Tiruvanaika
Tiruvanaika
The ancient Jambukeshwarar Temple.
How old is it?
About 1300 + years.
Where is the reference.
In Appar's தேவாரம்.
Kshetra's epic:
The Lord Eshwar found a comfortable place under a Java plum நாவல் பழ tree.
Hence the Eshwar's name: Jambukeshwara
Some etymology :
जमबू in Sanskrit.
Java, Jamun all European languages spring from the deep roots of the Mother language Sanskrit.
When some, who implant hate, aversion here, call it - Sanskrit - a dead language, don't know whether to laugh or cry.
Back to kshetra Purana, the epic:
See, the tree is even older than the temple.
A devout spider spun a web over the Lord so as to save Him from scorching heat and kept worshipping the Lord all the time.
There was a devout elephant also.
The elephant poured water piercing the spider web to bathe the Lord. Annoyed, the spider got into the long trunk of the pachyderm and tormented him/her - pardon me for not knowing the elephant's Gender. Thank God!.
The statute, General Clauses Act, comes in handy. Under it, he includes she and vice versa.
Well unable to bear the pain, the elephant dashed violently on a wall and brought to an end to both.
This spider later took a rebirth as King Kochengatch Chola. This King was the one who built the monumental Master Temple which we see today near River Cauvery.
States - political class - may fight on rights over water, and fan fanaticism. But the River Mata Cauvery still springs in the very Sanctum of the Lord Jambukeshwara.
Apt to wrap this up with Dr. V's quote :
"When I go to the meditation room at the hospital every morning, I ask God that I be a better tool, a receptacle for the divine force. We can all serve humanity in our normal professional lives by being more generous and less selfish in what we do."
May Almighty bless us.
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