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Om Arunachala – Thiruvannamalai shri annamalaiyar house of god elements is the capital of Saivism and saiva cult is a world apprehended. The South Indian The nature of a god 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). And the earth is formed by five basic elements namely.

Five basic elements :- Land, Water, Fire, Air, Ether (Our Ancestors)

These are called as “Pancha Boothas” and associated them with five sacred places for worshiping Lord Siva and the center of these five elements for Fire is identified. ATHARA STHALAM.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 place is one among them. The significance of this place is that by mere remembrance of Lord Arunachaleswarar at this place gives salvation to all souls (Ninaithale Mukthi).

Thirvannamalai Saints:- Tharum Thiruthalam, Thirugnana Sambandar, Thirunavukkarasar, Sundarar.

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Mahan and Siddhars:-  They are the famous purnic Saint poets and all of them prayed Lord and have composed divine poems, Saint Manickavasagar had lived for long period and had composed Thiruvempavai 20 and Thiruvammanai. Even today there is a place for Saint Manickavasagar on the girivalam path at a place named Adi-Annamalai. name called as Thirumurai Thalam. There are 275 sacred places (Lord Siva) 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 ).

Thiruvannamalai is the “Manipooraga Sthalam“, which is one among six athara sthalams. and so sacred that even Gods, and celestials offered their prayers.

Tradition has it that:- Sun, Moon, Eight Vasus, Brama, Vishnu.

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

The honour of providing an abode for saints such as:-

Vitpatchathevar, Gugai Namachivayar, Guru Namachivayar, Deivasigamani, Arunachala Desikar, Mahan Seshadri Swamigal, Bagawan Ramana Maharishi, Sri Yogi Ram Surathkumar,

Shri Annamalaiyar House of God seen from the Thiruvannamalai hill :- The view of house of god 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 Shiva attained the mountain roopam and enlightened as a dense volume of fire.The Lord Shiva is Fire here in hill as deepam (lighting). The holy place 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 was merely a small isolated. This shrine 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. Thiruvannamalai Temple outer area is 465 meters long and 225 meters wide as per the dating from the 16thCentury.

The alterations have continued up till now inside the walls and can expect more to come in future also. This holy place of Lord 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.

Thiruvannaalai  – The Grand Entrance of the holy place (Raja Gopuram):- The eastern entrance gopuram is the main entrance of the place of worship. 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 gopuram (tower) is 54 meters high with pyramid shaped made of stucco-coated bricks has massive stone at its base… 

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