Answer:

Buses are available, but not frequent.

Bus Details:
Government Bus Route: Collectrate to Government Arts College

Auto Details:
So many Auto's are available from Bus stand Distance 3 Kms Charge 40 to 60 INR rupees]]>
Answer:

Buses are available, but not frequent.

Bus Details:
Government Bus Route: Collectrate to Government Arts College

Auto Details:
So many Auto's are available from Bus stand Distance 3 Kms Charge 40 to 60 INR rupees]]> <![CDATA[We are going to start a new film movie in Tamil Telugu hindi Kannada and Marathi for]]> http://tiruvannamalai.co.in/forum/Thread-We-are-going-to-start-a-new-film-movie-in-Tamil-Telugu-hindi-Kannada-and-Marathi-for Sun, 24 Jul 2011 06:50:35 +0000 http://tiruvannamalai.co.in/forum/Thread-We-are-going-to-start-a-new-film-movie-in-Tamil-Telugu-hindi-Kannada-and-Marathi-for We are going to start a new film movie in Tamil Telugu hindi Kannada and Marathi for shirdi sai baba shirdi sai baba movie

We are about start a new film movie for shirdi sai baba in Tamil, Telugu, hindi, Kannada and Marathi 5 languages, visitors please tell us your ideas for developing the movie, your suggestions and ideas are most welcome.

For your kind information this movie profit will be sent to shirdi sai baba trust for annadana seva, and we are purely doing it for spiritual motive. Not commercial.

Ideas for artist (sai baba)
Ideas for music director
Ideas for song lyrics
Idea for screen play (old age period or current age period)
about script
and your own ideas,

Please share your ideas,

Thank you
Sai Preethi Developers
manikandas@bsnl.in
Chennai
[Image: saiphoto1.jpg]
]]> We are going to start a new film movie in Tamil Telugu hindi Kannada and Marathi for shirdi sai baba shirdi sai baba movie

We are about start a new film movie for shirdi sai baba in Tamil, Telugu, hindi, Kannada and Marathi 5 languages, visitors please tell us your ideas for developing the movie, your suggestions and ideas are most welcome.

For your kind information this movie profit will be sent to shirdi sai baba trust for annadana seva, and we are purely doing it for spiritual motive. Not commercial.

Ideas for artist (sai baba)
Ideas for music director
Ideas for song lyrics
Idea for screen play (old age period or current age period)
about script
and your own ideas,

Please share your ideas,

Thank you
Sai Preethi Developers
manikandas@bsnl.in
Chennai
[Image: saiphoto1.jpg]
]]> <![CDATA[Do you Agree with Plastics Covers Ban?]]> http://tiruvannamalai.co.in/forum/Thread-Do-you-Agree-with-Plastics-Covers-Ban Thu, 30 Jun 2011 13:36:12 +0000 http://tiruvannamalai.co.in/forum/Thread-Do-you-Agree-with-Plastics-Covers-Ban <![CDATA[Who is Yogi RamSuratkumar]]> http://tiruvannamalai.co.in/forum/Thread-Who-is-Yogi-RamSuratkumar Thu, 19 Aug 2010 10:28:15 +0000 http://tiruvannamalai.co.in/forum/Thread-Who-is-Yogi-RamSuratkumar
In search of His spiritual father, his spiritual mission started in the year 1947, when he determined to visit the well-known sage and patriot of India, Sri Aurobindo Ghose. He expressed his wish to the old monk Aurobindo then asked yogiram to meet another holy man the sage of Arunachala, Sri Ramana Maharishi.

Later on he moved to Kerala at the ashram of Swami Ramdas. Sri Aurobindo gave him Jnana, Sri Maharshi blessed him with tapas and Swami Ramadas gave him the nectar of Bhakti. Swami Ramadas started him into the holy mantra : " Om Sri Ram Jai Ram Jai Jai Ram ", by pronouncing it thrice in his ears.

After an extended spiritual journey, Yogiji finally arrive at Thiruvannamalai in the Southern India. He was seen near the Temple chariot, at the corners of the Road, under the trees of the Temple. Swamiji then started living in a small house in Sannadhi Street underneath the Temple. He continued to bless the devotees who thronged at thousands to His house at the Sannadhi Street. The devotees desired Him to have an Ashram which He gently accepted. The YogiRamsuratkumar Ashram is constructed at Agrahara collai with a total area of 3.5 Acres.

The devotees who attained Siddhi on 20.2.2001 at Tiruvannamalai in the Ashram premises affectionately called him "VISIRI SAMIYAR"]]>
In search of His spiritual father, his spiritual mission started in the year 1947, when he determined to visit the well-known sage and patriot of India, Sri Aurobindo Ghose. He expressed his wish to the old monk Aurobindo then asked yogiram to meet another holy man the sage of Arunachala, Sri Ramana Maharishi.

Later on he moved to Kerala at the ashram of Swami Ramdas. Sri Aurobindo gave him Jnana, Sri Maharshi blessed him with tapas and Swami Ramadas gave him the nectar of Bhakti. Swami Ramadas started him into the holy mantra : " Om Sri Ram Jai Ram Jai Jai Ram ", by pronouncing it thrice in his ears.

After an extended spiritual journey, Yogiji finally arrive at Thiruvannamalai in the Southern India. He was seen near the Temple chariot, at the corners of the Road, under the trees of the Temple. Swamiji then started living in a small house in Sannadhi Street underneath the Temple. He continued to bless the devotees who thronged at thousands to His house at the Sannadhi Street. The devotees desired Him to have an Ashram which He gently accepted. The YogiRamsuratkumar Ashram is constructed at Agrahara collai with a total area of 3.5 Acres.

The devotees who attained Siddhi on 20.2.2001 at Tiruvannamalai in the Ashram premises affectionately called him "VISIRI SAMIYAR"]]> <![CDATA[Drawing competiton prize distribution Held on 15 aug 2010]]> http://tiruvannamalai.co.in/forum/Thread-Drawing-competiton-prize-distribution-Held-on-15-aug-2010 Wed, 18 Aug 2010 07:43:04 +0000 http://tiruvannamalai.co.in/forum/Thread-Drawing-competiton-prize-distribution-Held-on-15-aug-2010
The attached photos is the Drawing competition prize distribution Held on 15 aug 2010. We had a excursion for the selected students from tiruvannamalai to chennai (covered 500 kms).

Have a look. Thanks for your support and co-operation Ever in sai service.

Sai Ravichandran Founder Trustee
Akshaya sri sai Dhyana sabai
Tiruvannamalai]]>
The attached photos is the Drawing competition prize distribution Held on 15 aug 2010. We had a excursion for the selected students from tiruvannamalai to chennai (covered 500 kms).

Have a look. Thanks for your support and co-operation Ever in sai service.

Sai Ravichandran Founder Trustee
Akshaya sri sai Dhyana sabai
Tiruvannamalai]]> <![CDATA[Tiruvannamalai Lord Arunachala devotees real stories]]> http://tiruvannamalai.co.in/forum/Thread-Tiruvannamalai-Lord-Arunachala-devotees-real-stories Mon, 02 Aug 2010 11:46:54 +0000 http://tiruvannamalai.co.in/forum/Thread-Tiruvannamalai-Lord-Arunachala-devotees-real-stories
Here you can share your real stories, miracle, and etc in this section.

Thank you]]>
Here you can share your real stories, miracle, and etc in this section.

Thank you]]> <![CDATA[The Tiruvannamalai Arunachala karthikai Deepam festival]]> http://tiruvannamalai.co.in/forum/Thread-The-Tiruvannamalai-Arunachala-karthikai-Deepam-festival Mon, 02 Aug 2010 11:34:56 +0000 http://tiruvannamalai.co.in/forum/Thread-The-Tiruvannamalai-Arunachala-karthikai-Deepam-festival
Tiruvannamalai-Annamalaiyar-Unnamalaiyamman.

