Kan => Brahma, ch => Vishnu and i => Shiva empowered by Kam => Saraswati, Ak => Lakshmi , Shi => Shakti
Friday, August 5, 2022
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Why do none of the Shiva temples in Kanchipuram have an Ambal sannidhi
Vishwamithra said, “Kailasapathi, Lord Siva did penance (tapas) here. Manmatha tried to disturb the penance. Lord Siva, the Parameshwara, was angered because of this and burnt Manmatha to ashes by a ‘hunkaram’. Manmatha lost his physical body. He lost his body because Parameshwaran burnt him. The place where the burnt parts of Manmatha’s physical body fell came to be known as anga desam.”
This is the sthala puranam of Kanchipuram as well. There are so many Siva temples in and around Kanchipuram. There is no Ambal (Lord Siva’s consort) Sannadhi (sanctum) in any of these Siva temples. There is no Goddess Ambal sannadhi in Ekambareshwarar temple. If we go to Kailasanathar temple, there is no Ambal sannidhi. Kachapeshwarar temple has no Ambal sannidhi. Nor does Ona Kantheeswarar temple. Upto a particular distance around Kanchi, none of the Siva temples has Ambal sannidhi. Only Lord Siva resides. Moreover, this place where there is Kanchi mutt is called as ‘Kama koshtam’. In the temple of Sri Kamakshi Amman, there is no sannidhi for Lord Siva. Goddess Kamakshi resides there alone.”
