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Now you’re seeing ayyarmalai, this is the 
primary temple among the ones in the region 
of southern region of Kaveri riverbeds

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this may looks small but has a big history 
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it's 1500 years old and you can reach it 
by crossing just 1000 steps

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it's 40 kms from Karur and 44 Kms from Trichy

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the path we need to cross is so simple

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they say that if we pray in the karuppannaswamy 
temple at the foothill by locking a paddle 
lock and

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throwing the key in the nearby pond will 
fulfil your wishes

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this hill is 1178 ft high from sea level

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it has one hall with 100 pillars and it’s 
believed that the people who has their wedding 
ceremony here will have long lasting relationship

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we'll see about this 1500 years old saivaite 
temple

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let's dive into the video

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now you're seeing the

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foothill temple of ayyarmalai

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this place also called as the 100 pillar 
hall

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it has shrines of Ganesh, karuppannasaamy, 
Lord perumal and Dandhayudhabani

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if you can’t reach the top hill to worship

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you can worship here and get the blessings

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to get their prayers fulfilled people will 
lock a paddle lock here

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and will throw the key in the nearby pond

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they believe it will make their prayers become 
true

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you may saw the drone shots

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we're sitting in the 100 pillars hall and

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way to ayyarmalai is behind us and it's a 
small hill only

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if you're new to trekking

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ayyarmalai is beginner friendly for you

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you may saw those paddle locks and they're 
doing this for their prayers

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we'll start our trekking from here and the 
time is 12.45

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so you may saw our travel from tanjore and 
it took some time

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we'll learn the things while climbing, let's 
go

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"Divine music"

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this is the spot where the trekking starts 
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we'll climb via this path and many halls 
are there

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there is one big rock similar to one in Mahabalipuram

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and we also have this mischievous monkeys

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one is looking up from there and maybe jump 
on me!

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we'll see how is our path

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the name of the big rock is "saguna kundru"

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it got the name because people will check 
for positive signals(sagunam) before starting 
anything here

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we're sitting under this big rock

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and there are some foot imprints in the ground

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after finishing youre prayers

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people will mark their footprints

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it looks good with paint marks and there 
are many small ones here

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"Divine music"

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there is one shrine with 3.5 rooms

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in there we have idols of appar, sundarar, 
thiru gnanasammandhar and maanikka vaasagar

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and there is a 30 ft pole made of stone in 
the path

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this place is called as "kambathadi karuppu"

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there are many white threads can be seen 
here because

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people will tie those to get rid of any evil 
and bad black magic

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this is one of the belief the people have 
about this place

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They also done testing for cable car for 
people who can’t climb

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it will be opened soon and it will aid people 
can’t climb

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let's go guys, this is the way we need to 
go

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"divine music"

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we need to climb 1000 steps only to reach 
the temple

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it may look simple but it also have some 
difficulties

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we're at the 4th all in this steps of the 
hill

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they have this shelter on every 10 metres

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so no worries about sun or rain and

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the height is 1112 mtrs and we need to climb 
1000 steps

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so it's beginners friendly trekking

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"divine music"

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size is so small copared to other hills

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but it has a big history - totally there 
are 274 temples and 100+ in the southern 
river bed of Kaveri

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- this is one of the primary temple among 
them

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The primary name of this temple is Thiruvadamboki,

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Lord shiva is in his Linga form here and 
we're going to see him

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I can see the temple from here but still 
we need to walk some distance

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it's so steep and we saw one old lady walking 
here and that made us inspired

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I guess they're having some kind of festival 
down there as we can here the audio from 
here also

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the effect of the sun is comparatively low 
from the ground and

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it's so steep and in future

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it will be easier to access if they implement 
that cable car

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you can see one pond there that's where you’ll 
throw the key after prayingto karuppasaamy

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it's believed to make your prayeers come 
true and it happened for many

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this hill looked huge from main road, still 
this small hill looks cute

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"divine music"

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dude went to his fort like a king

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we're sitting in their boundary, the next 
hall is there

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Dhanush told me to sit here for a while

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- Like Buddha's bodhi tree I got this one 
with many rocks

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he always notices these kind of resting spots 
in the mountains

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we're relaxing here and this place is so 
chill

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- you can learn many things from the forest 
while sitting like this

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- like many sounds, incidents such as some 
specific insect may run under your feet

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- you may notice that insect much closer

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- and time will pass like this

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"divine music"

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while climbing the hill on the right side

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we observed places where sages will do dhyana

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we can also see some small water tanks

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those tanks are to save water

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that's to satisfy the water needs of the 
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animals here like monkeys and birds like 
sparrows

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will use this tank and they carved on the 
edges of the rocks

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I thought that's for water but it's to light 
candles during festives

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so they're having that for the benefit of 
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we crossed half the mark and you can notice 
that by seeing the 'saptha kanya temple cave' 
on left side

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this place looks like one big rock has been 
cut into half