Tiruvannamalai is the capital of Saivism and saiva cult is a world apprehended. The South Indian The nature of a god Arunachala Siva is the God of all countries. Annamalai annal is the most sacred of the names of the manifestation of Lord Siva.

Pancha Bootha Sthalam (5 Nature Attributes)

The earth is formed by five basic elements namely

1.LAND
2.WATER
3.FIRE
4.AIR
5.ETHER. Our ANCESTORS

these are called as "Pancha Boothas" and associated them with five sacred places for worshipping Lord Arunachala Siva. And the
center of these five elements for Fire is identified with Thiruvannamalai. ATHARA STHALAM.

Thiruvannamalai is the most sacred of these twenty two Called (Ninaithale Mukthi Tharum Thiruthalam). Place for Salvation SivaPuranam notable four sacred places for obtaining salvation. Thiruvannamalai is one among them. The significance of this place is that by mere remembrance of Lord "Arunachala" Arunachaleswarar at this place gives salvation to all souls (Ninaithale Mukthi Tharum Thiruthalam).

Thirugnana Sambandar
Thirunavukkarasar
Sundarar

and so on have visited Thiruvannamalai They are the famous purnic Saint poets and all of them prayed Lord Arunachala and have composed divine poems:

Saint Manickavasagar had lived at Thiruvannamalai for long period and had composed: "Thiruvempavai - 20" and "Thiruvammanai".

Even today there is a temple for Saint Manickavasagar on the tiruvannamalai Girivalam path at a place named Adi-Annamalai. temple name called as Thirumurai Thalam

There are 275 sacred places (Lord Arunachala Siva Temples) which were praised by the hymns of Thevaram and were called "Thirumurai Thalangal". Of these places twenty two are found in tamil Nadu (a part of Tamil Nadu ).

Mahan and Siddhars
Thiruvannamalai is the "Manipooraga Sthalam", which is one among six athara sthalams. Thiruvannamalai is so sacred that even Gods, and celestials offered their prayers. Tradition has it that

SUN
MOON
EIGHT VASUS
BRAHMA
VISHNU

and so on have worshipped here. Saints and Scholars Thiruvannamalai has been the abode of Siddhars. Idaikkattu Siddhar, one of the eighteen Siddhars, belongs to this sacred soil.

Mahan Seshadri Swamigal

Thiruvannamalai has the honour of providing an abode for saints such as:
Arunagirinathar
Vitpatchathevar
Gugai Namachivayar
Guru Namachivayar
Deivasigamani
Arunachala Desikar
Mahan Seshadri Swamigal
Bagawan Ramana Maharishi
Sri Yogi Ram Surathkumar.

Tiruvannamalai Shri Arunachala Temple seen from the hill :

The view of the Arunachala temple from the hill slopes is really contemplating.The courtyards surrounding the central shrine where courtyards built of stone tall gourmands seen very dominatingly and other buildings being scattered in the courtyards under the shade of big trees.

The other shrines are also present within this big courtyard.The God Shiva is associated with each of the five elements namely Earth, Water, Fire, Air, Ether in five different holy places with Tamilnadu. As we already know after hearing the story of how Lord Arunachala Shiva attained the mountain roopam and enlightened as a dense volume of fire here in Thiruvannamalai. The Lord Shiva is Fire here in Thiruvannamalai. Arunachala The temple is the result of more than nine centuries of building process.Enlargements and alterations have been succeeded one another, can find the dates of work from the inscriptions engraved on the walls since the 10th century. The engravings tells about kings, donors.It is also said that the actual places of worship of temple was merely a small isolated temple.This Arunachala temple for over so many years rebuilt and altered many times is the major total part we see now. The courtyards increased as building and started to include new buildings within the existing walls started to get included thus taking many years of construction. The outer area is 465m long and 225 metres wide as per the dating from the 16thCentury.x

The alterations have continued up till now inside the walls and can expect more to come in future also. This temple of Lord Arunachala Shiva is the holy place for one to attain Salvation and get the full grace of Lord Shiva. The rules over this premises and that is why people from over far distances come in thousands to thousands, year after year to make their janmam punya of this janma.

The Grand Entrance of the Arunachala temple (Raja Gopuram):

The eastern entrance Arunachala gopuram is the main entrance of the temple. This tower is situated in the outer wall and this tower dominates the eight other towers which crown the gates made in the walls at the four cardinal points. This Arunachala gopuram (tower) is 54m high with pyramid shaped made of stucco-coated bricks has massive stone at its base.

Inside and outside of the Arunachala temple

The eastern gopuram is the main entrance to the Arunachala temple inside. The inner most shrine opens to the east and accommodates the main deity, Lord Shiva. The courtyards are counted, starting from the centre. There are said to be seven of them. But it is said five were built, first one disappeared in the course of nine centuries of extensions and alterations the sixth is represented by four "Chariot Streets" around the temple seventh by the road surrounding the hill.

The location of the Shrines dedicated to the deities and the buildings used for rituals are strictly laid out so that they are oriented to the east. In the corner of a courtyard, to the Southern-Eastern side are the kitchens where the Brahmins prepare the offerings consisting of cooked food. Trees inside are considered to very scared. The tanks and wells are also sacred which is used for the purification rituals. The inner most shrine called garbha graha, a house of small square room which is cramped to dark insides the sellai, the image of Lord Arunachala Shiva. It is always in the form of "Lingam". This is an upright stone, square at the bottom, Octagonal in the middle, then cylindrical with a rounded top. The base is embedded in a circular or oval plinth. The devotees watch the worship from the hall in font of it in the form of queque The outside of the temple covered up by many vendors stall holders, florists busy people going round the temple which is said to be "Maada-Veedi", the path around the temple, in which the Lord Shivamoorthi is taken for procession on the festival occasion of Karthikai deepam. So this path around the temple out is said to be sacred for going around which is also equal to going round the mountain as well. This path is indeed blessed and used by Lord Shiva on his procession on the occasions successfully.

Arunachala Temple Daily Life and activities:

This Arunachala big temple symbolises a religious locality of a city inside. People keep moving on their work from here to there within the courtyards and buildings inside the temple. The people inside the temple performing Godly, work and duties are always a "Hindu a Brahmin” who has the right to nomad anywhere, anyhow, anytime. These people are mainly at the work of performing duties to God, cooking food, cleaning Singing for God, decorating the God etc. many things wordless to say indeed. Others are the devotees who go to pray, meditate or even rest for peace and even abide themselves to the service of God. We can also see an "Elephant" which is sacred stays within his mahout under the pavilion supported by columns near the hundred pillared hall. He gives his blessings by placing its trunk over the heads of the devotees who, in turn given him an offering as a coin or some eatables to eat. The people associated to the temple are all Brahmins. The men are of high caste with a dhoti and a "Sacred thread" across their chest over left shoulder. Only they have the rights to perform the rites. These men pass on the knowledge and responsibilities to their sons as they are married. The daily evenings the mahout washes the elephant with the help of other temple servants near a well in the fifth courtyard. The people who come to pray can also can also rest and have meal in the third courtyard or anywhere else after this courtyard.

There is a Brahma tank after the Long chain of steps which leads to this purifying tank where devotees perform their ablutions. The shaving of men's and women’s head is done by barber in the fifth courtyard. The shaving of head is said to be an offering to God. There is regular worship, pooja four times a day. Food and flame offering are made through the priest, who is well known of the mantras and officiates at the statue. The ceremonies are numerous which takes place according the lunar calendar and even performed at the request of devotees. The devotees who pay special offering or offer absishekams, pujas are always accompanied with music called 'Maryadham" by the Arunachala temple musicians and also is blessed by the priest with vibuti and a big garland of "Lord Shiva" after the darshanam.

