Thiruvilaiyadal Puranam Miracles of Siva

Thiruvilaiyadal Puranam Miracles of Siva

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Book Specification

Item Code: NAN051
Publisher: Kalakshetra Publications, Chennai
Language: English
Edition: 2003
Pages: 168 (Throughout Color Illustrations)
Cover: Paperback
Other Details 9.5 inch x 7.0 inch
Weight 360 gm

Book Description

About the Book

Lord Siva known as Somasundara at the Madurai temple and the consort of goddess of Meenakshi, the crown princess of the Pandya kingdom, had enacted several miracles to save His devotees when they were faced with unsurmountable problems or to make known to the world the depth of their devotion to the Lord. Madurai, a major city in Tamil Nadu today, was the ancient capital of the Pandya kingdom; and today it continues to be a major pilgrimage centre, known for the architectural features of the temple and the beautiful sculptures, which adorn the structure.

The most important 64 miracles of Lord Siva were written down in Tamil by Paranjothi Adigal as “Thiruvilayadal Puranam”. Paranjothi Adigal was an army chieftain of the Pallava emperors and later gave it up to devote his time in the service of Lord Siva and His devotees. This Puranam also includes the appearance by baby Tadatakai (Meenakshi) from the sacrificial fire and her valourous exploits until she met Lord Siva. Like any other ancient stories events these miracles have been retold any number of times by different writers. Now for the benefit of youngers and even older people, who may not be familiar with these stories, they have been rewritten in simple English by Mr. N. Raghavan and Ms Lakshmi Venkaraman and published by Kalakshetra Publications. The colourful illustrations are by artist ‘Subha’.

Contents

1 Revocation of the curse on Indra
2 Revocation of the curse on Indra's Elephant
3 Formation of Madurai
4 Birth of Princess Tadathakai
5 Wedding on Meenakshi
6 Divine Dance
7 Appeasement of Gundotharan's Hunger
8 Formation of Vaigai River
9 Bringing the seven seas to Madurai
10 Reappearance of Malayadhwajan from the Heavens
11 Birth of Ugra Pandya
12 Celestial Weapons for Ugravarman
13 Trident Stopping the Ocean Flood
14 Divine Discus Removing Indra's Crown
15 Subjugating the Mighty Mountain
16 Celestial Guru Teaching the Vedas
17 Divine Merchant
18 Drying up the seas sent by Varuna
19 Celestial clouds Protecting Madurai
20 Appearance of the Great Siddha Sage
21 Stone Elephant Feeding on Sugar Cane
22 Vanquishing the Rogue Elephant
23 Patriarch Turning into an infant
24 Dancing siva
25 Divine justice
26 Sinner turning a new leaf
27 The vanquishing sword
28 Extermination of the demon Serpent
29 The illusive cow
30 Lie Turning into truth
31 Divine Purse
32 Bangle Merchant
33 Study of the Eight Great Mystic Power
34 Changing Seal
35 Drinking water
36 Transmutations
37 Marauding Chola Drowning in a Pond
38 The ever Full Measure
39 Divine Advocate
40 Madurai Temple Becoming Sivaloka
41 Singing Lumber Jack
42 Divine Command
43 Floating Plank
44 Winning the Music contest
45 Suckling the orphaned Piglets
46 Pigs Becoming Ministers
47 Imparting Wisdom to the Black Bird
48 Stork Getting Salvation
49 Divine Snake's Survey
50 Divine Arrow
51 Sangappalagai
52 Gift of Gold to Darumi
53 Saving of Nakkeerar
54 Teaching Grammar to Nakkeerar
55 Dispute Among sangam poets
56 Solving the problem of Idaikadan
57 Tricky Shark
58 Thiruvadavooradigal
59 Turning the Foxes into Horses
60 Horses Becomes Foxes
61 Salvation for Vandi
62 Curing Pandya's Fever
63 Punishment for the jains
64 The three marriage witnesses
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