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Now you’re seeing ayyarmalai, this is the primary temple among the ones in the region of southern region of Kaveri riverbeds
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this may looks small but has a big history and
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it's 1500 years old and you can reach it by crossing just 1000 steps
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it's 40 kms from Karur and 44 Kms from Trichy
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the path we need to cross is so simple
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they say that if we pray in the karuppannaswamy temple at the foothill by locking a paddle lock and
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throwing the key in the nearby pond will fulfil your wishes
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this hill is 1178 ft high from sea level
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it has one hall with 100 pillars and it’s believed that the people who has their wedding ceremony here will have long lasting relationship
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we'll see about this 1500 years old saivaite temple
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let's dive into the video
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now you're seeing the
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foothill temple of ayyarmalai
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this place also called as the 100 pillar hall
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it has shrines of Ganesh, karuppannasaamy, Lord perumal and Dandhayudhabani
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if you can’t reach the top hill to worship
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you can worship here and get the blessings
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to get their prayers fulfilled people will lock a paddle lock here
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and will throw the key in the nearby pond
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they believe it will make their prayers become true
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you may saw the drone shots
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we're sitting in the 100 pillars hall and
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way to ayyarmalai is behind us and it's a small hill only
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if you're new to trekking
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ayyarmalai is beginner friendly for you
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you may saw those paddle locks and they're doing this for their prayers
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we'll start our trekking from here and the time is 12.45
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so you may saw our travel from tanjore and it took some time
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we'll learn the things while climbing, let's go
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"Divine music"
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this is the spot where the trekking starts and
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we'll climb via this path and many halls are there
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there is one big rock similar to one in Mahabalipuram
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and we also have this mischievous monkeys
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one is looking up from there and maybe jump on me!
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we'll see how is our path
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the name of the big rock is "saguna kundru"
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it got the name because people will check for positive signals(sagunam) before starting anything here
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we're sitting under this big rock
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and there are some foot imprints in the ground
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after finishing youre prayers
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people will mark their footprints
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it looks good with paint marks and there are many small ones here
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"Divine music"
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there is one shrine with 3.5 rooms
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in there we have idols of appar, sundarar, thiru gnanasammandhar and maanikka vaasagar
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and there is a 30 ft pole made of stone in the path
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this place is called as "kambathadi karuppu"
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there are many white threads can be seen here because
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people will tie those to get rid of any evil and bad black magic
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this is one of the belief the people have about this place
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They also done testing for cable car for people who can’t climb
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it will be opened soon and it will aid people can’t climb
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let's go guys, this is the way we need to go
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"divine music"
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we need to climb 1000 steps only to reach the temple
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it may look simple but it also have some difficulties
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we're at the 4th all in this steps of the hill
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they have this shelter on every 10 metres
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so no worries about sun or rain and
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the height is 1112 mtrs and we need to climb 1000 steps
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so it's beginners friendly trekking
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"divine music"
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size is so small copared to other hills
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but it has a big history - totally there are 274 temples and 100+ in the southern river bed of Kaveri
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- this is one of the primary temple among them
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The primary name of this temple is Thiruvadamboki,
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Lord shiva is in his Linga form here and we're going to see him
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I can see the temple from here but still we need to walk some distance
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it's so steep and we saw one old lady walking here and that made us inspired
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I guess they're having some kind of festival down there as we can here the audio from here also
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the effect of the sun is comparatively low from the ground and
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it's so steep and in future
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it will be easier to access if they implement that cable car
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you can see one pond there that's where you’ll throw the key after prayingto karuppasaamy
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it's believed to make your prayeers come true and it happened for many
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this hill looked huge from main road, still this small hill looks cute
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"divine music"
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dude went to his fort like a king
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we're sitting in their boundary, the next hall is there
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Dhanush told me to sit here for a while
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- Like Buddha's bodhi tree I got this one with many rocks
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he always notices these kind of resting spots in the mountains
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we're relaxing here and this place is so chill
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- you can learn many things from the forest while sitting like this
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- like many sounds, incidents such as some specific insect may run under your feet
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- you may notice that insect much closer
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- and time will pass like this
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"divine music"
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while climbing the hill on the right side
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we observed places where sages will do dhyana
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we can also see some small water tanks
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those tanks are to save water
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that's to satisfy the water needs of the birds and
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animals here like monkeys and birds like sparrows
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will use this tank and they carved on the edges of the rocks
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I thought that's for water but it's to light candles during festives
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so they're having that for the benefit of that
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we crossed half the mark and you can notice that by seeing the 'saptha kanya temple cave' on left side
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this place looks like one big rock has been cut into half
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you can find the statues of 'saptha kannis' with lord ganesh and
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amman statue and people will see this place with a wow and
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they will worship this idols also
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we reached near the temple and
