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[2] [51] The cave where Ramana meditated is on the lower slopes of the Arunachala hills, with the Sri Ramana Ashrama further down at the foothills. [ 29 ] [ 52 ] The basement of the raised hall inside the temple has the Patala Lingam shrine underground in the temple, where Ramana attained supreme awareness while ants tried to eat his muscles ...
The Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments Department of the Government of Tamil Nadu manages and controls the temple administration within the state. The Tamil Nadu Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments Act XXII of 1959 controls 36,425 temples, 56 mathas or religious orders (and 47 temples belonging to mathas), 1,721 specific endowments and 189 trusts.
Each ritual comprises four steps: abhisheka (sacred bath), alangaram (decoration), neivethanam (food offering) and deepa aradanai (waving of lamps) for both Annamalaiyar and Unnamulai Amman. The worship is held amidst music with nagaswaram (pipe instrument) and tavil (percussion instrument), religious instructions in the Vedas (sacred text ...
Thiruvannamalai District (previously known as Central Arcot, Tiruvannamalai Sambhuvarayar District) [2] is the second largest district in Tamil Nadu by area after Dindigul District and one of the 38 districts in the state of Tamil Nadu, in South India.
Adi Annamalaiyar Temple [1] is a Siva temple in Adi Annamalai in Tiruvannamalai district in Tamil Nadu (India). This temple is in fact older than the “big” (Arunachaleshwar/ Annamalaiyar) temple in Tiruvannamalai. Like the lingam in the big temple, the lingam in the Adi Annamalai temple is also a swayambhu (self generated) lingam. [2] [3] [4]
Tiruvannamalai railway station (station code: TNM) is an NSG–5 category Indian railway station in Tiruchirappalli railway division of Southern Railway zone. [2] It is a station of the Indian Railways system, station code TNM. [3] It serves the city of Tiruvannamalai in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. The most notable place is the Annamalaiyar ...
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English: A Hindu temple dedicated to the deity Shiva covers 10 hectares, and is one of the largest in India. It houses four gateway towers, gopurams. The tallest tower has 11 stories and a height of 66 metres, making it one of the tallest temple towers in India.