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	'Palani' by R.K. Das
		Sage Agastya was praying at Kailasa to Lord Siva and Uma to appear on the top of two separate hills created by him, one hill called Sivagiri and the other Saktigiri.
		Agastya was instantly found to be present on the scene.
		Agastya being the preceptor of Idumban imperceptibly protected him in the journey throughout, as is the custom with Hindu preceptors who are considered as God incarnate to their disciples.
	palani.org /palani-das.htm (2569 words)

	Nilacharal - A Tamil entertainment ezine presenting interesting contents and useful services (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-08)
		Agastya was one of the greatest travellers of ancient India.
		Agastya was the first person to cross the Indian ocean for the first time to establish a great Hindu civilisation in South East Asia.
		Tamil literature also makes it very clear in several places that Agastya came to the south with 18 groups of people and he was the one who codified a grammar for Tamil.
	www.nilacharal.com /news/specials/hindu_literature_183.html (630 words)

	Temples & Legends Of Tamilnadu/alwar tirunagari/(page2)
		Angry with Viswakarma for preventing him from beholding Siva’s marriage, Agastya cursed him saying, "Though you are a first-rate architect and engineer, your work shall not be accepted as original or genuine and you shall not be paid the worth of your skill and labour".
		So Sage Agastya prayed to Lord Siva to grant him the boon that the Tamil language might attain the same importance and glory as the language of the Vedas.
		Siva appeared before him and said that soon an Alwar (one continuously immersed in contemplation of God) standard of the Tamil would be born on the earth and he would raise the language to its full height.
	www.hindubooks.org /temples/tamilnadu/alwartirunagar/page2.htm (227 words)

	Abodes of Skanda (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-08)
		Significance: Mandiragiri is located in Malaippalayam near Udumalaippettai and Pollachi is an ancient shrine to Murugan, revered by the Tiruppukazh hymns of the saint poet Arunagirinathar of Tiruvannamalai.
		Velliangiri is considered to be a sacred hill, and pilgrims trek to the top of the hill from Maha Shivaratri to the Agninakshatram period in May.
		The other hills associated with Perur are Neeli malai or Uma Devi malai, Ayyaasaami malai or Bhrama malai and Perumaal mudi or Vishnu malai.
	www.templenet.com /Tamilnadu/abodes_of_skanda.htm (3870 words)

	Valmiki Ramayana - Kishkindha Kanda
		The original Tamil name is kakaviri where kaakam is 'crow...' viri 'spread out...' When Agastya is bringing water it sprinkled from his handy vessel and flooded the kaa 'the garden...' in Tamil, the garden of Indra.
		There are many legends about it, of which one says that Sage Agastya led the course of this river to the ocean for twenty-seven days from its source.
		Sage Agastya once penned its one end in the ocean, and the other end is now visible.
	www.valmikiramayan.net /kishkindha/sarga41/kishkindha_41_prose.htm (2960 words)

	Agasthyakoodam, the abode of biodiversity
		Agastyakoodam (Agastya Malai), a towering forested peak of 1868 metres, and adjoining forests in the tail end of Western Ghats form the most diverse and unknown ecosystem in Peninsular India.
		These forests, falling in the Kollam and Thiruvananthapuram districts of Kerala and the Tirunelveli and Kanyakumari districts of Tamil Nadu habours many endemic species of plants that are unique to peninsular India.
		However, the peak and its environs are under constant threat of from pilgrims, tourists, trekkers, poachers, cattle grazing and illegal cutting and collection of trees and plants.
	anil.expert-eyes.org /agastya.html (496 words)

	Tirupporur Subramanyar Temple, Tirupporur (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-08)
		Therefore, Tirupporur temple is a very significant shrine dedicated to the worship of Lord Siva as well as his son Murugan.
		The copper icon of Lord Muruga sitting on the lap of Lord Siva in the posture of Shiva hearing pranava upadesha chiseled according to the details and descriptions found in Manasaram, a treatise on silpa sastra.
		The base relief of upadesa to Agastya, Vallikalyana and Agni-ganta Subrahmanya have been chiseled very beautifully on the pillars of Sarvavaidya Mandapa.
	murugan.org /temples/tirupporur.htm (926 words)

