Arunachala Girivalam for Childbirth/Santana Bhagyam

Arunachala Girivalam/Giripradakshina or going around the Arunachala hill is a powerful spiritual worship that can solve all problems in life and also help one attain spiritual enlightenment.

Ramana Maharishi, Jnani of Tiruannamalai has explained about the significance of performing Giripradakshina,

 

“The greatness of the Giripradakshina has been described at length in Arunachala Purana. To go round this hill is good. The word pradakshina has a very precise meaning. The letter “pra” stands for removal of all sins, “da” stands for fulfilling desires, the syllable “ksha” stands for freedom from future births, “na” stands for deliverance through jnana.”

“For everybody it is good to make circuit of the hill. It does not even matter whether one has faith in this Pradakshina or not, just as fire will burn all who touch it whether they believe it will or not, so the hill will do good to all those who go round it.”

“What better sadhana can there be than going round the hill?”

Arunachala Karthigai Deepam Festival

Tiruannamalai Temple

Agasthiar.org based on the teachings of Sathguru Venkataraman details about the greatness of performing arunachala girivalam in their weblinks below,

http://www.agasthiar.org/AUMzine/0009-gv.htm

http://www.agasthiar.org/arunachala/

http://www.agasthiar.org/AUMzine/0009-basic-rules.htm

Ashtadikpalakas are the Guardians of  Eight Directions of this Universe and they have worshipped Lord Shiva in the form of Arunachala hill. Separate temples for the 8 Dik Palakas/Guardians are as follows,

Indra Lingam: East Direction

Agni Lingam: South East Direction

Yama Lingam: South Direction

Niruthi Lingam: South West Direction

Varuna Lingam: West Direction

Vayu Lingam: North West Direction

Kubera Lingam: North Direction

Eesanya Lingam: North East Direction

Pictorial Depiction of 8 Temples around Hill

 Aerial View of the Hill and Temples around it

Agasthiar.org through its monthly spiritual magazine details that performing Giripradakshina on different days blesses one with different benefits. Looking at the Arunachala hill top from any place in the Girivalam path is said to be a darshan. There are thousands of Darshan as we walk in the Girivalam path of 14 Km.

The Girivalam path is highlighted in purple in the picture above. Agasthiar Ashram, the official ashram of Agsathiar.org is located in the Kanji-Tiruannamalai road between Vayu and Kubera Lingam in the picture above.

Arunachala Girivalam for Santana Bhagyam/Childbirth Blessings

Performing Girivalam on Uthiram (Uttara Phalguni) Nakshatra day and offerring Namaskaram to Arunachala Hill near Agasthiar Ashram 5 times blesses one so that one can have Good Children. It also helps one to get a good job, get married to good people early. One should offer Tomato Rice to the poor on that day as directed by Sathguru Venkataraman.

The Darshan of Arunachala Hill near Agasthiar Ashram is known as Shiva Shakthi Aikya Swaroopa Darshanam. It is the darshan of Shiva and Parvathy in their Kalyana kolam/Just after their marraige. Hence it blesses one to have all Mangalam in Life in the form of happy married life, begetting good children and getting settled in a Goob Job also.

Shiva Shakthi Aikya Swaroopa Darshanam from Agasthiar.org

 Shiva Shakthi

Niruthi Linga Abhishekam for Santana Bhagyam/Childbirth Blessings

Niruthi Lingam is the Lord worshipped by Niruthi the Guardian of the South West Direction. Worshipping Niruthi Lingam blesses one to be freed from the impact of Black Magic and also solve any fertility problems and have good children

Niruthi Lingam is located on the Girivalam path after one turns right from the Krishnagiri Road after Yama Lingam and walks another  1 Km.  One should perform Abhishekam to Niruthi Lingam on days which are not Guru Moodam/Sukra Moodam (One can get to know the same from Panachang).

One should perform Abhishekam to Niruthi Lingam here, donate Milk, Milk Products like Milk Halwa or Palkova, Payasam/Kheer made of Milk here in order to get the blessing of Niruthi Linga moorty and have good children. One should also perform Girivalam after performing Abhishekam to Niruthi Lingam.

Niruthi Lingam

Theertham near Niruthi Lingam with Lily Flowers in Bloom

There are beautiful peacocks in Tiruannamalai both in Ramana Ashram and Niruthi Lingam sometimes.

Beautiful Peacock near Niruthi Lingam

There is also a Naga Putru or Snake hole that is over 7 feet before Niruthi Lingam as seen below. Performing pooja to the Naga Putru relieves one from Sarpa Dosha or Naga Dosha.

 Aani Pournami Girivalam for Santana Bhagyam/Childbirth Blessings

According to Agasthya Vijayam, performing Girivalam on Aani Pournami day as a couple and carrying a small child over one's shoulders in the Girivalam path blesses one to have good Children.

