A huge idol of Lord Shiva set up in a platform on the Ganga river near the ghats of Parmarth Niketan ashram where the International Yoga Festival is being held, has raised the ire of ...

CHENNAI: This temple is one of the Padal Petra Sthalams or Siva temples eulogised by the Nayanmars (63 important devotees of Siva). Among the Nayanmars, Thirugnanasambandar visited this temple in ...

According to this temple’s tradition (Sthala Puranam), Brahma in the form of bird, worshipped Siva here in order to regain his original form and hence the name Brahmapurishwarar. The ...

The permanent abode of Mahayogi Lord Shiva and the land of Yoga Sutra writer Maharishi Patanjali - Kashi - would witness artistic yoga asanas in Ganga midstream on International Yoga Day to create ...

Located near River Arani in the small town of Arani in Thiruvallur District is a large temple for God Siva, worshipped as Sampangi Pitchalishwarar. The quaint traditional story (Sthala-Puranam ...

According the Sthala Puranam or traditional story associated with this temple, Vishnu worshipped Siva here with one thousand and eight lotuses, but finding that there was one flower short ...