Green Message
Green Message: The Evergreen Messages of Spirituality, Sanskrit and Nature
Tamil Nadu Uplands
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(A) Sacred Geography: Mountains: ☗ Arunachala Mountain ☗ Hastigiri Hill Forests: ☸ Thillai-Vanam (Puranic) Rivers: ▬ River Kaveri flows (805 km) -- Flows into Bay of Bengal ▬ River Kollidam flows (150 km) -- A distributary of river Kaveri ▬ River Palar flows (348 km) -- Flows into Bay of Bengal ▬ River Vegavathi flows ▬ River Vellar flows (150 km) -- Flows into Bay of Bengal Trees: ☘ Mango Tree (Aamra) (Penance of Devi Parvati at Kanchipuram) |
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(B) Pilgrimages: ◍
Kanchi Kshetra• Moksha Puri - Kanchipuram (Kanchipuram district, Tamil Nadu) Devi: Devi Kamakshi Temple Shiva: Ekambareshwarar Temple Vishnu: Varadaraja Perumal Temple ▬ River Palar flows ▬ River Vegavathi flows ☗ Hastigiri Hill ☘ Mango Tree (Aamra) (Devi Parvati penance) ◍
Arunachala Kshetra- Thiruvannamalai (Tiruvannamalai district, Tamil Nadu) Shiva: Arunachaleshwarar Temple ☗ Arunachala Mountain ◍
Thillai Vana Kshetra- Chidambaram (Koyil) (Cuddalore district, Tamil Nadu) Shiva: Nataraja Temple ☸ Thillai-Vanam (Puranic) ▬ River Vellar flows ▬ River Kollidam flows (5 km south) ◼ Shiva-Ganga Tirtha (Temple Tank) ◍
Sriranga Kshetra• Swayam Vyakta Kshetra - Srirangam (Bhuloka Vaikuntha) (Tiruchirappalli district, Tamil Nadu) Vishnu: Sri Ranganatha Swamy Temple Devi: Devi Ranganayaki ▬ River Kaveri flows ▬ River Kollidam flows ◆ Kaveri - Kollidam Island ◍
Suchindram Kshetra• Anala Shakti Peetha - Suchindram (Kanyakumari district, Tamil Nadu) Trinity: Sthanumalayan Temple Devi: Devi Narayani Temple ▬ River Kaveri flows ▬ River Kollidam flows |