Sucindrasthala-mahatmya (critical edition and study)
by Anand Dilip Raj | 2002 | 65,969 words
The essay studies in English the Sucindrasthala-mahatmya which represents a significant Sthalamahatmya from South India detailing the origins and development of the Trimurti temple at Suchindram in Tamil Nadu. The study reveals its legends, customs, and religious practices. It is divided into two parts: Part I includes a study with four chapters di...
Puranic legends: Story of Madhu Kaitabha
The story of Devi Bhagavatha is used for the propagation of the glory of the parakkai temple. The nineteenth chapter of Sucindrasthalamahatmya describes the story of Madhu-kaitabhas. The birth of them from wax of the ears of Lord Visnu, is in the first Skanda of Devi Bhagavata. Theft of the Vedas is described in tenth Skanda of the same text. The slain of them by Lord Vishnu is described in detail in the first Skanda of Devibhagavata. The author of Sucindrasthalamahatmya uses all these stories and proclaims the glory of Parakkai temple. Brahma visited that temple and prayed Madhusudana the chief deity of the temple. This is elaborately described on the 20 th Chapter of Sucindrasthalamahatmya