	Southern India Mountain Ultra-Prominence - peaklist.org
		Malai: This summit is in the Western Ghats in Kerala, about 40 km west of Coimbatore.
		"Periyakuntira Malai" at 1996m, which we believe is the name of a subsidiary summit.
		We were unable to find any mroe information on the peak, and would greatly appreciate advice as to the correct name and spelling.
	www.peaklist.org /WWlists/ultras/south_india.html (300 words)

	IN THE CAVE OF THE HEART
		One of the highlights of this particular trip was a climb up to the top of the holy mountain known as Tirueengkoil Malai, considered to be one of the most powerful places of pilgrimage in
		According to local custom, it is considered of immense spiritual merit if the pilgrim manages to visit three holy mountains within the course of a single day and receive darshan, or blessing, from the deities enshrined in the temples atop each of these mountains.
		The afternoon we arrived at the base of Tirueengkoil malai it was very quiet.
	www.russillpaul.com /articles/article/1162784/10591.htm (984 words)

	Lord Shanmukha and his worship
		In the meanwhile, Sage Agastya, at the command of Lord Siva, was proceeding South, with a Kamandalu of water from the Akasa Ganga.
		Aware of the trick the Asura was playing, the Rishi cursed him to remain in the shape of the mountain till he came to perish at the hands of Lord Karttikeya.
		Agastya then turned his wrath on the other and killed him also.
	sivanandaonline.org /graphics/ebooks/swami_sivanandaji/downnload/lord_shanmukha_worship.html (15410 words)

	The evolution of Siva Agamams in Tamil Nadu
		Among them the Mahendra Malai draws our importance, as this mountain is not only held as the holy abode of God Siva and Goddess Sakthi, but also related with the evolution of the original Agamams.
		The Kooththanool a Sangam period Tamil dance treatise, confirms that the four original Agamams were revealed by God Siva (to the "visualising senses" of) four Munivars (on their intense worship of him) on the Mahendra Mountain.
		When he speaks of Mahendra Malai he is simply repeating folklore of his times.
	forumhub.mayyam.com /hub/viewlite.php?t=2171 (1589 words)

	Kerala - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Later, figures such as Katyayana, Patanjali, Pliny the Elder, and the unknown author of the Periplus of the Erythraean Sea all displayed familiarity with Kerala.
		The 1868 m Agastya Malai (or Agastyakoodam), part of the Western Ghats range of mountains, is located in eastern Kollam.
		It is a pilgrimage center named for the ancient rishi Agasthya; his devotees credit him with bringing Vedic Hinduism to South India, including Kerala.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Kerala (4477 words)

	Simhasta,singhhasta,sri vidya,sri yantra,tantra,Mahamoni sri yantra, agnikantak, swami muktanand (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-08)
		The construction of the temple is based on the basis of the principle of temple foundation and construction laid out by Rishi Agastya.
		It has been prepared in a village called Malai near the town of Kambkamb in southern India.
		This village is known for its workmanship and specializes is manufacturing statues made of ashtdhatu alloy.
	www.mahamerusriyantra.org /temple.htm (993 words)

	The Hindu : A treasure trove tucked away
		A setting of the divine couple with Sage Agastya shows the couple glancing sideways at each other, like shy newlyweds, and holding four fingers (signifying the four Vedas) of each other's hand.
		We now leave the temple proper to go and see the Nandi in the seventh prakaram, which is about a 10-minute drive through fields and small lanes.
		Said to be the second largest monolith in India, after Gomateswara, the Nandi sports a huge kaasu malai, a bell chain, earrings and other jewellery.
	www.hindu.com /thehindu/fr/2003/01/10/stories/2003011001490800.htm (1015 words)

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		It must mean something, for example, that the name for India current among Malays and Cambodians was 'Kling', that is Kalinga, the coastal realm in eastern India bloodily conquered by Asoka.
		There was a whole mythology of making Agastya, Krishna, Rama and the Pandava brothers into household names, as they have been ever since in South-East Asia.
		Java, Sumatra and Malaya are derived from Yava-dvipa, `barley island'; samudra, `sea', and Malaya, actually from a Dravidian word, malai, `a hill', in south India near Malabar.
	www.epwijnants-lectures.com /sanskrit.html (2087 words)