Arunachala Temple Dance

The sacred dance as a religious ceremony is attributed to the gods. It is well liked by the Gods also. The South India is well known for the temples tradition, music, poojas and dance also. Among them, well known and familiar dance of South India is "Bharatatanatyam". Lord Shiva himself is well known as, a great dance performer a scholar and is called under the name of Nataraja. It is said that Goddess Parvathi taught this art to humans. The temples of South India have had great dancers from century to century in the temples to which they belong. Like that those great dancers, the Arunachala temple of Tiruvannamalai also had one great devadasi a servant of God. Her name was Nalini. She was dedicated to God of this temple at the time of birth by her family to the service of Lord Arunachala Shiva. Since the age of six for more than seven years, he was taught and trained in the ultimate techniques of attitudes and gestures, which had a very perfect precise meaning. She had learnt to read and write and had studied the religious tests which provide the inspiration for her dances. She was educated, which was a quiet a big thing for the girls in 1845. The tapping of her bare feet on the ground and the tinkling of small bells adorning her ankles set the rhythm of the skillful play of her gestures and poses. Nalini could express all the nuances of the story she was telling with her body. She was really a great dancer of the temple at tiruvannamalai

The Grand Celebrations of Arunachala Festival, ArunachalaKarthikai Deepam:

Grand Festival for Arunachala


The festival of Karthikai Deepam is a great religious festival of the lunar month of Karthikai which is between November-December. The celebration of the Karthikai Deepam is very important for Tiruvannamalai as per the legend, Shiva manifested Himself in the form of a column of fire which for the sake of mankind. He later transformed into the sacred Hill Arunachala. The hill is still worshipped as a manifestation of Shiva and the Karthikai Deepam Festival has been held from time immemorial to commemorate this event. For ten days, numerous ceremonies take place in temple and in the town also. On the tenth day, when the constellation of Karthikai is in conjunction with the full moon, the fetival reaches its climax and the Holy Beacon is lit on the summit of the hill. The buzzing crowd of thousands of pilgrims from all over the world swarm in the courtyards to ardently fellow the worship performed in various shines of Shiva, Parvati, Ganesha, Muruga. The people follow the deities as they are taken out and carried in procession with great pomp and show with lightings, dance, Music, Chanting, doing artist and poojas and mainly decorate the shrines with good clothing, costly jewellery loving and charming flower work of garlands and carry the shrine in great grand and lofty chariots. On there occasions only the heads and hands emerge from the shimmering skills and glorious flowers that the deities are draped in.

One can be dazzled by the incredible sumptuousness of the gold and precious stone jewellery with which they are adorned. One can inhale the fragrance of the huge garlands decorating them and the healthy aroma of the camphor and incense that are being burnt everywhere in their honor. And lastly, one can thrill to the vibrant music of the oboes and drums which accompany all the ceremonies. Thus, this festival takes place every year and is more or less unchanged inspite of the centuries]]>
Tiruvannamalai-Annamalaiyar-Unnamalaiyamman.

Tiruvannamalai is the capital of Saivism and saiva cult is a world apprehended. The South Indian The nature of a god Arunachala Siva is the God of all countries. Annamalai annal is the most sacred of the names of the manifestation of Lord Siva.

Pancha Bootha Sthalam (5 Nature Attributes)

The earth is formed by five basic elements namely

1.LAND
2.WATER
3.FIRE
4.AIR
5.ETHER. Our ANCESTORS

these are called as "Pancha Boothas" and associated them with five sacred places for worshipping Lord Arunachala Siva. And the
center of these five elements for Fire is identified with Thiruvannamalai. ATHARA STHALAM.

Thiruvannamalai is the most sacred of these twenty two Called (Ninaithale Mukthi Tharum Thiruthalam). Place for Salvation SivaPuranam notable four sacred places for obtaining salvation. Thiruvannamalai is one among them. The significance of this place is that by mere remembrance of Lord "Arunachala" Arunachaleswarar at this place gives salvation to all souls (Ninaithale Mukthi Tharum Thiruthalam).

Thirugnana Sambandar
Thirunavukkarasar
Sundarar

and so on have visited Thiruvannamalai They are the famous purnic Saint poets and all of them prayed Lord Arunachala and have composed divine poems:

Saint Manickavasagar had lived at Thiruvannamalai for long period and had composed: "Thiruvempavai - 20" and "Thiruvammanai".

Even today there is a temple for Saint Manickavasagar on the tiruvannamalai Girivalam path at a place named Adi-Annamalai. temple name called as Thirumurai Thalam

There are 275 sacred places (Lord Arunachala Siva Temples) which were praised by the hymns of Thevaram and were called "Thirumurai Thalangal". Of these places twenty two are found in tamil Nadu (a part of Tamil Nadu ).

Mahan and Siddhars
Thiruvannamalai is the "Manipooraga Sthalam", which is one among six athara sthalams. Thiruvannamalai is so sacred that even Gods, and celestials offered their prayers. Tradition has it that

SUN
MOON
EIGHT VASUS
BRAHMA
VISHNU

and so on have worshipped here. Saints and Scholars Thiruvannamalai has been the abode of Siddhars. Idaikkattu Siddhar, one of the eighteen Siddhars, belongs to this sacred soil.

Mahan Seshadri Swamigal

Thiruvannamalai has the honour of providing an abode for saints such as:
Arunagirinathar
Vitpatchathevar
Gugai Namachivayar
Guru Namachivayar
Deivasigamani
Arunachala Desikar
Mahan Seshadri Swamigal
Bagawan Ramana Maharishi
Sri Yogi Ram Surathkumar.

Tiruvannamalai Shri Arunachala Temple seen from the hill :

The view of the Arunachala temple from the hill slopes is really contemplating.The courtyards surrounding the central shrine where courtyards built of stone tall gourmands seen very dominatingly and other buildings being scattered in the courtyards under the shade of big trees.

The other shrines are also present within this big courtyard.The God Shiva is associated with each of the five elements namely Earth, Water, Fire, Air, Ether in five different holy places with Tamilnadu. As we already know after hearing the story of how Lord Arunachala Shiva attained the mountain roopam and enlightened as a dense volume of fire here in Thiruvannamalai. The Lord Shiva is Fire here in Thiruvannamalai. Arunachala The temple is the result of more than nine centuries of building process.Enlargements and alterations have been succeeded one another, can find the dates of work from the inscriptions engraved on the walls since the 10th century. The engravings tells about kings, donors.It is also said that the actual places of worship of temple was merely a small isolated temple.This Arunachala temple for over so many years rebuilt and altered many times is the major total part we see now. The courtyards increased as building and started to include new buildings within the existing walls started to get included thus taking many years of construction. The outer area is 465m long and 225 metres wide as per the dating from the 16thCentury.x

The alterations have continued up till now inside the walls and can expect more to come in future also. This temple of Lord Arunachala Shiva is the holy place for one to attain Salvation and get the full grace of Lord Shiva. The rules over this premises and that is why people from over far distances come in thousands to thousands, year after year to make their janmam punya of this janma.

The Grand Entrance of the Arunachala temple (Raja Gopuram):

The eastern entrance Arunachala gopuram is the main entrance of the temple. This tower is situated in the outer wall and this tower dominates the eight other towers which crown the gates made in the walls at the four cardinal points. This Arunachala gopuram (tower) is 54m high with pyramid shaped made of stucco-coated bricks has massive stone at its base.

