The Supreme Pontiff of Hinduism alongwith the 292nd Pontiff of the Madurai Aadheenam visited the temples in and around Madurai and those coming under the direct administration of the Madurai Aadheenam. Temples are the strongest pillar of Kailaasa, the enlightenment ecosystem established by Paramasiva. They are built to optimally store the Cosmic energy within them and behave as satellite stations relaying the energy to the surrounding region. Reviving them to life and connecting the people back to them is a significant contribution of The SPH in revival of Kailaasa.
The SPH – temple visits in and around Madurai as the 293rd Pontiff of the Madurai Aadheenam
May 8, 2012 – The SPH was welcomed at the world renowned Meenakshi Amman temple in Madurai as the 293rd Pontiff of the Madurai Aadheenam. Above are pictures from the visit.
The SPH at the everyday worship in Madurai Aadheenam
18 May 2012 – The SPH visited the Pannagaparameshwarar temple in Pannagateru, belonging to the Madurai Aadheenam
The SPH visited the Kanjanur Temple belonging to the Madurai Aadheenam on May 16, 2012
18 May 2012 – The SPH visited the Kachineshwar temple, belonging to the Madurai Aadheenam
21 May 2012 – The SPH visited the Sakshinatheshwarar Temple in Tiruppurambiyam, Tanjore, another Shiva temple belonging to the Madurai Aadheenam.
4 June 2012, The SPH performed the Parārtha Pūjā inside the sanctum sanctorum of the Madurai Aadheenam. It is the worship performed for longevity, health, victory and abundance of wealth for the ruler, and for the many-faceted growth of the village and other settlements to sacred deities of the Madurai Aadheenam
5 June 2012 – The 5-day Tirujnana Sambandhar Guru Pooja Festival
From 01-05 June at Madurai Aadheenam culminated with a host of religious and service activities in which thousands of people from around the world participated. Tirujnana Sambandar, a 6th century visionary Shaivite saint, is a reviver of the Madurai Aadheenam.
Well before sunrise, to the accompaniment of traditional nadaswaram music by artistes from Tiruvannamalai, the temple elephant and priests welcomed the two pontiffs of Madurai Aadheenam and took them in procession from Madurai Aadheenam to the Meenakshi-Sundareshwara temple. Entering through the East tower, the two pontiffs and devotees witnessed the auspicious suprabhata seva – gently awakening the Divine couple Meenakshi and Sundareshwara (Devi & Shiva) with music and worship.
This was followed by the re-enactment of the scene of ‘darshan’, where the saint Tirujnana Sambandar receives the divine vision of Meenakshi and Sundareshwara. Worship was performed to over 60 other deities in the temple. The deities of Tirujnana Sambandar and the 63 nayanmars (chief Shaivite saints) were then carried in a palanquin procession through the four streets surrounding the Meenakshi Amman temple. The procession arrived at Madurai Aadheenam where a special pooja (worship) and arati (worship with lamps) was performed. After the daily parartha pooja, a homa (fire ceremony) was performed. Following are pictures from the event.
The 5-day Thiru JnanaSambandar Guru Pūjā Festival from 01-05 June at Madurai Aadheenam culminated with a host of religious and service activities in which several thousand people from around the world participated
Videos of temple visits of The Supreme Pontiff of Hinduism
Madurai Aadheenam : Philosophy & History Of Madurai Aadheenam
Video Link: https://youtu.be/48IESo_djSQ
June 24, 2012 at Madurai, Tamil Nadu
In a video The SPH elaborates on the history and philosophy of the Madurai Adheenam which he states is the most ancient organization on Planet Earth, dating far back before recorded history. He proposes to retrieve the unwritten history of the Adheenam through the power of Akashic Readings, during which he downloads the cosmic truth of world events. He confirms that the founders of the Aadheenam were Paramaśiva and Devī themselves and they established the Adheenam in their first appearance in human form. Devī appeared as Mīnākṣi, who became the queen of Madurai, and Paramaśiva took form as her husband Soma Sundareśvar. The SPH clarifies that they were not incarnations, in which the human body inhabited by God is carried in an earthly womb. Rather they transformed themselves from higher formless realms into the semblance of human shape, bypassing through the fire before they were transformed. Describing the event The SPH relates how the spirit of Mīnākṣi descended from her divine space through the fire into what appeared to be a human child of three years. She did not assume human physiology but maintained a human appearance throughout her life on Earth.