	Re: Information Needed---No politics please (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-08)
		Adoring God with flower and incense was an ancient practice prevalent among the Tamils.
		"Agastya is said to have learnt Tamil, the language of the South, from Siva.
		From this it may be inferred that Siva was a Dravidian deity.
	sysindia.com /forums/General_Discussion/posts/34875.html (409 words)

	Kerala Forests & Wildlife - Flora
		The two facies that have been identified under DKS type, one is characterized by the local abundance of otherwise two geographically rare species (Hopea racophloea and Humboldtia decurrens),and the other corresponds to a particular ecosystem adapted to water logged areas.
		This facies is confined to humid valleys between Kallar and Shendurni Rivers, west of Agastya malai.
		Montane evergreen forests (sholas) are confined to high altitude plateaus, in the regions of Anamalai (Eravikulam and Munnar),Vavul malai (North Nilambur) and upper reaches of New Amarambalam RF (South Nilambur), adjoining the Nilgiri plateau.
	www.keralaforest.org /html/flora/details.htm (2680 words)

	Courtallam Picnic Spots, Leisure Travel to Courtallam, Travel to Tamil Nadu, Picnic Spots in tamilnadu, trip to ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-08)
		In the far south, in Tirunelveli district, in a deep recess of the Western Ghats lies Courtallam, "The Spa in the South".
		When the train enters this area, the landscape becomes alluring, with rivulets, fields, groves and mountains with mist peaks from Kalladai Malai, Sivagiri and Kottaimalai rise up to pierce the sky to an elevation of about 6,000 ft.
		The mountain abounds with forests of precious trees like teak and exotic fruit plants like Mangustan which are not only sweet but also of great medicinal value.
	www.indiantravelportal.com /tamil-nadu/picnic-spots/courtallam.html (670 words)

	Temples & Legends Of Tamilnadu/kancheepuram/(page27)
		At the time of Parvati, Parinaya, Sri Agastya was directed by Lord Siva to proceed to the South but Agastya felt reluctant to be away from the Lord's presence.
		Lord Siva assured him that He would give darsan to Agastya in the South itself.
		Agastya, according to the Puranas, reached Kanchi and lived there in a secluded spot in the south of Sarva Teertham and the east of Sri Kailasanatha Temple.
	www.hindubooks.org /temples/tamilnadu/kancheepuram/page27.htm (231 words)

	Rajah Annamalaipuram Sri Iyappa Swamy Temple - About Iyappa Swamy
		Following the instructions of Manikandan and under the guidance of sage Agastya, King Rajasekara built the temple under his own supervision spending sleepless hours.
		That is the temple that today stands in Sabari Malai where millions of devotees, irrespective of caste, creed and religion, throng to seek the blessings of Lord Iyyappa.
		They go through 41 days of severe austerities and tread the rugged path of the hills bearing the sacred twin baggae (Irumudi Kattu) to reach this one destination: the lotus feet of the Lord.
	www.iyyappaswami.com /iyappa.htm (1500 words)

	Famous Temples in Tamil Nadu (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-08)
		Hence Tirupporur temple has a lot of significance where Lord Shiva and his son Muruga (also spelt as Murugan) are worshipped.
		The Sthalapurana also discloses that Lord Muruga with his consorts Valli and Devayanai granted protection to devas and expounded the meaning of Pranava to Agastya Muni at this place.
		Another legend has it that Skanda enunciated the principle of pranava or reality to the devas here.
	www.nivarthi.com /FamousTemples/karthik_tiruporur.html (722 words)

	Ahalyä, Ravana and Sangam classics
		Lord Shiva, who took the Mount Meru for his bow (for the destruction of Tripura, at first) was seated on Mount Kailash, with His Consort, Uma.
		Though this is mentioned almost throughout the epic in various places from Aranya Kanda to Yuddha Kanda, one has to go to the Uttara Kanda to know the details.
		This story is narrated to Rama by sage Agastya, in canto 16 of Uttara Kanda of Valmiki Ramayana.
	chennaionline.com /festivalsnreligion/religion/rama/2005/12story11.asp (738 words)

