Moolavar

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Mulavar of Pandurangaswamy Temple

Mulavar (

Hindu temple.[1][2]

Location

The central deity, mulavar, is located near the centre of temples, than the images that surround them, and are precisely located at the points corresponding to the energies they represent on the temple plan's power diagram.[3] During the Kumbabhishekam or the coronation event, the temple is renovated, while the mulavar image is moved to a temporary location. The practice is called Balalayam, during which a temporary image is housed in the sanctum.[4]

Sanctum

Shakti Peethas
are all believed to be self-manifested and made out of mostly black stone, which can't be studied further due to the fear of violating the temple's sanctity.

Religious practices

The temple priests perform the

pournami (full moon day), and sathurthi when ablution and special poojas are performed on the mulavar.[9] The ablution on the mulavar deity is performed in a sequence with various material like milk, curd, honey, and sugar. These are meant to indicate five elemental aspects of earth and with the ablution, prayers are sought to please the five natural elements.[10]

References

  1. ^ Baldev Raj, C. Rajagopalan, C. V. Sundaram. Where gods come alive: a monograponze icons of South India.
  2. ISBN 978-0-19-028885-3
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  3. Danielou, Alain (2001). The Hindu Temple Deification of Eroticism
    . pp. 75.
  4. ISBN 9788184938616
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  5. ^ "Architecture of the Indian Subcontinent - Glossary". Retrieved 2007-01-24.
  6. ^ "Templenet - Glossary". Retrieved 2007-01-29.
  7. ISBN 9789389820812
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  8. ^ Thurston, Edgar. Castes And Tribes of Southern India. Victoria Publishers. p. 152.
  9. ^ "Sri Natuthuraiappar temple". Dinamalar. Retrieved 3 August 2014.
  10. ISBN 9783963430343
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External links

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