The sholingur has consists three hill
temple it almost looks like all in one line at different hill
tops with 3km vicinity and one land temple called as Ore thirukoil which
accommodate Baktosita perumal and Adikesa perumal vigras.This temple is one of
the 108 Divya desam temples of
Vaisnavas. In this temple Namalwar, Thirumangaialwar and Peyalwar sang
the devotional rhymes.
In big hill Yoga narasimar and small hill
Anjaneyar temple located respectively, at the third hill at little far the lord
Subramanian temple is there on the way from
sholingur and arakonam route.
These
temples can be easily approachable either from arokonam or shoilngur railway
station.While going I had catch
Jolarpet- Arakonam passenger and
alight at sholingur about 8.30 am. from here by share auto 12km to
kondapalayalam foothills where 30 ft
anjaneyar welcomes you adjacent to the Main road and behind anjaneyar
statue Bramaha theertham or thakan kulam is there with fully fenced around not
able to enter inside the water from the pond is pumped into barrel that can be
utilized for your bath or rinsing of hand and leg. People do their head shave
offering here, than precede to main temple from here 2km to yoga Narasimar
temple.
Also I saw the people throwing coins
in the tank, which is also observed in current days. Earlier in those days the
coins were made of metals like gold, silver, copper and brass, the water
absorbs some properties of its and added value. These days the coins are made
of stainless steel. Which will become rust over the period? In following the
rituals, one should understand the context and reasons behind the activities
and follow the appropriate one.
The sholingur and its adjacent economy are
based on agriculture hence you can find beautiful cultivation land and mango
trees on the way accompany by the hills at background. For breakfast better
choice is your own arrangement since
good hotels not on the way only katpadi railway station is somewhat reasonable
station where you can get your Tiffin or
house made idly sold by vendors in train is a alternative choice, if you reach
earlier to sholingur you can visit Lakshmi narasimar temple nearby Bus stand
than have food in Balaji bhavan hotel adjacent
to bus stand here food ok, and
surrounding environment is moderate this is the only choice other hotels not
good. From here 4 km to Yoga Narasimar temple you can take auto or can walk.
The Yoga Narasimarmain temple have
1314 steps at an altitude of 750 ft high, at the start of the step left side
you can see Narasima theertham and right side Veera Anjaneya swami and Bakta anjaneya swami small temple
available after making pooja here people start claiming to main temple on the
way lot of monkeys were available to
snatch your food items and belongings to safe guard from these monkeys, sticks
were sold at bottom if you need take along with you, while claiming about 700th
steps right side you can find old temple in demolished condition just opposite
to that people stacker rocks praying towards God and fulfill their offering request.
Upon claiming all steps the Main
Gopuram welcomes you at hill top after
crossing at Flag post make your prayer than Amirthavalli thayar sanctrum make
your offerings than finally precede to Yoga Narasimar sanctrum. The unique of this
temple is that Lord Yoga Narasimha (big deity) on the hill-top is seated in a
yoga posture with Salagrama Hara (necklace) and Chaturbuja (four arms). He holds
Sanka (conch) and Chakra (discus) on two arms. The other two arms signify a
meditative posture. The Narasimha opens his eyes from his meditation during the
Tamil month of Karthigai, which falls on November-December months, and blesses
his devotees. Hence, he has delegated his authority to Goddess Amirtha Valli
thayar to grants instantly boons to the devotees who come to this temple.
In this santrum at the entrance Karuda alwar facing towards Yoga Narasimar
welcomes you,just atitsbehind theVamadevar, vasistar, katyabur,atheri,
jamatkani, gouthamarand baratwajar saints statur were locatedfacing towards
gods.Upon these saints request the Lord Narasimar shown his darsan here for a
moment(kadigai) hence this place has been called as Kadigachalam.This name has
been called as Thirukadigai by Alwars, Cholasimapuram by achariyas, The sivets
called as Chola linga puram finally the present name has been called as
Solingapuran or sholingur. It is also believed that Sage Viswamithra meditated here
and obtained the Brahma Rishi title.The Brahma Kaivartha Purana descripe the
kadikachalam kshetram history in detail you can refer for more detail.
After climp down at the exit the right
side road take you to the Anjaneya Swamy Temple, very small temple but peaceful
and divine. If you walk another half a kilometer a pandava theertham at the
left side welcomes you at foothill entrance, From here you have climb 406 steps
to reach hanuman mandir. Hanuman has four arms (chatusbuja) with a Sanka and
Chakra in two arms. Here Hamuman is known as Yoga Anjaneyar. He is also seated
in a yogic posture with a Jap Mala and Jap Sanka and meditating upon Lord
Narasimhan. Lord Hanuman here protects devotees and grants them various boons.
Nowhere else in India is Lord Hanuman seen with Sanka and Chakra given by Lord
Narasimha himself to protect the devotees? Lord Rama Patabisheka is
engraved on his Krida (crown) of Hanuman
,It is believed that Indirathuyman,
the King of North Madurai killed the asura Nikumban and saved the region and he
helped the rishis and bhaktas, he was given the Vajrayudham by Indiran (Weapon
of Indiran). The Lord Yoga Narasimhar asked Anjaneyar to help him and after the
asura was killed, Anjaneyar was asked to give darsan in this yoga posture and
to give boons to his devotees,. Sacred Thirumanjanam and poojas are
performed for Lord Anjaneyar on all Sundays due to the killing of the asura
took place on a Sunday. The temple also accomodate Lord Rama, Sri Ranganathar
in laid posture. After having darshan, you can have Puliyohara and Curd rice,
at this temples.The Temple Tank at the hill of Sri Anjaneya swamy is believed
to be having medicinal properties.
From Sholingur one can head
towards Tirutanni and visit The Hill temple of Lord Subramania along with his
consorts Valli Devani later on proceed to
thirupati Balaji temple.
Upon completion of my pilgrimage I had chosen Sholingur to Arakonam route
which is 27KM stretch and took almost 45 miniutes by bus to reach Arakonam bus junction, from here local auto take you to
arakonam railway station for Rs.20 by sharing. There are Government Buses and
Private buses too Available for Arakonam,
they charge around Rs 17/- per ticket from sholingur, unless you ask they won’t give tickets (In
india most of the rural places this practice you can find). From
Arakonam to Chennai lot of local as well as fast trains available to
Chennai it is just 60km distance from here.
