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CHIDAMBARAM |
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The main temple
is known as Chit Sabha. It contains the idol of Lord Siva and Nataraja or king of dancers.
Two rishis Vyaghrapada and Patanjali stand nearby witnessing the dance of the God.
Vyaghrapada means one with tiger’s feet.
Rishi Vyaghrapada was a great devotee of God Siva. He was always engaged in collecting
flowers for the worship of the God. God took mercy upon him and gave him the feet of a
tiger so that he would be able to swiftly run about without being tired. The serpent-god Adi Sesha was born as Rishi Patanjali. He wrote many
treatises on grammar and Yoga.
A King of Kashmir called Svetavarma who lived one thousand four hundred years ago suffered
from white leprosy. He came to
Chimdambaram and bathed in the Sivaganga tank at the temple. That cured him of the
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