As per Agasthya Vijayam on Aani Pournami day, Kubera the Lord of Northern Direction performs Girivalam around Arunachala Hill in Human Form. Lord Kuber is having Manusha Vahanam or is mounted on a Human Being. Hence performing Girivalam on Aani Pournami day with a child on one's shoulders blesses one to have good children.

One should not forget to worship Kubera Lingam on the Girivalam path as Lord Kubera himself performs pooja to the Lingam on that day.

Kubera Lingam

Nemam Amrithambika Temple, near Chennai for Santana Bhagyam/Childbirth Blessings

Amrithambika Sametha Aavundeeswarar Temple is located in Nemam which is around 35 Km from Chennai. If one is coming from Chennai after crossing Vellavedu and Sri Krishna Sweets, one has to take left in the Chennai Tiruvallur Main Road near Ambedkar Statue and Nemam Green Board on Left Hand Side of the Road. The Road is smooth till one reaches a stone wall and then one has to take left and then right. The Temple is visible thereafterwards. It is a 1 to1.5 hours drive from Chennai.

All buses from Chennai to Tiruvallur pass though Vellavedu Bus Stop. One can get down there and take an auto to reach Nemam Temple. 

The Google Map Location of the same is as follows:

https://www.google.co.in/maps/place/Lord+Shiva+Temple+Nemam/@13.0733366,80.0188531,16z/data=!4m8!1m2!2m1!1snemam+sivan+temple!3m4!1s0x0000000000000000:0x3b61400fc4fb085c!8m2!3d13.0681105!4d80.0228356

It is an ancient stone temple that is now renovated a few years back located amidst paddy fields in a calm atmosphere.
Amrithambika Sametha Aavundeeswarar Temple

Temple Located Amidst Paddy Fields

Vinayaka

Amrithambika Devi

 Aavundeeswarar Sannidhi

Agasthiar.org website details that this Temple is the place where Amritha Shakthi is Prevalent all around the place. All deities bless devotees with Amritha Shakthi. Parvathy is known as Amrithambika and Bhairava is Known as Amritha Yogeeshwara Bhairava.

Further Details of the Temple are given in their weblink below,

http://www.agasthiar.org/a/nemam.htm

Amritha Yogeeshwara Bhairava

The Theertham here is said to possess medicinal properties and is known as Oushada Amritha Shakthi Pitru Mukthi Theertham as detailed in Agasthiar.org website. The Temple and Theertham grants Moksha to Pitrus or exalted ancestral beings. Hence is it very auspicious to perform Tharpanam during Amavasya here.

Amritha Shakthi Pitru Mukthi Theertham

Go Pooja for Santana Bhagyam/Childbirth Blessings 

Go pooja is performed here for Santana Bhagyam  and in order to get good children. It is performed early in the morning. Both Cow and Calf are to be washed in water and worshipped by applying manjal/turmeric and Kumkumam. They are decorated with flowers and one can choose to adorn them with saree & blouse or even dhothi. Aarthi is performed to the Cow and Calf. Couple performs pradakshinam around the cow and calf and also offers namaskaram to them. Then the Cow is fed with food and one can bring green leafy vegetables to offer them.

This is a powerful form of worship as Gomatha has all the 33 crore devatha moorty residing its body. The place where the Cow is milked or udder is the place where Amritha sagaram is said to be present. Performing Pooja to Gomatha is equivalent to performing pooja to all the deities residing within.

The Milk that is taken from the Cow is utilized for performing Abhishekam to Aavundeeswarar Shiva Lingam within 3 minutes. This Milk is then offered as Prasadam for Couples to partake.

The Cost of performing this Go pooja and Abhishekam to Amrithambika and Aavundeswarar is Rs 1000. Later detailed Abhishekam with Turmeric, Honey, curd is performed to deities.

The contact details of Trustee are as follows.

Mr. Kumar,
Trustee, Sri Amirthambigai Trust,
No 73 Vellalar Street, Nemam Post,
Chennai 602 107
Phone: 98407 70248


Go Pooja in Nemam

Gomatha depiction of all devatha murthy

According to Agasthiar.org Dharani Bandhu Pitru Moorty Bless couples here so that they may have Santana Bhagyam/Childbirth Blessings. Performing Amavasya Tarpana here also carries the Blessings of Pitrus so that one may have good Children both Boy and Girl.

Adorning Amrithambika with Bangles on Poora Nakshatra days and Navaratri days helps one to receive the Blessings of devi easily and blesses one to having a loving and peaceful family life between husband and wife.

There is a unique Maha Vilvam tree near Bhairavar and Saneeswarar Sannidhi in Nemam temple which has more than 3 leaves. It has 7,11,12 leaves in a bunch as seen in image below. The Darshan of the Maha Vilvam tree is said to remove all sins.

Dakshinamoorty Sannidhi

Durga Devi

Valli Devayani Sametha Murugan

 Brahma Deva above Gomukam

Ancient Mandapa Outside Temple