Nava Narasimhas:
Ahobhila,Lakshmi,Crowncha,Varaaha,Yoganandha,Paavana,Malola,Kroda,Jwala,Chathravada.These nine Narasimhas are in Ahobhilam .Very beautiful place to visit.But involves climbing steps to have darshan of some of the temples .
In our culture we did not have weeks -7 days-but had two pakshas the Shukla Paksham and the Krishna paksham related to the passage of the Moon from invisibility to Full Bright Moon and vice verse.This was reckoned  as a month .This month just contains 28 and a half a day roughly .But a calendar month what we now universally follow is of 30 days.This is based on the apparent movement of the Sun from one sign of the Zodiac to another adjacent one.The earlier one of pakshas isbased on the Lunar movement around the Earth.Moon moves and earth moves but moon's revolution around the earth is a constant 28and a little over half a day.Day here is the one full  rotation of the earth around its axis as it revolves round the Sun which is stationary in space.Some say it also moves along with its satellite planets and makes a revolution once in 27000 years.That is once in 27000 years the Solar system gets into the same identical position as it were.

Manickam is the name given to Thiruvadhavurar.His parents' were great Shiva Bakthas.He got the name Manickam from Lord Shiva Himself in the Thiruperundhurai khsetram .He served Arimardhana Pandiyan as a defence minister ,who was the King ruling from Madurai.He was entrusted with the job getting horses for the cavalry of the Pandiya King but used the money for building ShivaTemple in Thiru perundhurai.This deed of Him is said to be at the orders of Lord Shiva who wanted to play with Him and the King who was also a devout Shiva worshipper.The King got upset and puts Maickam in prison for the dereliction of duty.
There was famine during this time and the river Vaigai was dry.The King prays to Lord Sundaresa for bestowing the kingdom with rains and suddenly there was flood in Vaigai .It was such a terrific flood the river began overflowing the banks.In order to prevent flooding the city the King orders building bunds and each house hold to send a person -able bodied man -for the same.One Vandhi who has no such person finds a youth who agrees to work for her when  she offers him puttu as wages as she is eking out her living by selling this eatable.But the youth simply sleeps without doing the job.The King when informed of this becomes angry and wakes up this lad with flinging a cane on the youth's back.This causes pain on all the peoples'back including the King.King then realises that it was Lord Shiva Himself has thus played with him.In the meanwhile there appears a knight with a number of sturdy horses pronouncing the name of Manickam and acclaiming that these were sent to the King on hid advice.King was aghast that when the minister is under custody horses have arrived in his name!He inspected the horses and was very much satisfied.He ordered release of the minister .This was just before midnight.When midnight passed the King awoke to the complaint that there were foxes in the place of horses.
And they were released from the stables.The King could not understand all these succession of events and he approached the Sivachariar of the Sri Meenakshi temple who explained to the King the sequence of events like this.Sri Maickam was a athma yogi.If He is given punishment Ganges will flow getting angry  when an athma yogi is punished even inadvertantly.As the King prayed for waters in Vaigai,this episode of Horses becoming foxes was enacted by the Lord Shiva in answer to His devotee's [King's]prayer for rains.
The King got punishment so also the people by way of cane charge for the imprisoning of a devotee of Lord Sundaresa.
From Shivapuranam lecture by Sri Rajasekar Shivachariar in Sankara tv [6,7/08/18]

It is our [Hindus]belief that the Universe is supported by eight elephants in the eight directions ,The names of these eight elephants are :Airavatham,Pumdarigam,Vamanam,Kumudham,Sarvaboumam,Supradheepam,Anjanam
Pushpadhantham
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Apsaras are divine damsels of Indhra Sabha.
Their names are:Urvasi,Rambha,Thilothama,Menaka,Pulomaja,Purvasiddhi,According to Natya Sastra there are 108 apsaras.The above five are famed for their beauty and dancing talents and are exclusively adorning Indhra Sabha.
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Patha niharathe nayan

Ginthe dhin pala chim

lout kabhi aayega

manko jo bhith gaya-

ek baras bhith gaya.

