(Forwarded by a friend: This story has already made its rounds in a Tamil magazine).
Kumbakonam: At the Siva Temple in Thepperumanallur, large numbers of devotees witnessed a miracle of a Cobra doing
Archana for Siva Lingam with Vilvam leaves.
In Thanjavoor district of Tamil Nadu, near Thirunageswaram, there is a Siva Temple at Thepperumanallur.
Here Vedhanthanayagi [Sakthi] with Viswanathaswamy [Siva] are the main Deities.
In this Temple , it has been customary to do archana with Rudhraksha only.
Yesterday morning, just before Solar Eclipse, at about 10:30 AM Sivachariar Satish, priest of the Temple, noticed a Cobra lying on
top of the Siva Linga.
The snake slowly descended from there and went towards the Vilvam tree which is the Sthala Viruksham- Holy tree of the temple.
It climbed the tree and picked a Vilvam leaf and came back and entered the Sannadhi.
It hissed at any devotee trying to get near it.
It climbed onto the Siva Linga and opened it hood and dropped the Vilvam Leaf. This miracle was witnessed by all devotees who were excited.
Then the Cobra went again and again to do the same repeated two or three times.
As the news spread all over the village, hundreds of villagers rushed to the Temple to have the Darshan of this event of Cobra with Siva.
The Priest explained "It is doing the archana during the Solar Eclipse time to wash off its sins".
Great intresting pics,thanxs for sharing
Can't believe my eyes! But this is true!
Realy a great miracle!
thanks for sharing. i am also in thanjavur. i will try and visit there.
Looks like this snake is a "permanent" feature of the temple according to the following link, not just at the time of the eclipse. http://www.shaivam.org/siddhanta/th_tn_tj_perumalnallur.htm
See also for the CNN ireport here. http://www.ireport.com/docs/DOC-398345?ref=feeds%2Fhighestrated
This looks more like the garuDapakshi of tirukkazhukkunRam.
Regards! - mOhana
I think they finally managed to get some pictures the last time the snake did this puja. I'm yet to ask my sis-in-law about this, who lives in Thanjavur.
A personal quest: I'm in search of shlokas (Shivji's??) that pardons me from taking rebirth. If someone knows the answer, kindly take a minute to post here. :)
Lata, are you serious of not taking rebirth? Then, that generation will miss you very much from ikolam :)
I'll be long gone Brinda. Others would take my/our place. I never forget that I'm after all a mortal. :)
Ofcourse, nobody is immortal, but who knows what happens after the life!
There is this mahAmRtyunjaya stOtram supposed to have been written by mArkaMDEya in praise of God Siva. This in dEvanAgari script may be found at http://www.shaivam.org/ssk.htm
An abridged video of this may be found at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lgFTU37VCs0
But i don't think any of this is going to help :-) As they say jAtasya maraNaM dhruvam. Remember the story of kisA gautami and the Lord Buddha.
Regards! - mOhana
very interesting .Thanks for sharing lata.
It is very interesting and thrilling to see the photos.
Last week there was a TV report and may people who were interviewed said that this was a hoax.. Can anyone find out how much truth is in this??
that's interesting i didn't know this. about rebirth, if u say sivapuranam everyday they say no rebirth. u will be liberated. That's what i have heard.
thks for sharing and showing the pictures thks lata