29 MAY 2012 – The SPH Bhagavan Sri Nithyananda Paramashivam, the 293rd Guru Maha Sannidhanam (pontiff) and the 292nd Pontiff of Madurai Aadheenam visit the Kanchanoor Temple to offer their worships with restoration efforts by The SPH
Video Link: https://youtu.be/LY7AKU0lXRg
29 May 2012 at Madurai, Tamil Nadu
The Kanjanoor Agniswarar Temple is located in the village of Kanjanur, Tamil Nadu and is one of the temples under the hereditary trustee of Madhurai Adheenam. The presiding deity of the temple is “Agniswarar” or Paramaśiva. Said to be 1400 years old the temple was built by the Medieval Cholas and renovated by the kings of Vijayanagar empire. Kanjanur is one of the nine Navagraha sthalas (sacred places) located in the Cauvery Delta region dedicated to planet Venus, called Sukra. Unlike other Navagraha (9 planets) temples, the main deity, Agniswarar in the form of liṅgam depicts Lord Sukra. The SPH, 293rd Guru Maha Sannidhanam, visits this historic temple to pay His respects to the deities.
The SPH Bhagavan Sri Nithyananda Paramashivam, the 293rd Guru Maha Sannidhanam (pontiff) of Madurai Aadheenam visits the Mīnākṣi Amman Temple, Madurai
Video Link: https://youtu.be/XiE-3_VkFyI
2012 at Madurai, Tamil Nadu
The SPH, 293 Guru Maha Sannidhanam of Sarvajña Peetham, graced the last day of the 5-day Tirujnana Sambandhar Guru Pūjā Festival at Madurai Aadheenam. Thirugnana Sambandhar, the 6th century visionary Shaivite saint, is the patron saint who revived the Madurai Aadheenam which was originally created by Mīnākṣi and Sundareśvar themselves. The 5-day festival culminated with a host of religious and service activities in which over 5000 people from around the world participated. The day’s celebrations closed with darshan at the beautiful Mīnākṣi temple, followed by a silver chariot procession and Mahā Deeparadhana (ceremony of lamps).
The SPH Bhagavan Sri Nithyananda Paramashivam, the reigning emperor of the ancient Pandya kingdom graces Suprabhāta Seva (the early morning rituals) at the world famous Madurai Mīnākṣi Temple
Video Link: https://youtu.be/f4eyrflhto4
6th June, 2012 at Madurai, Tamil Nadu
The SPH, 293rd Guru Maha Sannidhanam of Sarvajñapiṭham, graced the last day of the 5-day Tirugnana Sambandhar Guru Pūjā Festival at Madurai Aadheenam. Well before sunrise, to the accompaniment of traditional nadaswaram music by artists from Tiruvannamalai, the temple elephant and priests welcomed The SPH, the current king, escorting Him in royal procession to the Mīnākṣi-Sundareśvar temple. Entering through the East tower, The SPH graced the auspicious Suprabhata seva – gently waking the Divine couple Mīnākṣi and Sundareśvar (Devī & Śiva) with music and worship in the early morning hours.
The SPH Bhagavan Sri Nithyananda Paramashivam, the 293rd Guru Maha Sannidhanam (pontiff) of Madurai Aadheenam visits the Mīnākṣi Amman Temple, Madurai
Video: https://youtu.be/H3hI-6m-hBQ
6th June, 2012 at Madurai, Tamil Nadu
The SPH Bhagavān Sri Nithyananda Paramashivam, the 293rd Guru Maha Sannidhanam (pontiff) of Madurai Aadheenam Offering Arati (ancient ritualistic worship) at Madurai Aadheenam
Video Link: https://youtu.be/9qboscmdRUk
5th June, 2012 at Madurai, Tamil Nadu
The SPH, 293 Guru Maha Sannidhanam of Sarvajñapiṭham, graced the last day of the 5-day Tirugnana Sambandhar Guru Pūjā Festival at Madurai Aadheenam, offering the sacred arathi to the primordial Aadheenam deities.
Madurai Adheenam and Vedic Tradition – part 1
Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XFQyUE8fCXE
The SPH Bhagavan Sri Nithyananda Paramashivam, the 293rd Guru Maha Sannidhanam (pontiff) expounds on the glory and tradition of the Madurai Adheenam as part of His responsibility to spread the teachings and protect the tradition.