Inside and outside of the Arunachala temple

The eastern gopuram is the main entrance to the Arunachala temple inside. The inner most shrine opens to the east and accommodates the main deity, Lord Shiva. The courtyards are counted, starting from the centre. There are said to be seven of them. But it is said five were built, first one disappeared in the course of nine centuries of extensions and alterations the sixth is represented by four "Chariot Streets" around the temple seventh by the road surrounding the hill.

The location of the Shrines dedicated to the deities and the buildings used for rituals are strictly laid out so that they are oriented to the east. In the corner of a courtyard, to the Southern-Eastern side are the kitchens where the Brahmins prepare the offerings consisting of cooked food. Trees inside are considered to very scared. The tanks and wells are also sacred which is used for the purification rituals. The inner most shrine called garbha graha, a house of small square room which is cramped to dark insides the sellai, the image of Lord Arunachala Shiva. It is always in the form of "Lingam". This is an upright stone, square at the bottom, Octagonal in the middle, then cylindrical with a rounded top. The base is embedded in a circular or oval plinth. The devotees watch the worship from the hall in font of it in the form of queque The outside of the temple covered up by many vendors stall holders, florists busy people going round the temple which is said to be "Maada-Veedi", the path around the temple, in which the Lord Shivamoorthi is taken for procession on the festival occasion of Karthikai deepam. So this path around the temple out is said to be sacred for going around which is also equal to going round the mountain as well. This path is indeed blessed and used by Lord Shiva on his procession on the occasions successfully.

Arunachala Temple Daily Life and activities:

This Arunachala big temple symbolises a religious locality of a city inside. People keep moving on their work from here to there within the courtyards and buildings inside the temple. The people inside the temple performing Godly, work and duties are always a "Hindu a Brahmin” who has the right to nomad anywhere, anyhow, anytime. These people are mainly at the work of performing duties to God, cooking food, cleaning Singing for God, decorating the God etc. many things wordless to say indeed. Others are the devotees who go to pray, meditate or even rest for peace and even abide themselves to the service of God. We can also see an "Elephant" which is sacred stays within his mahout under the pavilion supported by columns near the hundred pillared hall. He gives his blessings by placing its trunk over the heads of the devotees who, in turn given him an offering as a coin or some eatables to eat. The people associated to the temple are all Brahmins. The men are of high caste with a dhoti and a "Sacred thread" across their chest over left shoulder. Only they have the rights to perform the rites. These men pass on the knowledge and responsibilities to their sons as they are married. The daily evenings the mahout washes the elephant with the help of other temple servants near a well in the fifth courtyard. The people who come to pray can also can also rest and have meal in the third courtyard or anywhere else after this courtyard.

There is a Brahma tank after the Long chain of steps which leads to this purifying tank where devotees perform their ablutions. The shaving of men's and women’s head is done by barber in the fifth courtyard. The shaving of head is said to be an offering to God. There is regular worship, pooja four times a day. Food and flame offering are made through the priest, who is well known of the mantras and officiates at the statue. The ceremonies are numerous which takes place according the lunar calendar and even performed at the request of devotees. The devotees who pay special offering or offer absishekams, pujas are always accompanied with music called 'Maryadham" by the Arunachala temple musicians and also is blessed by the priest with vibuti and a big garland of "Lord Shiva" after the darshanam.

Arunachala Temple Dance

The sacred dance as a religious ceremony is attributed to the gods. It is well liked by the Gods also. The South India is well known for the temples tradition, music, poojas and dance also. Among them, well known and familiar dance of South India is "Bharatatanatyam". Lord Shiva himself is well known as, a great dance performer a scholar and is called under the name of Nataraja. It is said that Goddess Parvathi taught this art to humans. The temples of South India have had great dancers from century to century in the temples to which they belong. Like that those great dancers, the Arunachala temple of Tiruvannamalai also had one great devadasi a servant of God. Her name was Nalini. She was dedicated to God of this temple at the time of birth by her family to the service of Lord Arunachala Shiva. Since the age of six for more than seven years, he was taught and trained in the ultimate techniques of attitudes and gestures, which had a very perfect precise meaning. She had learnt to read and write and had studied the religious tests which provide the inspiration for her dances. She was educated, which was a quiet a big thing for the girls in 1845. The tapping of her bare feet on the ground and the tinkling of small bells adorning her ankles set the rhythm of the skillful play of her gestures and poses. Nalini could express all the nuances of the story she was telling with her body. She was really a great dancer of the temple at tiruvannamalai

The Grand Celebrations of Arunachala Festival, ArunachalaKarthikai Deepam:

Grand Festival for Arunachala


The festival of Karthikai Deepam is a great religious festival of the lunar month of Karthikai which is between November-December. The celebration of the Karthikai Deepam is very important for Tiruvannamalai as per the legend, Shiva manifested Himself in the form of a column of fire which for the sake of mankind. He later transformed into the sacred Hill Arunachala. The hill is still worshipped as a manifestation of Shiva and the Karthikai Deepam Festival has been held from time immemorial to commemorate this event. For ten days, numerous ceremonies take place in temple and in the town also. On the tenth day, when the constellation of Karthikai is in conjunction with the full moon, the fetival reaches its climax and the Holy Beacon is lit on the summit of the hill. The buzzing crowd of thousands of pilgrims from all over the world swarm in the courtyards to ardently fellow the worship performed in various shines of Shiva, Parvati, Ganesha, Muruga. The people follow the deities as they are taken out and carried in procession with great pomp and show with lightings, dance, Music, Chanting, doing artist and poojas and mainly decorate the shrines with good clothing, costly jewellery loving and charming flower work of garlands and carry the shrine in great grand and lofty chariots. On there occasions only the heads and hands emerge from the shimmering skills and glorious flowers that the deities are draped in.

One can be dazzled by the incredible sumptuousness of the gold and precious stone jewellery with which they are adorned. One can inhale the fragrance of the huge garlands decorating them and the healthy aroma of the camphor and incense that are being burnt everywhere in their honor. And lastly, one can thrill to the vibrant music of the oboes and drums which accompany all the ceremonies. Thus, this festival takes place every year and is more or less unchanged inspite of the centuries]]> <![CDATA[Tiruvannamalai college]]> http://tiruvannamalai.co.in/forum/Thread-Tiruvannamalai-college Mon, 02 Aug 2010 11:20:38 +0000 http://tiruvannamalai.co.in/forum/Thread-Tiruvannamalai-college
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He was a very young man in his early twenties, yet Sri Ramana Maharshi had a peaceful countenance and a radiant eyes of a sage. He lived in a cave in a sacred mountain called Arunachala beside the town of Thiruvannamalai in Chennai. He sought loneliness and silence to discourage the guests. Yet disciples gathered round. He was already known as Maharshi, which means ‘Great Sage’ but the devotees addressed him in the third person as ‘Bhagavan’ which means (Lord).

After some years the cave became too small so the Maharshi and his disciples moved to Skandasramam which is located little higher up to the mountainside. This was also a cave but it was an enlarged one. This gave more accommodation. His mother forsake the world and join him there. She began to cook for the little group but previously they ate only what was given in charity by the pious people when someone begged for the food daily in the town.

The mother died in 1922 achieving the liberation at the moment of death, through the persistent attempt equipped by the concentrated grace of her son. As the tradition require in the case of a liberated being, the body of mother was not cremated but was buried. Because the burial was not allowed in the holy mountain, she was buried at the foot of the mountain, the southern most point where a burial ground already exists. It was only less than half an hour’s walk from Skandasramam. Maharshi would go there daily. One day he stayed there and it is the place where Ramanasramam came into being. Sri Ramana Maharshi was forty at that time and spent twenty-six years at Thiruvannamalai as a self-realized sage. However he was not widely known outside South India. He had stayed away from publicity and had nothing spectacular to impress people like curing or doing miracles. There were no Ashram office, no association, no facility for visitors and no publicity.

