Har Har Mahadev - on occasion of Mahashivratri a thread on a fascinating fact - 8 old Shiva temples are in the same longitude 79 degree
•Kedarnath
•Kalahashti
•Ekambaranatha
•Thiruvanamalai
•Thiruvanaikaval
•Chidambaram Nataraja
•Rameshwaram
•Kaleshwaram
•Kedarnath
•Kalahashti
•Ekambaranatha
•Thiruvanamalai
•Thiruvanaikaval
•Chidambaram Nataraja
•Rameshwaram
•Kaleshwaram
Kedarnath - in the Uttarakhand Himalayas, said to be Adi Sankara’s resting place. The highest jyotirling
Kalahashti in Andhra is known as Kailas of the South. Original construction 5th century with Chola kings adding outer section in 12th century.
The Ekambareswarar temple in Kanchi has numerous shrines, with those of Ekambareswarar and Nilathingal Thundam Perumal being the most prominent. The temple complex houses many halls; the most notable is the thousand-pillared hall built during the VIjayanagara empire
Arunachalesvara temple - Tamil Nad.
Jambukeswarar Temple, Thiruvanaikaval in Tiruchirapalli (Trichy) district, in the state of Tamil Nadu, India. Kocengannan Cholan one of the Early Cholas, have built this temple. It is located in the Srirangam island, which has the famous Ranganathaswamy temple.
Ramanathaswamy Shiva temple is located on Rameswaram island in the state of Tamil Nadu, India. It is also one of the twelve Jyotirlinga.
Kaleshwaram temple in Telangana
Other that this interesting 8 temples on same longitude - there are 12 Jyotirlingas in India are Somnath, Nageshwar, Bhimashankar, Trimbakeshwar, Grishneshwar, Vaidyanath, Mahakaleshwar, Omkareshwar, Kashi Vishwanath, Kedarnath, Rameshwaram, and Mallikarjuna.
Additionally there is also a concept of atma-linga with a very interesting story of Ganesha & Ravana with several temples having pieces of Atma linga - we will cover this in a separate thread.
The following is said in Taittiriya Aranyaka 10.13.2.7 on atma linga in our body
Adho Nistya Vitastyante Nabhyamupari Tisthati
Jvalamalakulam Bhati Visvasyayatanam mahat
Below the throat, above navel by the heart is the seat of the manifestation of pure consciousness. 🙏🏼🙏🏼
Adho Nistya Vitastyante Nabhyamupari Tisthati
Jvalamalakulam Bhati Visvasyayatanam mahat
Below the throat, above navel by the heart is the seat of the manifestation of pure consciousness. 🙏🏼🙏🏼
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