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Consecration of Kasi temple

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Ganga’s sanctifying powers

The stories in the puranas are indicative of the transcendental spiritual aspect inhering in all aspects of creation. Suka’s elaborate description of the descent of Ganga reveals the exceptional sanctifying powers of this river that is believed to have its source be in a region that is beyond the limits of the cosmos, pointed out Dr. Sudha Seshaiyan in a discourse. There is frequent mention of the glory of Trivikrama in the Upanishads. It brings to mind the story of how Mahavishnu takes the form

Selfless devotion

Karma, jnana and bhakti are paths to realise the Supreme Brahman and involve intense and earnest search for the reality of the self. For none can escape the effect of Maya which is seen not only in the way the divine presence is hidden from human perception, but also in creating a wrong understanding of the values of the material world, pointed out Srimati Kausalya Sivakumar in a discourse. Among these paths, bhakti fostered by worship of the Divine Mother is shown to be more efficacious for it

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Another Pushkaram centre Sanctity of Kurukkuturai

The Kurukkuturai Ghat of the Tamiraparani, the other centre for Pushkaram, is where people gather to perform rituals round the year. Located close to the river, the Murugan temple here goes under water during monsoon. Legend has it that the stone for the Tiruchendur Subramanya idol was sourced here. When the Swaminatha Swamy temple (Uttara Swami Malai) in New Delhi was built, the stone for the Moolavar was taken from Kurukkuturai with the consent of Dharmapuram Adeenam and the blessings of

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