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you can find the statues of 'saptha kannis' 
with lord ganesh and

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amman statue and people will see this place 
with a wow and

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they will worship this idols also

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we reached near the temple and

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I have not maintained the count of the halls 
and we can see that from the top

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so we can count,

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monkeys are sitting here after having a great 
sleep, they always looks sleepy

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they're snoaring like us too

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each shelter has been donated by individuals 
which they captured in these stone carvings

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last climbing

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we will proceed after worshipping lord ganesh 
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which is the custom in all temples

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this temple also follows the same tradition

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"divine music"

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this entrance looks like we're entering into 
a king's fort look at here

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two rocks looks terrific at the entrance

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looks like we're entering a fort

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if you have been here already do comment 
on how do you felt about the entrance

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because in my opinion it looks like a entrance 
of a fort

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"divine music"

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can you see, we're right at the entrance

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we will always have one mindset about temples

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b=this entrance is different from that

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we need to go up again to worship the lord

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this looks like a fort I guess it was used 
to be one

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I never thought it would look like this and

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I guess he will look more terrific

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this temple is surrounded by a small wall

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you need to cross this steps

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we can see the endpoint of the rope car

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I hope this is the alst hall and

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this shed will be the drop point for the 
cable car in the future

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if we haven’t had chats and small breaks 
we would have reached in 45 minutes

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that will be the maximum time

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this will be act as exit point for cable 
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we can see another hall up there

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one grandma was walking swiftky and advised 
us to walk fast without break

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this neem tree you can see  is

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older than 100 years and we knew it from 
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then if we cross that tree we can see this 
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the name of this hall is "chozhapureeswarar 
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it also have nandhi idol and it faces towards 
one amman idol

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name of the amman is "surumbar kuzhazhi amman"

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this hall aids

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pilgrims by being a resting shelter

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we can see old tamil manuscripts carved in 
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this was carved by Rajendhira chozha and 
Kulothunga chozha in 11th century

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these manuscripts tells about the charity 
this temple received

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and we're entering in the last hall of the 
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as this is under the temple this hall got 
the name "kambattadhi mandapam"

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the leftside of this hall has

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statues of 63 naayanmars, it also have a 
nandhi statue alone

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I'll tell you why it was isolated at the 
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this place looks magical as it gives the 
feel of school

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like this side is where teacher teaches to 
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this place is like sitting place for the 
students and this place is very cold

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I can hear my echo and the temperatures are 
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they have this gaps for ventilation

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the nandhi was all alone

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we'll complete a round trip to reach the 
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the hill may looked small from down there

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after coming here we'll realise how big the 
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we started to climb for the shrine, this 
is the shrine of the Lord

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we came on the right time when they started 
the abhishekam

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look how he showcasing himself for us

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he is present in the form of Rathnagirishwarar

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this abhishekam will take about 1.30 hours 
to complete

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they use ingredients like sandalwood powder 
to panchamirtham and everything in between

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this temple also have shrines for Vaira perumal, 
murugan and vinayagar

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after you worshipped them and while exiting

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you'll witness a wonderful thing which is 
the bell you're seeing

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it may look small in video but in real it's 
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they will rang this bell during abhishegam

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this reminds me of the bell we saw in cartoon 
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first time I'm seeing this in person

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[SPEAKER NOISE][BACKGROUND NOISE]

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you can see the wheel of the bell there

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that mechanism works like that only

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looks terrific and huge

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as you can see from our back we're climbed 
up and we're climbing down now

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there was a isolated nandhi there and I was 
wondered why

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he will tell the reason, listen carefully

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- in every shivan temple we'll see one great 
nandhi infront of the lord

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- but here we cant find the lingam nearby 
that nandhi

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- I'm searching that lingham like that infamous 
lost well comedy

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- I can only find the 63 naayanmar's statues

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- then I find one path which leads to this 
temple

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- as you can see temple is here and the nandhi 
is down there

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- that nandhi is exactly beneath that flag 
tree there

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- temple is exactly opposite and elevated

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- this is because, it's believed that the 
lingam which was near that nandhi was grew 
tall and went there

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we asked about the details inside there

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and they told this story to us

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they have one small nandhi there too

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- but main nandhi is down there only

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- so think about this miracle

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- the distance was like this close during 
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- now the difference is about 100 ft

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- see here, nandhi is here

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- I thought Lingam will be here

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- but I found the wall here

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- i was shocked and then we found the path 
to upside

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we came down via this way - initially the 
Lingham was here only

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this is the flag tree we saw from there

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but lord is there after growing

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- we can’t describe in words and you must 
witness this

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this will be good to witness

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and worship and praying will fulfil your 
heart

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- I thought something and I was amazed to 
see this place

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the day went well, and temple is awesome

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do comment your experience if you have been 
here already

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and will meet you again in another hillside 
temple

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till then sailendiran is signing off for 
follow jack

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