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Thursday 26 January 2012

Tiruvannamalai

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Gopuram


Gopuram of Kapaleeshwarar temple, Chennai depicts two sculptures of Dakshinamurthy: one playing the veena, another in a meditative state.

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Dattapeetham / Himalayan / Ashram

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Upanishad

Guru Navagraha Sthalam

Weekly / Yearly Worship

The fifth day of the week, Thursday is associated with the planet Jupiter and is referred to as Guru-Vaaram. It is on thursdays that special worship services are offered to Dakshinamurthy in many Saivite temples. Some temple traditions hold full moon nights, particularly the night of the Guru Poornima as the appropriate time for worship services to Dakshinamurthy.

Deity Note / Representation

if you have a picture or idol of Dakshinamurthy, make sure it has the following characteristics: Sitting, usually beneath a Pipal tree. surrounded by seven or four sages.That is because he is "Mrityunjaya", conquerer of death. And South is the direction of Yama, the God of Death.

http://www.adi-shankara.org/2008/02/lord-dakshinamurthy.html

Question & Answers / Philosophy

Sahasranamam

Iconography

Silent Speaker

Vaibhavam / Playlist

Dakshinamurthy / Page / Stotra / Note

http://www.shaivam.org/siddhanta/madhak.html
http://www.sacred-texts.com/hin/dast/index.htm
Note: Of the twelve Jyotirlingas the Mahakaleshwar in Ujjain is Dakshinmurthy.It holds special importance for as a site of learning.

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