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I have not maintained the count of the halls and we can see that from the top
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so we can count,
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monkeys are sitting here after having a great sleep, they always looks sleepy
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they're snoaring like us too
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each shelter has been donated by individuals which they captured in these stone carvings
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last climbing
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we will proceed after worshipping lord ganesh here
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which is the custom in all temples
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this temple also follows the same tradition
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"divine music"
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this entrance looks like we're entering into a king's fort look at here
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two rocks looks terrific at the entrance
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looks like we're entering a fort
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if you have been here already do comment on how do you felt about the entrance
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because in my opinion it looks like a entrance of a fort
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"divine music"
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can you see, we're right at the entrance
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we will always have one mindset about temples
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b=this entrance is different from that
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we need to go up again to worship the lord
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this looks like a fort I guess it was used to be one
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I never thought it would look like this and
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I guess he will look more terrific
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this temple is surrounded by a small wall
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you need to cross this steps
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we can see the endpoint of the rope car
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I hope this is the alst hall and
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this shed will be the drop point for the cable car in the future
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if we haven’t had chats and small breaks we would have reached in 45 minutes
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that will be the maximum time
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this will be act as exit point for cable car
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we can see another hall up there
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one grandma was walking swiftky and advised us to walk fast without break
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this neem tree you can see is
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older than 100 years and we knew it from one old man
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then if we cross that tree we can see this hall
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the name of this hall is "chozhapureeswarar hall"
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it also have nandhi idol and it faces towards one amman idol
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name of the amman is "surumbar kuzhazhi amman"
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this hall aids
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pilgrims by being a resting shelter
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we can see old tamil manuscripts carved in the walls
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this was carved by Rajendhira chozha and Kulothunga chozha in 11th century
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these manuscripts tells about the charity this temple received
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and we're entering in the last hall of the temple
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as this is under the temple this hall got the name "kambattadhi mandapam"
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the leftside of this hall has
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statues of 63 naayanmars, it also have a nandhi statue alone
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I'll tell you why it was isolated at the end
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this place looks magical as it gives the feel of school
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like this side is where teacher teaches to students
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this place is like sitting place for the students and this place is very cold
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I can hear my echo and the temperatures are chill
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they have this gaps for ventilation
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the nandhi was all alone
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we'll complete a round trip to reach the temple
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the hill may looked small from down there
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after coming here we'll realise how big the temple is,
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we started to climb for the shrine, this is the shrine of the Lord
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we came on the right time when they started the abhishekam
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look how he showcasing himself for us
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he is present in the form of Rathnagirishwarar
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this abhishekam will take about 1.30 hours to complete
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they use ingredients like sandalwood powder to panchamirtham and everything in between
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this temple also have shrines for Vaira perumal, murugan and vinayagar
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after you worshipped them and while exiting
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you'll witness a wonderful thing which is the bell you're seeing
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it may look small in video but in real it's huge
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they will rang this bell during abhishegam
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this reminds me of the bell we saw in cartoon and english movies
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first time I'm seeing this in person
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[SPEAKER NOISE][BACKGROUND NOISE]
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you can see the wheel of the bell there
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that mechanism works like that only
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looks terrific and huge
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as you can see from our back we're climbed up and we're climbing down now
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there was a isolated nandhi there and I was wondered why
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he will tell the reason, listen carefully
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- in every shivan temple we'll see one great nandhi infront of the lord
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- but here we cant find the lingam nearby that nandhi
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- I'm searching that lingham like that infamous lost well comedy
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- I can only find the 63 naayanmar's statues
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- then I find one path which leads to this temple
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- as you can see temple is here and the nandhi is down there
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- that nandhi is exactly beneath that flag tree there
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- temple is exactly opposite and elevated
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- this is because, it's believed that the lingam which was near that nandhi was grew tall and went there
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we asked about the details inside there
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and they told this story to us
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they have one small nandhi there too
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- but main nandhi is down there only
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- so think about this miracle
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- the distance was like this close during that day of establishment
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- now the difference is about 100 ft
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- see here, nandhi is here
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- I thought Lingam will be here
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- but I found the wall here
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- i was shocked and then we found the path to upside
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we came down via this way - initially the Lingham was here only
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this is the flag tree we saw from there
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but lord is there after growing
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- we can’t describe in words and you must witness this
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this will be good to witness
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and worship and praying will fulfil your heart
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- I thought something and I was amazed to see this place
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the day went well, and temple is awesome
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do comment your experience if you have been here already
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and will meet you again in another hillside temple
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till then sailendiran is signing off for follow jack