Ekadasi as the name indicates is the 11th day from either the Newmoon day [Amavasya]or from the full moon day[pournami]Among the about 24 -25days in a calendar year the ekadasi which bears the namr Beema Ekadasi is the Ekadasi which falls on the waxing moon[Shukla paksha] period in the Tamil month of Aani.Yogini ekadasi is one which falls in the waning fortnight [krishna paksham]of Aadi month.Vaikunta Ekadasi falls on the waxing fortnight of Margazhi month.Bhishma Ekadasi is one which falls on the waxing  fortnight of Thai month.This day is also celebrated as the Birthday of Sri Vishnu Sahasranamam.Kaikasi Ekadasi is named after a raga which bears the same name.
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Gajendra Moksham story in the Bhagavatham is known to all of us.The Elephant bore the name  Indhra Dyumnan  its previous birth.It was a Pandyan King.Hu hu was a gandharvan who disturbed the rishi Devalar while he was taking bath in a big tank by playfully cutching the rishi's feet.The angered rishi because of forceful awakening from his solitude cursed him to be born as a crocodile.
This Hu Hu as a crocodile caught hold of the leg of Gajendra while he tried to get a lotus by his trunk for offering it to Sri Narayana.The crocodile will not let go the Gajendra .Finally Gajebndra cried aloud to Narayana calling Adhi Moolame.Sri Narayana came immediately mounted on His mount Garuda .He killed the crocodile using His chakra thus liberating the crocodile to attain his Gandharva form ,Hu Hu thus got rid of his curse and Gajendra offered the lotus flower to Sti manNarayana.
it is said the same lotus flower is held in His palms by the Lord of Guruvayur.

Rishabam is the mount for Sri Shiva who is also the Adhi Yogi.
Rishabam represnts Dharma.Garuda represents Vedha.
Nandhi is another name for Rishabam.One of the four Shaiva siddhandha exponents Sri Manikka Vachagar [who remained a bachelor all through his life]is said to be an incarnation of Sri Nandhi Deva.Nandhi is an expert in mruthangam .Lord Shiva is also called Nandhi .Sri Thirumoolar refers to Sri Ganapathy as Nandhi Mahan in His prayer to Sri Ganesa while beginning to compose Thiru Mandhiram.
In Hindu Theology all Gods have mounts or carriers .But Garuda and Rishab are of special mention and endowed with additional attributes.
Thirukkachchi [Kanchipuram]Nambigal  to converse with Sri Sevaraja Perumal of Kanchi temple while fanning Him as a service.
On behalf of Sri Ramanuja He elicited from the Lord the following six pronounciations:
1.I am the supreme Truth.
2.There are differences.Achith,Jeevathma,Pramathma are different from each other.[achith is inert matter]
3.Saranagathi leads to Dheha mukthi.[that is liberation is the result of total surrender]
4.When  the body dies it is My duty to make that soul remember me.
5.Surrender is the only method to attain Me.
6.Poornacharyar is Azhavandhar.He is the Acharya to Sri Ramanuja.
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The Asvini twins are sons of Lord Surya.
 

Rudra and Sukeerthi are the names of the wives of Sri Garuda.Garuda is the son of Vinatha .That is the reason He is called Vinatheyan.Garuda is the mount of Sri Mahavishnu .Garuda is inimical to the snakes is a known factor.In Kalia mardhana episode in Bhagavatham this inimical attitude results in the huge serpent Kaliya seeking shelter in Yamuna .The story goes like this,One Maharishi Saubhari was unhappy when He saw Garuda picking up a fish from the waters of Yamuna where He was doing austerities aHe became agitated in His mind and  gave a curse that should Garuda again visits that place He will lose His life .As Garuda avoided that place Kaliya relocated himself with his wives and progeny in that place.But as he emitted poison the place become dangerous for cows and calves and the cowherds .One all became unconscious  after drinking the waters of Yamuna in that place.Sri Krishna brought them back to life .He drove away Kaliya by dancing on his hood .Kaliya could not bear the dancing feet of Lord Sri Krishna.Begged for his life and left the Yamuna crevice for his original place of stay Ramanakam [Srimad Narayaneeyam [56/57dasakas].Garuda and Aruna are born to Vinatha wife of Kashyapa Prajapathy.His another wife is Kadhru who gave birth to the serpants 1000 in number.Aruna has no legs as He was prematurely born .He is the charioteer for Sun Deity.Among the 1000 Nagas eight are prominent.Their names are:Karkodagan[Nala Charithram]Sankan,Padman[associated with Nava nidhis]Dhkshakan[Parikshit of Bhagavatham]Sowchuki,Adhiseshan,Kuligan and Sambukan.