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**LottiFurmann** · 08-21-2006, 09:40 PM

This is a very interesting thread started by Mr.Naaga.
It is could be true there is some message in the carving.
I have visited Mahabalipuram many times, but only when I had
used a guide I got more information of the same things which I have seen many times.

Another observation I would like to make is that Most shiva temples have very similar arrangment of how the lingam is facing and other dieties with respect to the location of Linga is constant.
There are always expections, for example the Nandhi in Thirumulaivayal in chennai is facing away from the God. There is always some story behind these expections, but in reality it could be pointing to something else.

In Tamil Nadu other that Shiva & Vishnu temples we still have other
worships like Karumariamman, Muniswaran, Kateri etc.,
Probably these were in practice even before Shiva worship came into practice and then were merged. Even though we say Shiva & Shakti there are not many temples which have them together in the moolasthanam! Mostly Shiva is in Linga form facing east and
Shakti facing south. More study into this subject is required.

08-21-2006, 09:40 PM	#28
LottiFurmann Join Date Jan 2008 Posts 4,494 Senior Member	This is a very interesting thread started by Mr.Naaga. It is could be true there is some message in the carving. I have visited Mahabalipuram many times, but only when I had used a guide I got more information of the same things which I have seen many times. Another observation I would like to make is that Most shiva temples have very similar arrangment of how the lingam is facing and other dieties with respect to the location of Linga is constant. There are always expections, for example the Nandhi in Thirumulaivayal in chennai is facing away from the God. There is always some story behind these expections, but in reality it could be pointing to something else. In Tamil Nadu other that Shiva & Vishnu temples we still have other worships like Karumariamman, Muniswaran, Kateri etc., Probably these were in practice even before Shiva worship came into practice and then were merged. Even though we say Shiva & Shakti there are not many temples which have them together in the moolasthanam! Mostly Shiva is in Linga form facing east and Shakti facing south. More study into this subject is required.
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