An Ashram did not came into being immediately. At first there was only one shed with bamboo and a roof of palm leaves. The Maharishi himself maintained the unapproachable attitude and he continued to live in simplicity. He asked none to go or come.

If any one wanted to come there, they could and if any one wanted to settle down there, they could but each one should make his own arrangements. It was not his concern to have the Ashram organization. If rules were made then he would be the first to abide by them, but he himself did not made any rules. His work was merely spiritual. He was silently directing the ever-growing devotees who where gathered around him and also shining his grace upon them. To all, he was indifferent but his love was all acceptable and overwhelming. All of the devotees felt the charming, ever-attentive power and the grace of his guidance.

It was his younger brother Sri Niranjanananda Swami who oversaw the construction of the Ashram. He became its manager. As the Maharshi became popular, donations flowed in and the whole complex of building arose. He built a temple as the Mother’s place of pilgrimage, a large meditation hall which is called as the new building near to it.

The focus of all mind was the meditation hall where the devotees gather with the Maharshi. There were a settee where he sat in the morning and sleep at night. Devotees would sit in front of him in the floor, men on one side and women on the other side. During the early years the doors were never closed and people could come even at night to lay their troubles at his feet. But due to the age and failing health, the Ashram management decided that hours of privacy would be necessary to him.

Sri Bhagavan never left the Ashram except for his daily walk on the mountain and for palakothu morning and evening, concerning that he should be accessible to all comers at all hours. And in the early years, he had an occasional walk on the nine mile road around the mountain which is said to be particularly praiseworthy and should be ideally done in barefoot as a pilgrimage. The Maharshi always encouraged it. People would sit in meditation while the Maharshi watched over them, guiding them wordlessly. However there was no strictness about it. There were no rules that everyone must meditate at a given time or in a certain manner. Sometimes the accommodation was difficult to find. It was never a residential ashram in the usual sense. However a large dormitory was constructed where men could spread their bedding in the floor. There were also few private rooms for the guests. But all these proved insufficient and was no help to women. They were not allowed to stay overnight in the Ashram premises. Number of devotees built their houses round about and thus a housing estate grew up. Sahdus made a colony near the Ashram and lived in caves and small cabins. A Maharaja donated a guesthouse. In spite of all this, the difficulties in finding the accommodation continued.

All of this suddenly changed in 1950. After a long and wasting illness the Maharshi attained Maha Samadhi. The crowds of devotees detached from the Ashram and it seemed for a while that the Ashram might come to an end or survive only as a leftover. On the contrary to what was feared there was no feeling of void. It never had that atmosphere.

The power of his presence was not seemed to have been withdrawn but became more powerful than ever. The grace was such that the people who were there didn’t felt any sadness. There was nothing to lament for or no sense of loss, privation or poverty. More and more people came to know and feel about Maharshi’s continued presence at Sri Ramanasramam. Those devotees who had left revisited. The flow of the visitors restarted. It was recalled that Maharshi himself had given many signs of his prolonged presence. In approving a will that is drawn up, he stated that the ashram would continue as a spiritual centre. Shortly ahead of his death, he said, “they say that I am going, but where could I go? I am here”.

On the other hand this was purely metaphysical statement. The sage who has realized his identitywith the universal self, there is no coming or going, no chance or becoming, no here or there, only the changeless here and now. And yet his words had physical connotations as well. They applied to his Ashram at Thiruvannamalai. Maharshi had often said that only body travels but the self remains motionless. This was one aspect of the truth which comfort those who have not destined to go to Thiruvannamalai. But the other phase is not false that it is a great blessing to be able to go to sri Ramanashramam at the foot of the sacred Arulnachala mountain and those who come there will find the powerful spiritual help from there. While Sri Ramana is universal and always present in the hearts of the devotees who dedicated their lives to him, there is at the same time, that there will not be denying of the power to be concentrated at his Ashram at Thiruvannamalai.

There were other verifications of Sri Bhagavan’s continued presence. When some devotees complained about his leaving before his death, he answered cryptically: “You attach too much importance to the body”. The inference was obvious. The body was leaving them, but he was not. He would remain the Guru as before.

There is no spiritual head of the Ashram, no ancestry successor to Bhagavan in human appearance. The presence of the Maharshi is so deeply powerful. It was clear to all the devotees that the mighty impersonality that Ramana was the eternal Guru and presiding deity here. The spiritual instructions that he had left behind is absolute in every way and spiritual support comes from him. All that is needed is practice.

sarvadhikari died in January, 1953 and his son, T. N. Venkataraman, took over the management of the Ashram as President. In 1994, T. N. Venkataraman retired and, as enjoined by Bhagavan’s will, entrusted his eldest son, V. S. Ramanan, to serve as the Ashram President.]]> Phone: +91-4175-22491

He was a very young man in his early twenties, yet Sri Ramana Maharshi had a peaceful countenance and a radiant eyes of a sage. He lived in a cave in a sacred mountain called Arunachala beside the town of Thiruvannamalai in Chennai. He sought loneliness and silence to discourage the guests. Yet disciples gathered round. He was already known as Maharshi, which means ‘Great Sage’ but the devotees addressed him in the third person as ‘Bhagavan’ which means (Lord).

After some years the cave became too small so the Maharshi and his disciples moved to Skandasramam which is located little higher up to the mountainside. This was also a cave but it was an enlarged one. This gave more accommodation. His mother forsake the world and join him there. She began to cook for the little group but previously they ate only what was given in charity by the pious people when someone begged for the food daily in the town.

The mother died in 1922 achieving the liberation at the moment of death, through the persistent attempt equipped by the concentrated grace of her son. As the tradition require in the case of a liberated being, the body of mother was not cremated but was buried. Because the burial was not allowed in the holy mountain, she was buried at the foot of the mountain, the southern most point where a burial ground already exists. It was only less than half an hour’s walk from Skandasramam. Maharshi would go there daily. One day he stayed there and it is the place where Ramanasramam came into being. Sri Ramana Maharshi was forty at that time and spent twenty-six years at Thiruvannamalai as a self-realized sage. However he was not widely known outside South India. He had stayed away from publicity and had nothing spectacular to impress people like curing or doing miracles. There were no Ashram office, no association, no facility for visitors and no publicity.

An Ashram did not came into being immediately. At first there was only one shed with bamboo and a roof of palm leaves. The Maharishi himself maintained the unapproachable attitude and he continued to live in simplicity. He asked none to go or come.

If any one wanted to come there, they could and if any one wanted to settle down there, they could but each one should make his own arrangements. It was not his concern to have the Ashram organization. If rules were made then he would be the first to abide by them, but he himself did not made any rules. His work was merely spiritual. He was silently directing the ever-growing devotees who where gathered around him and also shining his grace upon them. To all, he was indifferent but his love was all acceptable and overwhelming. All of the devotees felt the charming, ever-attentive power and the grace of his guidance.

It was his younger brother Sri Niranjanananda Swami who oversaw the construction of the Ashram. He became its manager. As the Maharshi became popular, donations flowed in and the whole complex of building arose. He built a temple as the Mother’s place of pilgrimage, a large meditation hall which is called as the new building near to it.

The focus of all mind was the meditation hall where the devotees gather with the Maharshi. There were a settee where he sat in the morning and sleep at night. Devotees would sit in front of him in the floor, men on one side and women on the other side. During the early years the doors were never closed and people could come even at night to lay their troubles at his feet. But due to the age and failing health, the Ashram management decided that hours of privacy would be necessary to him.

