The Vayu Linga in
Srikalahasthi and deekshithar’s krithi
on Kalihastheeswara.
By
P.R.Ramachander
Kalahasthi temple
is situated 36 km from the temple town of
Thirupathi. This temple is
usually referred top as Dakshina
Kailasam. This temple has been named after
a spider(sri) , serpent(Kala)
and an elephant (Hasthi) who
were very great devotees of the Lord.It seems once upon a time the
elephant used to daily do Abhishekam by
bringing water in its trunk and later worship the Linga by
BIlwa leaves.It seems the spider was
protecting the Linga by spinning a web and the serpent was guarding the linga and used to place the SArpa rathna(Gem of serpent) on the top of the LInga for decoration.
It seems once Goddess
Parvathi was cursed by Lord Shiva to take a human form and she did penance here to get normal divine form. It seems Lord
Shiva was pleased by her great penance
and gave back her divine body and
also taught her divine wisdom.Because of this the Goddess
at this temple is called
Jnanaprasoonambika .There is also
another story of this temple
associating it with a hunter
king Kannappa. It seems this hunter was daily worshipping the linga .One day he saw blood flowing from
one of the eyes of Linga.Greatly perturbed he plucked one of his own
eye and replaced that wounded eye . But then blood
started flowing from the other eye. Greatly shocked , it seems
he plucked another of his
eyes and replaced the other eye .God was pleased personally
came there and granted him salvation.
The lamp I lit
in the sanctum of the temple , which does not have any windows it seems
keeps on waving proving the existence of
wind in the sanctum sanctorum. This is the reason why people believe that God here is the Vayu Linga. This temple is also a pariharasthala for sarpa dosha. It is believed that if this parihara pooja is done in the Rahu Kala
it is extremely effective.
This temple
also has sub temples for Shiva
Lingas dedicated to all the five
elements.
Muthuswami
Deekshithar one of the musical trinity of Tamilnadu had visited this temple and has composed
a Krithi extolling the Lord and
the Goddess.. Here is that Krithi with
English translation:-
Sri Kalahastheesa
By
Muthuswami deekshithar
Translated by
P.R.Ramachander
Ragam Huseini
Talam Jampa
Pallavi
Sri
Kalahatheesa sritajanavanasameerakara,
Maam pahi
Rajamaule ehi
Pallavi
Please protect me
oh God of Kalahasthi , who protects
those who take refuge in you,
Who is the form
of air and who is Rajamauli
Anupallavi
Pakari vidhi hari pranamaya kosa anila aksha
Bhumi
salilagni praksha shiva,
Anupallavi
You are the
soul of
Indra, Brahma and Lord
Vishnu
And you are the air who illuminates the ether , earth
, water and fire,
Charanam
Jnana
prasomnnambika pathe , bhakthabhimana
,
Dakshina Kailasa vasa, abheeshta dana chathura karabja,
Deena Karuna nidhe
soona shara suda, ajnana hara pasupathe ,
(Madhyama kala sahithyam)
Jnana
Guruguha sachidanandamaya murthe,
Hina jathi kiratakena
poojitha keerthe
Charanam
Lord of Jnanaprasoonambika who lives
in Dakshina Kailasa,
Recognised by
devotees , who fulfills desires ,
Who using his able lotus
like hands is the treasure of
mercy of the suffering,
Who killed God who
has arrows of flower , who destroys ignorance
, Who is lord of all beings ,
Who was taught Jnana
by Subrahmanya , who is
pervaded with divine joy
And who has the
fame of being worshipped by a lower
caste hunter.
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