For Brahma one day is calculated  as four chathur yugas multiplied by two thousand. (There are four yugas such as kritha yuga17,28,000 man years Thtetha yuga 12,96,000 man years Dwabara yuga 8,64,000 man years and Kali yuga ... More

Shivalingam has got a unique speciality. If there is a face for Shiva lingam it is called Muga lingam. There are four types of Muga lingams. They are AAtyam, Anatyam, Surettiyam, Sarva samam. In this AAtyam has 1001 lingams in ... More

He who appears with matted head (jada mudi in tamil)has five faces. He has ten hands i.e., two for each head. On His Left hand He has trident(tirisoolam in tamil)and axe(Mazhu in tamil), a sword and beeja pooragam. Another hand ... More

He resides at Mount Kailas. He has twenty five heads and fifty hands. Hence we call him Maha Sada Shiva Moorthi. In the same Mount Kailas there are twenty five Moorthi surrounding him. Further there are Ruthras, Siddhas  and ... More

At Mount Kailas Lord Siva is sitting with his consort in a seat(aasanam in tamil) made of gold and gems. Lord Shiva is the father for all the living beings in the world. Like wise Uma Devi is the Mother of all living beings in ... More

A thousand pillar mandapam which is decorated with sparkling  and sparkling Navarathnas(nine gems) is situated at Mount Kailas. In that mandapam at its center place Lord Shiva who is Jothi swaroopan {in the form of light) is ... More

0nce upon time Lord Brahma created by the power of his Tapas(Penance) four sons for the job of creation. But they went to the place where Tapas is done without caring to take up the job of creation. Then Brahma went to see Maha ... More

The tortures inflicted by Soorapadman wnt beyond limits  and reached zero tolerance point. Unable to bear the tortures all the celestials went appealesto Lord Shiva. They appealed to him that only by HIS (Lord Shiva0 son’s ... More

Dakshan was the son of Brahma. All the twenty seven stars are his daughters being to born to him. He got all of them married Moon. After some time eor quite some time Moon was very fond with all his wives. As days passed on His ... More

In Tamil YUGAM means a certain period of or certain number of years. There are four such yugas . They are  1) Krutha yuga comprising 17,28,000 years 2)Thretha yugam 12,96,000 years 3)Dwabara yugam 8,64,000 years and Kali ... More

A dispute arose between the two wives of Sage Kashyaba namely Karthru and Vinanthai as to who is more beautiful amon them. They approached the Sage Kashyaba with a condition the most beautiful amonf the two should imprison the ... More

The sages at Tarugavanam(taruga forests)  were telling that the Tapas(meditation) is the best and their wives were telling that chastity is the best and were living accordingly. Lord Shiva wanted to test them. Lord Shiva ... More

The celestials (Devas in tamil) without the assistance of Lord Shiva churned the ocean of Milk. They kept the Manthaara Mountain as  the churning stick(Maththu in tamil) and the snake Vasuki as rope and churned the ocean of ... More

Lord Shiva is an embodiment of Creation, Protection,Destruction, concealing , and blessing His three hands and two feet do the jobs of creation, protection,Destruction, concealing and blessing. How they are done? By the hand ... More

Having understood the importance of Tiruvalangadu, the sage Sunanda did penance to see the dance of Lord Shiva. At that time a snake in the hand of Lord Shiva bit the finger of Sunanda sage and so the poison was injected from the ... More