Sri Bhagavan never left the Ashram except for his daily walk on the mountain and for palakothu morning and evening, concerning that he should be accessible to all comers at all hours. And in the early years, he had an occasional walk on the nine mile road around the mountain which is said to be particularly praiseworthy and should be ideally done in barefoot as a pilgrimage. The Maharshi always encouraged it. People would sit in meditation while the Maharshi watched over them, guiding them wordlessly. However there was no strictness about it. There were no rules that everyone must meditate at a given time or in a certain manner. Sometimes the accommodation was difficult to find. It was never a residential ashram in the usual sense. However a large dormitory was constructed where men could spread their bedding in the floor. There were also few private rooms for the guests. But all these proved insufficient and was no help to women. They were not allowed to stay overnight in the Ashram premises. Number of devotees built their houses round about and thus a housing estate grew up. Sahdus made a colony near the Ashram and lived in caves and small cabins. A Maharaja donated a guesthouse. In spite of all this, the difficulties in finding the accommodation continued.

All of this suddenly changed in 1950. After a long and wasting illness the Maharshi attained Maha Samadhi. The crowds of devotees detached from the Ashram and it seemed for a while that the Ashram might come to an end or survive only as a leftover. On the contrary to what was feared there was no feeling of void. It never had that atmosphere.

The power of his presence was not seemed to have been withdrawn but became more powerful than ever. The grace was such that the people who were there didn’t felt any sadness. There was nothing to lament for or no sense of loss, privation or poverty. More and more people came to know and feel about Maharshi’s continued presence at Sri Ramanasramam. Those devotees who had left revisited. The flow of the visitors restarted. It was recalled that Maharshi himself had given many signs of his prolonged presence. In approving a will that is drawn up, he stated that the ashram would continue as a spiritual centre. Shortly ahead of his death, he said, “they say that I am going, but where could I go? I am here”.

On the other hand this was purely metaphysical statement. The sage who has realized his identitywith the universal self, there is no coming or going, no chance or becoming, no here or there, only the changeless here and now. And yet his words had physical connotations as well. They applied to his Ashram at Thiruvannamalai. Maharshi had often said that only body travels but the self remains motionless. This was one aspect of the truth which comfort those who have not destined to go to Thiruvannamalai. But the other phase is not false that it is a great blessing to be able to go to sri Ramanashramam at the foot of the sacred Arulnachala mountain and those who come there will find the powerful spiritual help from there. While Sri Ramana is universal and always present in the hearts of the devotees who dedicated their lives to him, there is at the same time, that there will not be denying of the power to be concentrated at his Ashram at Thiruvannamalai.

There were other verifications of Sri Bhagavan’s continued presence. When some devotees complained about his leaving before his death, he answered cryptically: “You attach too much importance to the body”. The inference was obvious. The body was leaving them, but he was not. He would remain the Guru as before.

There is no spiritual head of the Ashram, no ancestry successor to Bhagavan in human appearance. The presence of the Maharshi is so deeply powerful. It was clear to all the devotees that the mighty impersonality that Ramana was the eternal Guru and presiding deity here. The spiritual instructions that he had left behind is absolute in every way and spiritual support comes from him. All that is needed is practice.

sarvadhikari died in January, 1953 and his son, T. N. Venkataraman, took over the management of the Ashram as President. In 1994, T. N. Venkataraman retired and, as enjoined by Bhagavan’s will, entrusted his eldest son, V. S. Ramanan, to serve as the Ashram President.]]> <![CDATA[Tiruvannamalai hotels near temple]]> http://tiruvannamalai.co.in/forum/Thread-Tiruvannamalai-hotels-near-temple Mon, 02 Aug 2010 10:51:53 +0000 http://tiruvannamalai.co.in/forum/Thread-Tiruvannamalai-hotels-near-temple Sri Sudharsana Residency
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Akshaya Sri Sai Dhiyana Sabai, Sai Baba Temple in Tiruvannamalai, An Excellent temple for Lord Shri Sai Baba has been located in Tiruvannamalai Girivalam Road, Tiruvannamalai.

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An Important Event on Guru Poornima day, Shri Guru Poornima Festival had taken place with the blessing of shirdi sai baba, many sai devoties participated in this event, annadhanam provided by his devotees

In this Function An Drawing Competition Taken Placed Results are awaiting.

Sri Sai baba blessings is always there for all his devotees.

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Akshaya Sri Sai Dhiyana Sabai, Sai Baba Temple in Tiruvannamalai, An Excellent temple for Lord Shri Sai Baba has been located in Tiruvannamalai Girivalam Road, Tiruvannamalai.

Recent News and Events:

An Important Event on Guru Poornima day, Shri Guru Poornima Festival had taken place with the blessing of shirdi sai baba, many sai devoties participated in this event, annadhanam provided by his devotees

In this Function An Drawing Competition Taken Placed Results are awaiting.

Sri Sai baba blessings is always there for all his devotees.

Devotee
Akshaya Sri Sai Dhiyana Sabai,
Tiruvannamalai]]> <![CDATA[You May ask Where is Tiruvannamalai, what is in Tiruvannamalai?]]> http://tiruvannamalai.co.in/forum/Thread-You-May-ask-Where-is-Tiruvannamalai-what-is-in-Tiruvannamalai Fri, 30 Jul 2010 20:10:59 +0000 http://tiruvannamalai.co.in/forum/Thread-You-May-ask-Where-is-Tiruvannamalai-what-is-in-Tiruvannamalai Tiruvannamalai

Tiruvannamalai is a pilgrimage town named Tiruvannamalai, its a district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is the headquarters of the Tiruvannamalai district. Tiruvannamalai is home to the Annamalaiyar Lord Shivan Temple located at the foot of the hill named Annamalai hill.

Tiruvannamalai has long been associated with many yogis and siddhars, and more recently the 20th century guru Ramana Maharshi.
Pilgrimage. Tiruvannamalai is one of the panchabhootasthalas representing the fire element along with Chidambaram, Sri Kalahasti, Thiruvanaikoil and Kanchipuram representing sky, air, water and earth respectively.

Four Brahmotsavams are celebrated every year, the most famous of which is the one celebrated during the Tamil month of Karthigai (November/December).

The ten day event culminates on the day of Karthigai Deepam. On that evening, a huge lamp is lit in a cauldron with three tons of ghee at the top of the Annamalai hill.

Every full moon night, lakhs of pilgrims worship Shiva by circumambulating the Arunachala hill barefoot. The circumambulation covers a distance of about 14 km.

On the yearly Chitra Powrnami (full moon) night in the Tamil calendar year, lakhs of pilgrims come from across the world to worship Him.

The height of the Arunachala, Annamalai, hill is approximately 1,600 feet.

Advaita Vedanta guru Ramana Maharshi lived in Thiruvannamalai for fifty three years until his death in 1950. His ashram, Ramanasramam, is located at the foot of the Arunachala hill, to the west of the town. Seshadri Swamigal and Yogi RamSurat Kumar are examples of two other gurus who lived in this city.

Do not take excess kumkum or Bhasma and finally put them on the wonderful carvings. These are very rare carvings and need to be preserved. Let the temple management know that the root cause is excess of the ash and kumkum and scratching this precious work with brush once in a while is not the solution and it harms the temple rather than saving it.
Architecture

The 11 tiered Towers East Rajagopuram towers to a height of 217 feet, while the fortified walls pierced with 4 gopura entrances offer a formidable look to this vast temple complex .

The Pei Gopuram, Tirumanjana Gopuram and Ammanaiammal gopuram are the other three. The 1000 pillared hall and the temple tank were built by Krishna Deva Rayarar of Vijayanagar. Each of the prakarams has a huge Nandi and several towers such as the Vallala Maharaja Gopuram and Kili Gopuram.

Geography
Thiruvannamalai is located at 12°132 N 79°042 E / 12.22, 79.07[4]. It has an average elevation of 171 metres (561 feet). Tiruvannamalai is situated 185 km from Chennai and 210 km from Bangalore.

