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Suryakshetra 101 - Arama Kshetras of Andhra


SURYAKSHETRA –101
Dr P V Sesha Sai
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27th May 2005

What this little man speaks…

This paper gradually crossed its centenary period second time. This speaks of the respect my friends give to this newsletter. I thank you all on behalf of SURYAKSHETRA. Shortly Kailash and Manasarovar is going to accommodated in this HOLY PAPER which is trying to give you some positive and concrete information on factual lines.

This paper we start with LORD SHIVA of Samalkot. Samalkot is a prominent Railway Junction place situated on the main railway highway of Chennai-Howrah. One has to change the train to reach Kakinada Port – seashore where from lot of Import and Export is taking place today.

According to the ancient scripts Lord Vishnu cut Linga into five portions and they fell in five different places which are considered as FIVE ARAMA KSHETRAAS.

Arama is a word normally used by BUDDHISTS. Leaving the literary background of the word, I desire to mention that there are FIVE ARAMA kshetraas – places of Importance for Lord Shiva in Andhra Pradesh. They are the Linga of Tarakeswar installed by Lord Indra at Amaravati in Guntur District of Andhra Pradesh; Draksharameswar installed by Lord Daksha in Draksharaamam in East Godavari District; Kshereerameswar installed by Lord Vishnu in Palakollu in West Godavari District; Bheemaarameswar installed by the Lord Moon in Bhimavaram of West Godavari District; and Kumararameswar installed by Lord Kumaraswamy in Samalkot. This is a very big Linga to 10-ft height.

One has to visit this place invariably to know the past Indian Glory. It is quite ancient temple built in two stories and even one has to climb up to the first floor to worship Lord. The stone carvings present the artistic beauty respected by the ancient kings of India. Even today such temple can not be built when we consider ourselves as most modern and advanced. According to the history available the temple was built between 892-922 AD by Turpu Chalukyulu who ruled the area then. 27 orders are available inscribed on Stone today which are dated back to 1147-1494 AD.

Goddess Baala Tripurasundari and other Indian Gods are present including Lord Vishnu and Goddess Lakshmi in the temple complex.

ONE SHOULD UNDERSTAND THAT THE ANCIENT INDIANS DID NOT FIND ANY DIFFERENCE BETWEEN LORD VISHNU AND LORD SHIVA according to the available structure of today. Only people who try to establish themselves as superiors started discrimination to establish their superiority duly forgetting that they are damaging the Hindu Society by creating factions between Hindus. This individual supremacy is more harmful to Hindu culture than the damage from outside. The seers and Masters of different sects in Hindu Religion must realize this fact and atleast do something CONSTRUCTIVE from now on, else they are said to have been planting poisonous seeds for an infight between Hindus to weaken themselves over a period of time.

I shall be back again soon…
HARA HARA MAHADEVA DR P V SESHA SAI

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