SHIVA - THE COSMIC DANCER

  AmrithaGhateshwar Temple – Melakadambur – Cuddalore - Tamilnadu     ABSTRACT   The town of Kadambur or Thirukadambur was an important metropolis of the later Chola’s (848 -1279 CE) and reminds us of the historical Tamil Novel “PONNIYIN SELVAN” “Son of Ponni or River Kaveri” which talks about the early life of Arulmozhivarman or Raja Raja Chola l (947-1014CE),   by Shri kalki Krishnamurthy. The town is about 31 Km’s from Chidambaram, 6Km’s from kattumannarkoil and 7 kms from Veeranarayana lake or Veeranam lake built by Rajaditya Chola (907-955CE).The fort of Kadmabur is the place, where the Chieftains of the Cholas hatched a conspiracy to overthrow the rule of Sundara Chola and took an oath to make prince Maduranataka Chola the next King. It is here that Karikal Chola was assassinated. In this historical town is the twin temple of Amrithaghateshwarar   “God of the pot of Amritha or Nectar” in Mela kadambur known as the Indra Vimanam or Aeroplane of Indra and Rudrakoteeshwar

  Sundara Varadar Temple – Uththiramerur – Kanchipuram - Tamilnadu ABSTRACT The temple of Sundara Varadar in the town of Uthiramerur in kanchipuram in Tamilnadu, is unique, not only in terms of the number of Vishnu murthy’s in one temple, but three different posture of Vishnu under one roof. Furthermore, the architecture of the temple in the form of a Vimana, which surprisingly contains Vishnu idols in the Devakoshtha, against the known norm of a Vaishnava temple, is very unique and leaves one awestruck.     INTRODUCTION The town of Uthiramerur in kanchipuram district of Tamilnadu is a great example of India being the first country in the world to adopt democracy about 1200 years ago. Inscriptions in the Vaikunthavasal perumal temple in Uththiramerur dated 920 century CE describes the entire process of public franchise by way of KUDAVOLAI or Volai (Palm Leaf) in a Kudam or Pot. Thus the town is historically acclaimed and renowned for the first ever democratic self-governan