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DEEKSHITHAR

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  In our previous post i define experience in natraja temple.which located in small town of chidamabaram in south india. In this post.I share about priest of the natraja temple. The temple is managed and administered  hereditarily  by the chidambaram dikshitar,A class of vaideeka brahmins whom,legend say,were brought here from mountain kailas,by saint patanjali specifically from the performance of the daily rituals and maintenance of the natraja chidambaram temple.               These deeekshita,follow the vedic rituals,unlike the sivachariyars or adhisaivars,Who follow the agamic rituals for the worship of lord siva.The rituals temple were collated from the vedas and set by patanjali,who is said to have inducted the deekshithars into the worship of lord siva as natraja......)))) The morning at the temple begins with the Chief Priest preparing himself to enter into the temple. In order to honor Si...

KING OF DANCE THE NATRAJA

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If you never felt your soul and spiritual power, then you need to go to Natraja temple. Natraja temple is in Chidambaram,  this is small town in Tamil nadu (India). Natraja, the dancing form of  Lord Shiva , is a symbolic synthesis of the most important aspects of Hinduism. The term 'Nataraj' means 'King of Dancers' (Sanskrit  nata  = dance;  raja  = king).                                       I reached Natraja temple in a night near  10:00 p.m. , then I decided to saw ARDHAJAAMAM Puja ( During the time spatika linga abhishekam, maha aarthi and then PADHUKA comes back to palliyarai in a palanquin, maha aarthi at palliyarai, chandeswarar aarthi, bhairavar aarthi, Ardhajaama sundharar aarthi)  in temple.  When I entered from first door in the temple, I listened music of  thavil drum that invited ...