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Salem-Sri Sugavaneswara Swamy Temple
Salem-Sri Sugavaneswara Swamy Temple-3
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The temple is locatedon the banks of a river which is famous for having five important temples 'Panchaagra Natha' on its bank. These temples have 'Swayambu Linga' shrine.These five locations are :Salem-Sugavaneswara,Uthama Cholaburam -Karabunathar,Paramathipakkam Billur-Virateswara,Paramthi-Bheemeswaram Velurpakkam(Idaiyar)-Thiruvelinathar.It is the general belief that if a person visits all these five holy shrines and worships the deities, he gets relieved of all his sins and attains mukthi(liberation) in his life.
The historical facts about this place and its glory can can be gleaned from the Pavanasapurnam wrtten by poet Attavadhana Chokka linga.The Sukharanya Mahatmiyam in Sanskrit also contains referance about this holy place.The story goes like this.Once Lord Brahma was majestically seated seated in the midst of the twinkling stars in the sky.The sages were praising the glory of lord Brahma."Oh Lord,the inhabitants of all the worlds are assembled here and therefore this place the Heaven itself. You are capable of creating many worlds and who can recount your superior capabilities! Brahma told the gathering "This is not a surprise. In this universe, everything is in different form and no two things are alike. Excepting the creatures which are flying or crawling,all other beings are having different features. This is the beaut of my creations". Among those assembled in the huge gathering, Sage Suka was also here and he was a great devotee of Lord Siva. He was the off-spring of Vyasa and Thilothamai. He had the power of talking like a parrot. On hearing this extolling speach about Brahma, he rushed to Goddess Saraswathi and recounted what was told in the court of Brahma.
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The historical facts about this place and its glory can can be gleaned from the Pavanasapurnam wrtten by poet Attavadhana Chokka linga.The Sukharanya Mahatmiyam in Sanskrit also contains referance about this holy place.The story goes like this.Once Lord Brahma was majestically seated seated in the midst of the twinkling stars in the sky.The sages were praising the glory of lord Brahma."Oh Lord,the inhabitants of all the worlds are assembled here and therefore this place the Heaven itself. You are capable of creating many worlds and who can recount your superior capabilities! Brahma told the gathering "This is not a surprise. In this universe, everything is in different form and no two things are alike. Excepting the creatures which are flying or crawling,all other beings are having different features. This is the beaut of my creations". Among those assembled in the huge gathering, Sage Suka was also here and he was a great devotee of Lord Siva. He was the off-spring of Vyasa and Thilothamai. He had the power of talking like a parrot. On hearing this extolling speach about Brahma, he rushed to Goddess Saraswathi and recounted what was told in the court of Brahma.
To be continued
