tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27074971135608637252024-10-04T20:16:32.583-07:00mohanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04770002453956429758noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2707497113560863725.post-27931508951042685282012-07-22T01:21:00.001-07:002012-07-22T01:22:34.664-07:00<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><script type="text/javascript"> app="www.cricwaves.com"; mo='Ext'; nt="8"; mats =''; tor =''; Width='302px'; Height='304px'; wi ='w'; co ='Ext'; ad="2"; </script><br /> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://www.cricwaves.com/cricket/widgets/script/scoreWidgets.js"></script><br /> </div>mohanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04770002453956429758noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2707497113560863725.post-55957732545078946502012-07-19T11:19:00.000-07:002012-07-19T11:19:58.232-07:00<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><b><i>About Tiruchendur</i></b><br /> <b><i><br /> </i></b><br /> <br /> <table align="center" style="background-color: white; color: black;"><tbody> <tr><td><table border="0"><tbody> <tr><td class="contentJustification" colspan="4" id="ctl00_ContentPlaceHolder1_content" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 35pt;" width="70%"><span class="englishcontents" id="ctl00_ContentPlaceHolder1_Gp1" style="color: #0000cc; font-family: Verdana, Tahoma, Arial, Georgia, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: 1pt; line-height: 18pt; margin-left: auto; text-indent: 35pt;">Tiruchendur is the second abode of the six chosen spots of Lord Muruga, as described by Nakkirar, the famous Tamil poet. It is situated 40 km south of Tuticorin along the beautiful shores of the Bay of Bengal.</span>&nbsp;</td><td align="right" width="30%"><img alt="Sea shore" border="0" height="120" src="http://www.tiruchendurmurugantemple.com/StaticImages/seashore.jpg" title="Sea shore" width="180" /></td></tr> </tbody></table></td></tr> <tr><td class="contentJustification" colspan="4" id="ctl00_ContentPlaceHolder1_content1" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 35pt;"><span class="englishcontents" id="ctl00_ContentPlaceHolder1_Gp2" style="color: #0000cc; font-family: Verdana, Tahoma, Arial, Georgia, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: 1pt; line-height: 18pt; margin-left: auto; text-indent: 35pt;">It is approximately 56 km away from Tirunelveli and 88 km from Kanyakumari. It is said that Lord Muruga camped here along with his army to defeat the demon, Surapadma. It is for this reason that this place has become one of the “Padai Veedu”, meaning, the battle camp.</span></td></tr> <tr><td class="contentJustification" colspan="4" id="ctl00_ContentPlaceHolder1_content2" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 35pt;"><span class="englishcontents" id="ctl00_ContentPlaceHolder1_Gp3" style="color: #0000cc; font-family: Verdana, Tahoma, Arial, Georgia, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: 1pt; line-height: 18pt; margin-left: auto; text-indent: 35pt;">The other names for Tiruchendur are Thirucheeralaivai, Jayanthipuram, Thirubhuvana Maadevi and Chathurvedi Mangalam.</span></td></tr> <tr><td class="contentJustification" colspan="4" id="ctl00_ContentPlaceHolder1_content3" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 35pt;"><span class="englishcontents" id="ctl00_ContentPlaceHolder1_Gp4" style="color: #0000cc; font-family: Verdana, Tahoma, Arial, Georgia, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: 1pt; line-height: 18pt; margin-left: auto; text-indent: 35pt;">The glory of this pilgrimage has been praised by Nakkirar in his poem, Thirumurugatrupadai and in other Tamil works like Purananooru, Silapathikaram and Devaram. Another famous Tamil poet, Arunagirinathar has compared Tiruchendur with Thirukailai, the abode of Lord Shiva in the Himalayas.</span></td></tr> </tbody></table></div>mohanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04770002453956429758noreply@blogger.com0Tiruchendur, Tamil Nadu, India8.495585 78.1191870000000118.4864785 78.111867 8.5046915 78.126507000000018