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Essay name: Sucindrasthala-mahatmya (critical edition and study)

Author: Anand Dilip Raj
Affiliation: University of Kerala / Department of Sanskrit

The essay studies in English the Sucindrasthala-mahatmya which represents a significant Sthalamahatmya from South India detailing the origins and development of the Trimurti temple at Suchindram in Tamil Nadu. The study reveals its legends, customs, and religious practices.

Chapter 3 - Suchindram temple and other places and rivers mentioned

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41 (of 53)


External source: Shodhganga (Repository of Indian theses)


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result that the old temple had to be rebuilt in the present site. The rock has been venerated by Sakthi worshippers through the ages as a place for great spiritual efficacy of doing Sadhana . This might be the reason for Swamy Vivekananda to have an urgue to reach this place, plunging in to the sa, riding over the surging waves and swimming the distance of about 560 mtrs, in quest of the highest In his deep communion with the Divine mother, he attained the cherished fruit of his years of meditation. He received illumination, the highest experience of spiritual realisation. It was in the fitness of things that in memory of the great event in Swamiji s life, people all over the nation, aspired to raise a grand memorial at the spot. The memorial for which Thiru S.K. Achari is the sthapathi, is a blend of all architectural styles of India, was inaugurated on September 1970, by then president of India, Sri V.V. Giri. Recently a huge statue of Thiruvalluvar the great saint and author of Thirukkural has been erected near the Vivekananda memorial. औषधशैल [ṣaś ] The 18th chapter of शुचीन्द्रस्थलमाहात्म्य [śܳīԻٳ󲹱ٳⲹ ] describes about औषधशैल. [ṣaś. ] The famous story of Ramayana is associated with the 3tqurta The is locally known as Maruthvamalai is situated at a distance of 5 kilometers east of Sucindram near NH 47. Maruthvamalai or Marunthuvazhamalai means the abode of medicinal plants in Tamil; form part of western ghat. 112

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