Tyrst

Kirthimukham as the name symbolises "kirthi" means fame and Mukham means face. We can always spot kirthikmukham on Prabhavalli, the decorative arch which is placed around the statues of Gods and Goddess. kiritimukham is a lion faced demon with huge bulging eyes with a open mouth diclosing its sharp teeth and tongue.  who is seen to be putting his claws into his mouth. A long time ago, there was a king by the name Jalandhara  who ruled over the sea. Jalandhara birth story is associated with shiva. Once Lord Indra was very proud that he was most powerful God in the heaven and King of Devas . He was vain full and boast  and was afraid that people had forgotten him and started worshiping the Trimurthis. He was  miffed that people worshiped Shiva, the Destroyer and was jealous about it. He  marched towards Kailash with his Guru, Brihaspathi. Shiva knew about Indra arrival on Kailash and disguied himself as one of his Ganas. Indra approached Shiva who was disguised...

Nallathanga (15 th Century) In Virudunagar, Arjunapuram village lived Ramalinga Raja along with his wife Indrani.They had no issues so they took the counsel of wise men and rishi’s. Rishi’s asked them to move to forest and do penance to Lord shiva to begot good children. The couple moved to the forest and did penance and after sometime Lord shiva was pleased with their devoution and rewarded them with a beautiful son. He was named Nallathambhi and after few years Indrani gave birth to a pretty girl child who was named Nallathangal.Ramalinga raja and Indrani was happy to have a boy and girl and gave lot of gifts to the poor. “Ambalathukku oru aanu aadikilaiku oru pennum rombha santhosam ayutanga danam dharmam seithu santhosa patargal” Nallathambhi was trained in warfare while Nallathangal got trained in dance and music. Nallathambhi reached the marriageable age and was married to Kunthala Raja’s daughter Alankari by his parents. Nallathambhi loved his sister very much. Alank...

Flowers bloom and wither, holding on to it would only bring you and others pain! Holding on to memories will hurt you if others have moved on ..