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| View from my corridor in Melaka, Malaysia - SOOC |
Chitra Poornima - As per Hinduism, this is the day sacred to Chitra Gupta, the Keeper of Deeds. It is considered the most important full moon of the year as it provides us the opportunity to erase karmic mistakes from the eternal record book created and maintained by Lord Chitra Gupta.
Another myth specific to my home town (Madurai, India) is that Lord Indra, the King of Lords had sinned and as a penance, he was asked to go to Earth and worship Lord Shiva in Kadamba Vana (Ancient name for Madurai). There Indra finds Lord Shiva in the form of Linga and he builds a temple for Him. Also Indra builds a Shakthi (Consort of Shiva) temple next to Shiva's temple. Indra wanted to use flowers for worship and finds a Golden lotus pond near by. The day Indra did his prayers to cleanse his sins was on Chitra Poornima, the full moon that comes in the Hindu Month of Chitra!
Down the centuries, the Shiva, Shakthi temples and Golden Lotus pond (supposed to be built by Indra) was united by various Hindu rulers and now it is Meenakshi Amman temple. Here is a file shot of Golden Lotus pond on high religious day!
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| Golden Lotus Pond, Meenakshi Amman Temple, Madurai, India. SSS2 |
12 comments:
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Joy and Shadow, have a blessed Sunday!
Beautiful shot. Following your blog now.
Stunning photos! Those lights are magical! A beautiful tradition!
Great post! Gorgeous shots! The lights are amazing! Thank you so much for sharing. :-)
What beautiful night captures!
Great shots! I love the cityscape.
I like night shots and that bottom one is wonderful! So many bright lights!
Wonderful shots!
Love the 2nd shot especially - nice!
Thanks for this glimpse of Madurai's history. Very interesting! I especially loved your first photo with the full moon.
"The opportunity to erase karmic mistakes from the eternal record book" is something I imagine most of us desire at one point or another. I know I do. Interesting post. Thank you!
Good capture of the recent Super Moon!
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