Madurai Adheenam and Vedic Tradition – part 2
Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W2FP4xfWspU
The SPH Bhagavan Sri Nithyananda Paramashivam, the 293rd Guru Maha Sannidhanam (pontiff) expounds on the glory and tradition of the Madurai Adheenam as part of His responsibility as the emperor to spread the teachings and protect the tradition of the Pandya kingdom.
The SPH Bhagavan Sri Nithyananda Paramashivam, the 293rd Guru Maha Sannidhanam (pontiff) Visits Mīnākṣi Amman Temple – 20th May 2012
Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qd5d32-dYEo
The divine marriage of Śiva and Devī, in their incarnation as Lord Sundareśvara and Goddess Mīnākṣi is celebrated in a grand way. As the divine couple had ruled over the Pandya kingdom in Tamil Nadu, the marriage ceremony is conducted in the traditional Pandya style. Addressing the ‘newly-married’ couples on this occasion, His Divine Holiness revealed that the marriage would be the beginning of a new reality in their relationship with each other and with themselves. The wedding is followed by a traditional Madurai marriage ceremony lunch.
The SPH Bhagavan Sri Nithyananda Paramashivam, the reigning emperor of the ancient Pandya kingdom graces Suprabhāta Seva (the early morning rituals) at the world famous Madurai Mīnākṣi Temple
Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L3wBJCH8cy0
24th May, 2012 at Palani, Tamil Nadu
The SPH, 293rd Guru Maha Sannidhanam of Madurai Aadheenam, visited the the beautiful hilltop Palani Murugan temple:
Nestled in the hills 60kms away from Madurai, Palani is well known as one of the six abodes of Lord Muruga. The deity of Murugan in the temple is made of “Navapāśana”, a combination of 9 poisonous herbs mixed in a proportion to radiate high medicinal properties to cure diseases. The temple houses the Jīva Samādhi of Bogar, who is the designer of the deity.
The temple also has the “Golden Prarthana Cradle” which is dedicated to Arulmigu Dhandayuthapani Swamy, where devotees can place their children on the cradle to be blessed with all health and well-being.
HDH Bhagavan Sri Nithyananda Paramashivam, the 293rd Guru Maha Sannidhanam (pontiff) of Madurai Aadheenam visits the Mīnākṣi Amman Temple, Madurai
Video Link: https://youtu.be/P_zqHZ4WRro
April, 2018 at Bengaluru Aadheenam
The grand celebration of Mīnākṣi Thirukalyanam, the royal wedding of Devī Mīnākṣi and Lord Sundareśvar was observed. All present were blessed to have darshan of this divine happening in the presence of 293rd Gurumahasannidhanam of Madurai Aadheenam, His Divine Holiness Bhagavan Sri Nithyananda Paramashivam.
Devī Mīnākṣi, the Cosmic mother, happened on Planet Earth thousands of years ago in the sacred land of Madurai, Tamil Nadu. Pandya king Malayadwaja Pandyan and his wife Kanchanamala had no heirs, so they performed the Putra Kameshti Yaga, the Vedic ritual to manifest fertility and have divine children. Out of the sacred fire of the Yaga emerged a beautiful young girl with three breasts. An an unembodied voice, said “This divine child is destined to conquer the whole world. When she meets her soulmate the third breast will disappear”.
Named Thadathagi, she grew up mastering all sixty four arts (kalas) including warfare, poetry, drawing, sculpting and more. Before being coronated queen, as was the practice, she set about conquering the world in all 10 directions. Finally she arrived to conquer Kailasha, but one look at the divine Paramaśiva, she fell in love and her third breast disappeared.
The SPH Bhagavan Sri Nithyananda Paramashivam, the reigning emperor of the ancient Pandya kingdom graces Suprabhāta Seva (the early morning rituals) at the world famous Madurai Mīnākṣi Temple
Video Link: https://youtu.be/f4eyrflhto4
6th June, 2012 at Madurai, Tamil Nadu
The SPH, 293rd Guru Maha Sannidhanam of Sarvajnapitham, graced the last day of the 5-day Tirugnana Sambandhar Guru Pūjā Festival at Madurai Aadheenam. Well before sunrise, to the accompaniment of traditional nadaswaram music by artists from Tiruvannamalai, the temple elephant and priests welcomed His Divine Holiness, the current king, escorting Him in royal procession to the Mīnākṣi-Sundareśvar temple. Entering through the East tower, The SPH graced the auspicious Suprabhata seva – gently waking the Divine couple Mīnākṣi and Sundareśvar (Devī & Śiva) with music and worship in the early morning hours.