Saathanoor Dam across Thenpennai River is a tourist place near Thiruvannamalai.

Thiruvannamalai Temple from the hill.

Demographics
As of 2001[update] India census[5], Thiruvannamalai had a population of 130,301. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. Thiruvannamalai has an average literacy rate of 74%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 81%, and female literacy is 68%. In Thiruvannamalai, 11% of the population is under 6 years of age. Hindu mudaliyar,vanniyar,adidravidar and naidu communities are the major livings.

Transport and travel to Tiruvannamalai

Thiruvannamalai is well connected to many cities and towns in Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh by road. This town lies on the junction of the Chittoor - Cuddalore state highway and the Puduchery - Bengalooru national highway (NH 66).

The TNSTC operates many bus services to the different towns and cities in Tamil Nadu.

Train
A railway line between Vellore and Villupuram passes through Thiruvannamalai, where passengers can board a passenger train to Vellore (up) or Villupuram (down) (traffic in this section is now closed for gauge conversion). The nearest major railway station is at Tindivanam (63 km).

Air
The nearest airport is at Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. 195 km's from chennai.]]> Tiruvannamalai

Tiruvannamalai is a pilgrimage town named Tiruvannamalai, its a district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is the headquarters of the Tiruvannamalai district. Tiruvannamalai is home to the Annamalaiyar Lord Shivan Temple located at the foot of the hill named Annamalai hill.

Tiruvannamalai has long been associated with many yogis and siddhars, and more recently the 20th century guru Ramana Maharshi.
Pilgrimage. Tiruvannamalai is one of the panchabhootasthalas representing the fire element along with Chidambaram, Sri Kalahasti, Thiruvanaikoil and Kanchipuram representing sky, air, water and earth respectively.

Four Brahmotsavams are celebrated every year, the most famous of which is the one celebrated during the Tamil month of Karthigai (November/December).

The ten day event culminates on the day of Karthigai Deepam. On that evening, a huge lamp is lit in a cauldron with three tons of ghee at the top of the Annamalai hill.

Every full moon night, lakhs of pilgrims worship Shiva by circumambulating the Arunachala hill barefoot. The circumambulation covers a distance of about 14 km.

On the yearly Chitra Powrnami (full moon) night in the Tamil calendar year, lakhs of pilgrims come from across the world to worship Him.

The height of the Arunachala, Annamalai, hill is approximately 1,600 feet.

Advaita Vedanta guru Ramana Maharshi lived in Thiruvannamalai for fifty three years until his death in 1950. His ashram, Ramanasramam, is located at the foot of the Arunachala hill, to the west of the town. Seshadri Swamigal and Yogi RamSurat Kumar are examples of two other gurus who lived in this city.

Do not take excess kumkum or Bhasma and finally put them on the wonderful carvings. These are very rare carvings and need to be preserved. Let the temple management know that the root cause is excess of the ash and kumkum and scratching this precious work with brush once in a while is not the solution and it harms the temple rather than saving it.
Architecture

The 11 tiered Towers East Rajagopuram towers to a height of 217 feet, while the fortified walls pierced with 4 gopura entrances offer a formidable look to this vast temple complex .

The Pei Gopuram, Tirumanjana Gopuram and Ammanaiammal gopuram are the other three. The 1000 pillared hall and the temple tank were built by Krishna Deva Rayarar of Vijayanagar. Each of the prakarams has a huge Nandi and several towers such as the Vallala Maharaja Gopuram and Kili Gopuram.

Geography
Thiruvannamalai is located at 12°132 N 79°042 E / 12.22, 79.07[4]. It has an average elevation of 171 metres (561 feet). Tiruvannamalai is situated 185 km from Chennai and 210 km from Bangalore.

Saathanoor Dam across Thenpennai River is a tourist place near Thiruvannamalai.

Thiruvannamalai Temple from the hill.

Demographics
As of 2001[update] India census[5], Thiruvannamalai had a population of 130,301. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. Thiruvannamalai has an average literacy rate of 74%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 81%, and female literacy is 68%. In Thiruvannamalai, 11% of the population is under 6 years of age. Hindu mudaliyar,vanniyar,adidravidar and naidu communities are the major livings.

Transport and travel to Tiruvannamalai

Thiruvannamalai is well connected to many cities and towns in Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh by road. This town lies on the junction of the Chittoor - Cuddalore state highway and the Puduchery - Bengalooru national highway (NH 66).

The TNSTC operates many bus services to the different towns and cities in Tamil Nadu.

Train
A railway line between Vellore and Villupuram passes through Thiruvannamalai, where passengers can board a passenger train to Vellore (up) or Villupuram (down) (traffic in this section is now closed for gauge conversion). The nearest major railway station is at Tindivanam (63 km).

Air
The nearest airport is at Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. 195 km's from chennai.]]> <![CDATA[Meditate and get the reward in forms of joy and happiness]]> http://tiruvannamalai.co.in/forum/Thread-Meditate-and-get-the-reward-in-forms-of-joy-and-happiness Fri, 30 Jul 2010 19:53:42 +0000 http://tiruvannamalai.co.in/forum/Thread-Meditate-and-get-the-reward-in-forms-of-joy-and-happiness
You feel uneasy and think something is missing from your life if you do not meditate on any particular day. When you start your day with meditation, the peace and joy generated last with you whole day whatever the nature of your activities.

It is like taking a healthy and nourishing diet before the start of a strenuous and stressful routine of the day.

Meditation enables you to become aware of your inner resources of joy and peace. You can tap them whenever you feel stressed and worried. You acquire a habit of detached observation. So if something wrong and irritating happens in course of your day, you can view it as a detached observer. You learn to understand the monkey tricks of your mind. You thus get an inner poise that ultimately percolates into your daily life. The peace and joy that you acquire become infectious to those around you. In this way you try to make the whole environment happy and peaceful.

Although meditation is a great tool for relaxation and peace of mind, it can become a path for our spiritual quest for the ultimate spiritual goal of self-enlightenment and God realization or nirvana. Meditation may help us overcome our ego and body consciousness which are the main causes of most of human suffering, tensions, conflicts at personal and larger levels. Meditation helps us understand that our real nature is an integral part of the divine or transcendental consciousness.

Scientific studies have conclusively proved the benefits of meditation for our mind and body. According to search results released by the University of Wisconsin-Madison, meditation has been shown to produce lasting beneficial changes in immune-system function as well as brain electrical activity. “Researchers found about 50 percent more electrical activity in the left frontal regions of the brains of the meditators. Other research has showed that part of the brain is associated with positive emotions and anxiety reduction."]]>
You feel uneasy and think something is missing from your life if you do not meditate on any particular day. When you start your day with meditation, the peace and joy generated last with you whole day whatever the nature of your activities.

It is like taking a healthy and nourishing diet before the start of a strenuous and stressful routine of the day.

Meditation enables you to become aware of your inner resources of joy and peace. You can tap them whenever you feel stressed and worried. You acquire a habit of detached observation. So if something wrong and irritating happens in course of your day, you can view it as a detached observer. You learn to understand the monkey tricks of your mind. You thus get an inner poise that ultimately percolates into your daily life. The peace and joy that you acquire become infectious to those around you. In this way you try to make the whole environment happy and peaceful.

Although meditation is a great tool for relaxation and peace of mind, it can become a path for our spiritual quest for the ultimate spiritual goal of self-enlightenment and God realization or nirvana. Meditation may help us overcome our ego and body consciousness which are the main causes of most of human suffering, tensions, conflicts at personal and larger levels. Meditation helps us understand that our real nature is an integral part of the divine or transcendental consciousness.

