Sthala purana information

A sthala purana or sthala puranam (Sanskrit: स्थलपुराणम्, romanized: sthalapurāṇam, lit. 'regional history') refers to a religious account that recounts...

Puranas (/pʊˈrɑːnə/; Sanskrit: पुराण, purāṇa; literally meaning "ancient, old") are a vast genre of Hindu literature about a wide range of topics, particularly...

temple's original name in government records was Chinnambedu. As per Sthala Purana of Siruvapuri Sri Balasubrahmanyam temple, Lava and Kusa, sons of Lord...

devastating earthquake. This was however rebuilt by a local citizen. Kalika purana describes a Shakti peetha called Dikkara vasini. Dikkara vasini has two...

front of the temple. The greatness of this place is also recorded in a sthala-purana (a scripture specific to a pilgrimage centre). According to the scripture...

also told in the Sthala Purana related to the Chidambaram Temple dedicated to Shiva-Nataraja. Another legend from the Linga Purana says that the embrace...

the form of Mohini, came to the village and blessed them. There is a sthala purana that describes the dispute for "Tharadevi" (the wife of Devaguru) between...

Alagar Koyil in the north and Thirumohur in the east. According to the Sthala Purana for the Madurai Koodal Azhagar Temple, sage Romasa had installed the...

sacred mantrams, ringing the prayer bell, and sometimes by reciting the sthala purana (a regional Hindu legend that explains the significance of the temple)...

dedicated or related to this deva: Kameshwara Temple, in Aragalur. The Sthala purana indicates that Kamadeva woke up Shiva at this place. Kameshvara Temple...

Various Puranas and Ithihasas such as Ramayana and Mahabharata and have Significant Sthala Puranas based on the Ithihasas and Various Puranas of Hinduism...

worship. Hence, this place gets the name as Southadka. According to the sthala purana of Southadka, a Ganapati temple revered by a royal family was destroyed...

maithuna, ritual sexual union. Worship Kameshwara Temple, in Aragalur. The Sthala purana indicates that Kamadeva woke up Shiva at this place. Kameshvara Temple...

linked to the origin of the name Nellore. A mythological story from Sthala Purana depicts a lingam in the form of a stone under a Phyllanthus emblica...

Hinduism. Tamil literature, in tandem with Sanskrit literature and the Sthala puranas of temples, form a major source of information regarding Tamil mythology...

back to life after the marriage of Shiva and Parvati. According to Sthala Purana, Parvati (Pampa) pursued her ascetic, yogini lifestyle on Hemakuta Hill...

the "cosmic sounds of truth", heard by rishis. Sthala purana A regional account of a temple legend. Sthala Vriksha A sacred tree associated with a temple...

Tirupathi Anthathi by Divya Kavi Pillai Perumal Aiyangar and Koodal Sthala Purana. Koodal Purana details the origin of Vaigai river flowing through Madurai. It...

Tirupathi Anthathi by Divya Kavi Pillai Perumal Aiyangar and Koodal Sthala Purana.[citation needed] Tevaram, the 7th- or 8th-century Tamil compositions...

described in some of the regional legends of religious sites called the sthala puranas. Some of the best examples of such images include the twelve Jyotirlinga...

Government of Tamil Nadu. The place got the name of Suchindrum from the Sthala Purana. Hindu mythological legend has it that king of devas, Indra got relieved...

known as Lokeshavikrama, whom he adopts as his son, as described in a sthala purana. Vyaghrapada is also believed to be the founder of the famous Shiva...

Pampa, another name of goddess Parvati in Hindu theology. According to Sthala Purana, Parvati (Pampa) pursued her ascetic lifestyle to win over and bring...

paintings are Hindu gods, goddesses, and saints. Episodes from Hindu Puranas, Sthala-puranas and other religious texts were visualised, sketched or traced and...

Indian village named Kanthapura. The novel is narrated in the form of a Sthala Purana by an old woman of the village, Achakka. Dominant castes like Brahmins...