The SPH Bhagavan Sri Nithyananda Paramashivam, the 293rd Guru Maha Sannidhanam (pontiff) Visits Mīnākṣi Amman Temple – 20th May 2012
Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bI_9hWta1M8
20th May 2012
The pinnacle of art, culture, tradition, spirituality and architecture come together as the Mīnākṣi Sundareśvar Temple in Madurai, Tamil Nadu. Located in the heart of the city, it bears testament to extraordinary expressions of human talents in ancient temples. It is dedicated to the worship of Goddess Mīnākṣi & Lord Sundareśvar, incarnations of Goddess Shakti and Lord Paramaśiva, and the deities installed in the garbha graha (sanctum) were given by Goddess Mīnākṣi and Lord Sundareśvar as energized deities for worship by all.
The temple attracts tens of thousands of visitors and pilgrims everyday, and millions during the annual Mīnākṣi Tirukalyanam festival. The magnificent temple is richly embellished with scenes from Mīnākṣi’s life, elaborate carvings of the different divine forms of the many gods and goddesses, richly carved gopurams, thousand carved pillars in the Hall of Thousand Pillars, artwork showing narratives from major Hindu texts and more. The SPH, 293rd Guru Maha Sannidhanam, walks among us today as the living incarnation of Devī Mīnākṣi
Feeling-Connection the Ultimate Technique
Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O3WIIepaOac
The SPH Bhagavan Sri Nithyananda Paramashivam shares his experience of the revival of Madurai Adheenam, downloaded from the Akashic Records and interpreted for our understanding. When Śiva left the Planet Earth the spiritual climate became degraded. This happens after the departure of an enlightened master; corruption sets in and the crystalline purity of the founding vision is lost. At the time just before the adheenam was revived, a group of Jain monks held the religious power. The SPH distinguishes between power, which is something added to us from outside, and energy, which dwells within us innately. The Jains offered many practices for enlightenment, but they missed the ultimate technique for raising consciousness: the development of sacred sentiments, the feeling connection with divinity. When Jnanasambandhar accepted the invitation from the queen of those days to revive Madurai Adheenam, the Jains were abashed. They saw that their spirituality was incomplete and that they could not offer a true road to enlightenment. Jnanasambandhar completely embodied the bhakti of love for the divine.
The SPH Bhagavan Sri Nithyananda Paramashivam, the 293rd Guru Maha Sannidhanam (pontiff) of Madurai Aadheenam visits the Mīnākṣi Amman Temple, Madurai
Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iXeyKWGNKTg
22 May, 2012 at Madurai, Tamil Nadu
The SPH, 293rd Guru Maha Sannidhanam of Madurai Aadheenam, The SPH Sri Nithyananda Paramashivam visited the ancient Saatchinathar temple. After paying His respects to the deities, Swamiji and His devotees started with cleaning up the huge temple premises.
The SPH led by example, cleaning and supervising and going around the temple premises to study the work that needed to be done to renovate and rebuild the temple which has been in a state of disrepair.
Hundreds of The SPH’ devotees gathered to take the first step towards reviving and preserving this beautiful ancient energy center. The SPH also visited other temples in the village to study the effort needed to rebuild them. He blessed the visiting villagers, who extended full support to The SPH for His plans for renovation, and to return to its former glory.
The SPH said, “Today, more than ever before, we can appreciate the Vedic intelligence that gave rise to the concept of temples. The powerful positive vibrations present in a temple can flush out negative energies, resulting in physical and mental healing. In modern times, temples are truly the oxygen bars for the soul!”
Save Our Temple (A video on Ancient temples of the Pandya Kingdom)
Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TOhpBLJxNPo
For more than 2000 years Madurai was the cultural and spiritual beacon of South India. It was ruled by the Pandya kings, whose love for religion and culture transformed Madurai from a thick, dense forest in to a Temple town, where Hinduism was not just a religion, but also a lifestyle.
