The largest Shiva Temple in Southern India, seen from Arunachala Hill made famous in recent times by the modern saint Sri Ramana


The largest Shiva Temple in Southern India, seen from Arunachala Hill made famous in recent times by the modern saint Sri Ramana Maharshi. The sacred Arunachala mountain, seen as an embodiment of Lord Shiva himself, becomes the focus for millions of Hindu pilgrims and devotees during the festivals of Poonam and Shivatrathri where pilgrims cirumnabulate the mountain, its 8 sacred Lingams (sacred stones dedicated to various aspects of the Hindu pantheon of Deities) and attend the Temple to make offerings and prostrations as their completion and climax to their is a bustling modern day pilgrimage site for numerous spiritual seekers worldwide.


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Location: Tiruvannamalai Tamil Nadu South India
Photo credit: © Roland Pargeter / Alamy / Afripics
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