Scientific studies have conclusively proved the benefits of meditation for our mind and body. According to search results released by the University of Wisconsin-Madison, meditation has been shown to produce lasting beneficial changes in immune-system function as well as brain electrical activity. “Researchers found about 50 percent more electrical activity in the left frontal regions of the brains of the meditators. Other research has showed that part of the brain is associated with positive emotions and anxiety reduction."]]> <![CDATA[Buddhist breath meditation]]> http://tiruvannamalai.co.in/forum/Thread-Buddhist-breath-meditation Fri, 30 Jul 2010 19:51:53 +0000 http://tiruvannamalai.co.in/forum/Thread-Buddhist-breath-meditation
To begin with, inhale the breath sensation at the base of the skull and let it flow all the way down the spine. Then, if you are male, let it spread down your right leg to the sole of your foot, to the ends of your toes, and out into the air. Inhale the breath sensation at the base of the skull again and let it spread down your spine, down your left leg to the ends of your toes and out into the air. (If you are female, begin with the left side first, because the male and female nervous systems are different.)

Then let the breath from the base of the skull spread down over both shoulders, past your elbows and wrists, to the tips of your fingers and out into the air.

Let the breath at the base of the throat spread down the central nerve at the front of the body, past the lungs and liver, all the way down to the bladder and colon.

Inhale the breath right at the middle of the chest and let it go all the way down to your intestines.

Let all these breath sensations spread so that they connect and flow together, and you'll feel a greatly improved sense of well-being.]]>
To begin with, inhale the breath sensation at the base of the skull and let it flow all the way down the spine. Then, if you are male, let it spread down your right leg to the sole of your foot, to the ends of your toes, and out into the air. Inhale the breath sensation at the base of the skull again and let it spread down your spine, down your left leg to the ends of your toes and out into the air. (If you are female, begin with the left side first, because the male and female nervous systems are different.)

Then let the breath from the base of the skull spread down over both shoulders, past your elbows and wrists, to the tips of your fingers and out into the air.

Let the breath at the base of the throat spread down the central nerve at the front of the body, past the lungs and liver, all the way down to the bladder and colon.

Inhale the breath right at the middle of the chest and let it go all the way down to your intestines.

Let all these breath sensations spread so that they connect and flow together, and you'll feel a greatly improved sense of well-being.]]> <![CDATA[Spiritual Benefits of Meditation]]> http://tiruvannamalai.co.in/forum/Thread-Spiritual-Benefits-of-Meditation Fri, 30 Jul 2010 19:48:58 +0000 http://tiruvannamalai.co.in/forum/Thread-Spiritual-Benefits-of-Meditation
Dr. Borysenko has observed that many are most interested in meditation as a way of becoming more attuned to the spiritual dimension of life. She reports that many die "healed," in a state of compassionate self-awareness and self-acceptance.

Meditation is path to became a spiritual,meditation is nothing but to find yourself many people says that to find the god, yes this god is nothing but you are in pure form,and hence the meditation is nothing but to vanish the impurity in yourself, by concentrating your mind from those thoughts which are pushing to you towards frustrations & depressions ,in meditation you go dipper dipper & dipper goes inside & your thought vibrations will be then slower & slower it affects on your whole body your breathing will be very slow & very relax, at this stage you will take lots of oxygen in your body, in this stage you will take only positivity which is present in your surroundings,&then you became a positive person &your thoughts will also positive,& you will fill very relax, this whole process is called spiritual personality.]]>
Dr. Borysenko has observed that many are most interested in meditation as a way of becoming more attuned to the spiritual dimension of life. She reports that many die "healed," in a state of compassionate self-awareness and self-acceptance.

Meditation is path to became a spiritual,meditation is nothing but to find yourself many people says that to find the god, yes this god is nothing but you are in pure form,and hence the meditation is nothing but to vanish the impurity in yourself, by concentrating your mind from those thoughts which are pushing to you towards frustrations & depressions ,in meditation you go dipper dipper & dipper goes inside & your thought vibrations will be then slower & slower it affects on your whole body your breathing will be very slow & very relax, at this stage you will take lots of oxygen in your body, in this stage you will take only positivity which is present in your surroundings,&then you became a positive person &your thoughts will also positive,& you will fill very relax, this whole process is called spiritual personality.]]> <![CDATA[What is meditation?]]> http://tiruvannamalai.co.in/forum/Thread-What-is-meditation Fri, 30 Jul 2010 19:46:19 +0000 http://tiruvannamalai.co.in/forum/Thread-What-is-meditation
To meditate is to turn inwards, to concentrate on the inner self. The entire process of meditation usually entails the three stages of concentration (dharana), meditation (dhyana) and enlightenment or absorption (samadhi). The individual preparing to meditate usually starts off by harnessing his awareness, such as focussing his mind onto a certain object. Once attention gets engaged, concentration turns into meditation or dhyana. And through continuous meditation, the meditator merges with the object of concentration, which might either be the present moment or the Divine Entity.

In some branches of Indian philosopohy, direct perception from the inner self (mana) together with perception that is filtered through the five senses (pancha indriya) form a part of their valid epistemology (pratyaksha jnana). And this self-realization or self-awareness (as popularized by Paramahansa Yogananda), is nothing but the knowledge of the \"pure being\"—the Self. Humanity is increasingly turning towards various meditative techniques in order to cope with the increasing stress of modern-day lifestyles.

Unable to locate stability in the outside world, people have directed their gaze inwards in a bid to attain peace of mind. Modern psychotherapists have begun to discover various therapeutic benefits of meditation practices.

The state of relaxation and the altered state of consciousness—both induced by meditation—are especially effective in psychotherapy. But more than anything else, meditation is being used as a personal growth device these days—for inculcating a more positive attitude towards life at large. Meditation is not necessarily a religious practice, but because of its spiritual element it forms an integral part of most religions.

And even though the basic objective of most meditation styles remain the same and are performed in a state of inner and outer stillness, they all vary according to the specific religious framework within which they are placed. Preparation, posture, length of period of meditation, particular verbal or visual elements—all contribute to the various forms of meditation. Some of the more popular methods are, Transcendental Meditation, yoga nidra, vipassana and mindfulness meditation.]]>
To meditate is to turn inwards, to concentrate on the inner self. The entire process of meditation usually entails the three stages of concentration (dharana), meditation (dhyana) and enlightenment or absorption (samadhi). The individual preparing to meditate usually starts off by harnessing his awareness, such as focussing his mind onto a certain object. Once attention gets engaged, concentration turns into meditation or dhyana. And through continuous meditation, the meditator merges with the object of concentration, which might either be the present moment or the Divine Entity.

In some branches of Indian philosopohy, direct perception from the inner self (mana) together with perception that is filtered through the five senses (pancha indriya) form a part of their valid epistemology (pratyaksha jnana). And this self-realization or self-awareness (as popularized by Paramahansa Yogananda), is nothing but the knowledge of the \"pure being\"—the Self. Humanity is increasingly turning towards various meditative techniques in order to cope with the increasing stress of modern-day lifestyles.

Unable to locate stability in the outside world, people have directed their gaze inwards in a bid to attain peace of mind. Modern psychotherapists have begun to discover various therapeutic benefits of meditation practices.

The state of relaxation and the altered state of consciousness—both induced by meditation—are especially effective in psychotherapy. But more than anything else, meditation is being used as a personal growth device these days—for inculcating a more positive attitude towards life at large. Meditation is not necessarily a religious practice, but because of its spiritual element it forms an integral part of most religions.

And even though the basic objective of most meditation styles remain the same and are performed in a state of inner and outer stillness, they all vary according to the specific religious framework within which they are placed. Preparation, posture, length of period of meditation, particular verbal or visual elements—all contribute to the various forms of meditation. Some of the more popular methods are, Transcendental Meditation, yoga nidra, vipassana and mindfulness meditation.]]>