Thanks to Sundar for this message. I knew this fact already and I am sure many of you are aware. Still posting for others who may not know this..
For non-Tamil readers -people make a common mistake in temples by making sound in front of chandikeswarar. He is a great shivanadiyar and always in meditation on lord shiva. We shouldn’t disturb his meditation by making any sound. Since he protects Shiva Temple’s property, we need to show both our hands in front of him to assure that we are not taking anything from the temple..
Aum Namashivaya!!
7 Responses
My mother used to say that without making any sound pull out a tiny thread from what we are wearing and place on steps in that sannidhi. (to count our visit).
Creative non sense. As usual no Sastric reference given to support these claims. Age old practice is to use middle finger and thumb to create sound and recite the shloka that starts as Nilakanta Patham Bhoja….
Prayer to Chandikeswara
(It is common to clap hands or make sound with fingers before Chandikeswara temple,He is supposed to be the one who keeps the account of our visits to the Shiva temple. By making sound we are informing him that we have visited Lord Shiva, as Chandikeswara is always in deep meditation)
Neela kanda padambhoja parisphuritha manasa,
Shambho seva balam dehi Chamdeswara Namosthuthe
Oh Lord who opens his mind to the lotus like feet of Lord Neelakanda,
Give us the results of Serving Lord Shiva and I salute you Chandeswara.
Thank you for posting a beautiful Shloka for worshipping Sri Chandikeshwarar. I will be grateful if you could kindly enlighten me by suggesting ways and means of worshipping Him on His Thirunakshathiram Day which I am told to be Uthraphalguni Day in the month of Thai [Makhara Maasam as per the Solar Calendar – Soura Maanasam & Pushya Maasam according to the Lunar Calendar – Chandra Maanasam]. Some say that special pujas commencing with Abhisheka Aaradhanai ought to be done for Lord Sri Shiva and a new cloth [Veshti or Dhoti] may be used for doing Alanakaaram to Lord Sri Shiva. On the next day, the Veshti from Lord Sri Shiva may be presented to Sri Chandikeshwarar. Kindly send me your reply whether this information is correct.
is this not true? I’ve been thinking that this in fact is true….maybe I should check with some shivacharyars to clarify this.
Just a doubt: Is HE CHandi kesar or CHandikeswarar.?
Tamil people often mispronounce sanskrit words (due to lack of Vargam in teh language). Sanaihi charaha : (slow moving) Sanischara becomes saneeswarar. Padmanabha becomes Badmanapa and so on.
PLease help
The visarga : becomes sa if the next akshara is ch (Sakara Desha Sandhi). Again, due to shchutva sandhi, it becomes sha. Only for ca, cha, Ta, Tha, ta and tha – visarga : becomes sa. Otherwise for ka, kha and pa, pha, there is another visarga sandhi rule. In Lalitha Sahasranamam, there is a name for Ambal – Chandika in verse 145. So, it is Chandikeshwarar just like Kameshwarar for Kameshwari.