The following article is from the lectures of His Highness Sri Chandrasekhar Saraswati, the Shankaracharya of Kanchipeetha which he delivered in 1932. This reference we got from an old Tamil spiritual magazine.
According to the rules described in Vedas, a Shiva temple has to be built with certain rules regarding the position of the other deities in the temple.
In Shiva temples, we come across Shiva Linga denoted by various names but Lord Shiva is personified as Maha Lingam.
Typical structure of Shiva Temple is as follows. In all Shiva temples Lord Ganesha is located in the sannadhi corner; Lord Subramanya in the West; Chandikeshwar in the North; Dakshinamurti in the south; Lingothbhavar or Lord Vishnu on the back wall of the sanctum's outer side; Somaskandha in the south-west (agneya) direction and Nataraja and Bhairavar in north-east (Eshan). All these are known as Parivaar devata.
Interestingly, in Tanjore district we come across such an arrangement of Shiva temples at geographical level. At Thiruvadaimaruthur, Mahalingam (considered as Moolavar) i.e. main deity. Sannadhi corner is Thiruvalanchuzhi where there is SwetaVinayaka temple; to the west at SwamiMalai there is Lord Subramanya temple; at South – at Alangudi there is Dakshinamurti temple; in the North there is Thiruchaianjalur Chandikeshwar; at East at Thiruvadurai there is Nandikeshwar temple; at south west there is Thiruvarur Somaskandha temple; at Chidambaram there is Nataraja temple and at Sirkazhi we have Bhairava temple. And so, if we look at all these places on a map, we perceive that whole Tanjore district can be considered as a Shiva temple.
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According to the rules described in Vedas, a Shiva temple has to be built with certain rules regarding the position of the other deities in the temple.
In Shiva temples, we come across Shiva Linga denoted by various names but Lord Shiva is personified as Maha Lingam.
Typical structure of Shiva Temple is as follows. In all Shiva temples Lord Ganesha is located in the sannadhi corner; Lord Subramanya in the West; Chandikeshwar in the North; Dakshinamurti in the south; Lingothbhavar or Lord Vishnu on the back wall of the sanctum's outer side; Somaskandha in the south-west (agneya) direction and Nataraja and Bhairavar in north-east (Eshan). All these are known as Parivaar devata.
Interestingly, in Tanjore district we come across such an arrangement of Shiva temples at geographical level. At Thiruvadaimaruthur, Mahalingam (considered as Moolavar) i.e. main deity. Sannadhi corner is Thiruvalanchuzhi where there is SwetaVinayaka temple; to the west at SwamiMalai there is Lord Subramanya temple; at South – at Alangudi there is Dakshinamurti temple; in the North there is Thiruchaianjalur Chandikeshwar; at East at Thiruvadurai there is Nandikeshwar temple; at south west there is Thiruvarur Somaskandha temple; at Chidambaram there is Nataraja temple and at Sirkazhi we have Bhairava temple. And so, if we look at all these places on a map, we perceive that whole Tanjore district can be considered as a Shiva temple.
Courtesy: Following sites https://tamilnadu-favtourism.blogspot.com/ and https://temple.dinamalar.com/en/
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