	Arya Chakravarties of Tamil Eelam
		The first Arya king of Jaffna according to the latter was a Chola prince, and according to the Kailaya Malai, an earlier composition, a Pandyan prince.
		These traditions apart, is the contemporary evidence of the Tamil poet Puhalendi of 12th century, a court poet of the Chola king, that on a visit to Kataragama in Ceylon, the poet had an audience of the King Arya Chakravarti, Singai Arya Sekaran.
		The story is one that occurs too in other folk-lore collections and poems as the Kailaya Malai, Vaiyapadal, Trineoma lee KalvelIu and Dakshina Kailasa Puranan, as Rasanayagam tells us.
	www.tamilnation.org /heritage/aryachakravarties.htm (6327 words)

	Iconography of Skanda-Murukan: Flashes of Insight (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-08)
		The poem attributes the following emblems to the Lord: mari (goat) mannai (peacock) varanacceval (rooster), bow, tomaram, val (sword), ilaicceri-itti (spear), kutari (axe), malu (tanka), malai (garland) and mani (ghanta).
		Brahma was fettered for not being able to tell the meaning of pranavamantra.
		Murukan taught Agastya the meaning of the Vedas.
	www.xlweb.com /heritage/murukan/kalidos.htm (4071 words)

	Murukan, The Protector and Healer
		He is said to have taught Tamil to Agastya.
		Murukan became his teacher and he in turn transformed himself a great preacher and teacher to the world.
		Vallalar’s Tiruvarutpa (Prartana malai) speaks about the tremendous changes that had taken place in his life when he had Murukan as his Gnanaguru.
	murugan.org /research/balambal-healer.htm (3882 words)

	Palani Andavar Mayilvidu Thoothu: The Incomparable Greatness of Subrahmanya
		He is the Divine Preceptor and Lord who put in prison Brahma (the creator) who knew not the meaning of Creation and taught the Truth to His adoring Father.
		He is the Guru who showered His Grace on Agastya who humbled Vishnu.
		This is the Hill visited by Agastya, the conqueror of the Vindhya Mountain.
	palani.org /mayilvidu-thoothu.htm (5720 words)

	Dravidian India
		Thus, the period of the Indo-Scythians (45-225 AD) towards the close of their power witnessed, according to this high authority, the compilation of the Mahabharata epic." (Iyengar 1925, p.5-6)
		Regarding Agastya, he notes, "Agastya, the pioneer of Aryan colonisation into the south, is said to have married a Vidarbha princess known as Lopamudra." (Iyengar 1925, p.17)
		In his acceptance of a Negroid origin for Dravidians, Iyengar has foreshadowed modern thought by several decades.
	www.saxakali.com /southasia/dravidian_india.htm (8788 words)

	Saint Arunagirinathar: Was he a Shakta? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-08)
		From this it is clear that all the deities worship Para Shakti and derive their energy from Her to perform their respective tasks.
		The title natha is normally conferred on one when he becomes an adept in the worship of Devi.
		Saint Agastya was initiated into the worship of Devi by Lord Hayagriva and was considered as a great devotee of Devi.
	www.xlweb.com /heritage/skanda/shakta.htm (1443 words)

	Kaliyan :: Kaliyan - Social Studies (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-08)
		On hearing this Sivan asked Parvathi what to do.
		She replied, "All his claims must be fulfilled but it should be performed under tecnique." So Sivan created a man named Agastya with his mind in order to offer the boons.
		He was created with great knowledge of every subject.
	www.thinkingstop.com /search/Kaliyan.html (1775 words)

	::Sangeetham Archives:: (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-08)
		He narrated the story of the origin of the river Kaveri, from the kamandalam of Sage Agastya, which was overturned by Lord Saneeswara in the guise of a crow.
		The river goddess prayed to Lord Vishnu that she must be awarded a status equal to that of the river Ganga.
		He also pointed out that the Vaishnavite doctrine of Kovil (Srirangam), Malai (Tirumalai) and Perumal (Kanchi) was in this kriti as the lines "sEShAnka shayana" describe Ranganatha, "vihanga turanga" describe Kanchi Varadaraja and "vEnkataramaNa mukunda" describe Lord Venkateswara at Tirupati
	www.sangeetham.com /others/archives/opinion.php3 (879 words)

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