Comments on: Kanchi Kamakshi

By: Arun Shanbhag

Arun Shanbhag — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 14:11:43 +0000

Thank you Anon for that info. I am sure our readers will be glad for this detail.
btw, I do have a lot of pics from Chidambaram and will try and check out Bhairava there as well.

Best
Arun

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 08:53:29 +0000

The motif on the gopura is that of Bhairava…. a ferocious form of Shiva with a dog as his vahana. Brahmacharis are worshipped as a form of Bhairava just as small girls & married women are worshipped as the forms of Devi. The temples where Bhairava is famous are the Kasi Vishwanath temple (where he is known as Kaala Bhairava and Adi Sankara has also wrote a poem called Kaala Bhairavashtakam on Him) and the Chidambaram Nataraja Temple (where he is known as Swarna Bhairava).

By: Udaysree

Udaysree — Thu, 07 Jul 2011 02:54:33 +0000

beautiful experience. thanks for sharing…

By: prakriti

prakriti — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 06:46:00 +0000

its ok, i’ll try find out
regards
prakriti

By: Arun Shanbhag

Arun Shanbhag — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 03:26:00 +0000

Prakriti: Sorry, I had gotten the VHS tapes from our local library! That was a few years ago. But it is definitely worth finding and seeing. Sorry, I could not help you with this ~ Arun