The original founders of Madurai Aadheenam are Lord Paramaśiva and Devī Pārvati in their incarnations as “Lord Sundareśvar or Chokkanathar” and “Mīnākṣi.”
Four ancient temples in Tamilnadu, South India come under the divine auspices and administration of the Madurai Aadheenam viz. the Sri Agnishwarar temple, the Sri Sakshinatheshwarar Temple, Sri Kachaneshwarar Swami Temple, Sri Pannagaparameshwara Swami Temple.
Madurai Aadheenam: World’s Oldest Hindu Establishment
Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-i0NP0_edbk
The renaissance of Śaivism in Madurai was a sacred task was taken by the child-incarnation, Tirujnanasambandar, one of the four visionary saints of the Śaiva Siddhantha tradition. As a baby, Tirujnanasambandar was once nourished by the milk of enlightenment from the Cosmic Mother herself. This child prodigy arrived in Madurai to effortlessly defeat the learned Jain monks with his wisdom, healing powers and spiritual prowess and restored Madurai to her beloved religion, Shaivism, by reviving the ancient Madurai Aadheenam and the Mīnākṣi Temple, which had fallen to desolate ruin. Madurai Aadheenam is today the world’s oldest living Hindu organization with a recorded history spanning a glorious 1500 years with an unbroken lineage of illustrious pontiffs who head the Adheenam as reigning emperors to this very day.
Over the centuries, Madurai Aadheenam has been patronized by the likes of Tipu Sultan, Robert Clive and poet saint Vallalar. The pontiff of the Madurai Aadheenam is known by the title ‘Guru Maha Sannidhanam’ and inherits the responsibility of carrying forward the traditions of Tirujnanasambandar’s sacred kingdom.
The SPH as the current emperor, says, “’Madurai Aadheenam will be a model socio-spiritual kingdom which will show the way for India’s ultimate flowering,’
Save Our Temple (A video on Ancient temples of the Pandya Kingdom)
Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8fDubnKAek
21 May 2012, at Madurai, Tamil Nadu
The SPH, 293rd Guru Maha Sannidhanam of Madurai Aadheenam, Bhagavan Sri Nithyananda Paramashivam visits the ancient Saatchinathar temple. One among the 24 Gurusthalams, it was built in the 6th century for Lord Dakshinamurti.
The temple celebrates the leela (divine play) of Lord Paramaśiva, who had helped an old lady merchant who was in legal trouble by standing witness for her. Hence the name Saatchinathar – (Witness).
The temple also has a very special Gaṇeśa deity. During the Krita yuga, Lord Paramaśiva asked Gaṇeśa to save the world from the great deluge. Gaṇeśa created a well on the east side of the temple tank and channeled all the seven seas into that well, controlling the deluge and saving the world. Lord Varuna, the God of Oceans, created a deity of Lord Gaṇeśa from sea shells and other materials obtained from the sea and worshipped him as “Pralayam Katha Vināyakar”.
On the night before Vināyaka Cathurti, a special abhiśekam with 100 kgs of honey is done to this beautiful Gaṇeśa throughout the night. All honey that is poured during the abhiśekam is absorbed by the deity. No abhiśekam is performed during the rest of the year.
Alagar Kovil Temple Visit 31 MAY 2012 – The SPH, 293rd Guru Maha Sannidhanam of Madurai Aadheenam on a tour to survey His Pandya kingdom visiting the temple, meeting the local administrators
Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5S6tQ1c_eQ4
31 May 2012, Madurai, Tamil Nadu
The SPH, 293rd Guru Maha Sannidhanam, Bhagavan Sri Nithyananda Paramashivam visited the Koodal Alagar temple, 10 mins away from Madurai Adheenam. The SPH revealed that Alagar appeared to Him in a vision and asked Him why He had not come to see him after being in Madurai all these days. The SPH immediately went to the temple to pay His respects. The Koodal Alagar Temple is devoted to Lord Viṣṇu, one God of the Divine Trinity of Hinduism. A unique feature of this temple is the three different postures of the same God residing in three different altars. The three figures of Viṣṇu are in standing, sitting and reclining postures. These three figures of the deity are known by three different names. The most venerated of the three figures is Lord Viṣṇu in the seated posture. The seated Lord Viṣṇu is locally known as Lord Koodal Alagar from whom the temple derives its name.