(The Tamil translation of the Sanskrit Arunachala Mahatmya, by Munagala Venkataramiah -the compiler of Talks with Sri Ramana Maharshi, has also been reprinted many times from its first publication in1957). In 2000 Sri Ramanasramam published the Tamil Arunachala Puranam of Saiva Ellappa Navalar with paraphrase and the book has been reprinted many times. When Bhagavan came to the verses dealing with Gautama’s joy at Gauri’s coming to his Asramam, hw could not go on, for tears filled his eyes and emotion choked his voice. , Afternoon: As I was entering the hall about 2-50 p.m., Bhagavan was reading out from the Tamil Arunachala Puranam the verses in which it is said that Gauri, after crossing the several streets of Arunachalam, reached Gautama’s Asramam. The author, in verses 21 and 514, cites as the source for its first 7 chapters the Rudra Samhita (514), or the Kodi Rudra Samhita (21) of the Siva Purana.ĭevaraja Mudaliar’s Day by Day with Bhagavan dt.

The Tamil Arunachala Puranam was composed in the 17th century by Saiva Ellappa Navalar, thought to have lived in the reign of the Tamil king Tirumalai Nayakar, during 1623–1659.

Two major themes are interwoven: the first is the greatness of the Arunachala sthala, and the story of how the mountain Arunachala first manifested as a clossal of fire whose top and bottom could not be found, to settle a quarrel between Brahma and Vishnu and the second is the story of how Siva’s consort Parvati came to merge with Lord Siva as half of himself. The main story unfolds against the background of epic themes such as the creation of the universe, and the battles for supremacy between the gods themselves, and the gods and their enemies, the asuras. The strange wonderful world of the Puranas is in its own way no less an illustration of this truth.) (Ramana Maharshi teaches us that the world is simply the illusory play of mind, projected upon the unmoving screen of consciousness. The myths and legends they contain form part of an unbroken tradition, elaborated, embroidered and transformed over several millennia, beginning with the Vedas, and the Vedic commentaries. It is a work which brings together all the legends relating to Tiruvannamalai. The Arunachala Puranam is the sthala purana of Tiruvannamalai.

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