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on January 21, 2021

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Rescue of Bhumi by Varaha

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Answer is Muruga He has many names, but I would like to call him here as, The Cheyon of Kurinji . As the tholkapiam describes "the red god seated on the blue peacock, who is ever young and resplendent,” The God of Kurinji (Hills and slopes) landscape, who turned out to be the most favoured God of the tamils. Of course, vedic skanda is the God of war, our equivalent of Aries or Mars, who successfully leads the armies of the gods against the asura Surpadman and his brothers, with his eventual slaying. Of all things, apparently he decides to become a mango tree, which is split to become a Peacock and a Rooster, which are taken up by Muruga. This is celebrated as Soorasamharam at Tiruchandur every year. Scholars feel that the evolution of worship of Muruga/Skanda/Kartikeya is a good example of religious syncretisation that could have happened between local worship of Cheyon of Kurinji, with that of Vedic Skanda. Skanda in the North is supposed to be celibate, w...

Who is this? And why is her tongue out ?

Answer is Kali Kali indeed. She and her maitraiyas make a good job of that self-cloning demon, by sucking every drop of blood that comes out of him. Her relationship with her husband is best explained by the following quote “In relation to Shiva, she [Kali] appears to play the opposite role from that of Parvati. Parvati calms Shiva, counterbalancing his antisocial or destructive tendencies; she brings him within the sphere of domesticity and with her soft glances urges him to moderate the destructive aspects of his tandava dance. Kali is Shiva's "wife" as it were, provoking him and encouraging him in his mad, antisocial, disruptive habits. It is never Kali who tames Shiva, but Shiva who must calm Kali”. Not surprisingly, she dances all over her husband, when she is enraged. And, when she realises that the poor man is being trampled under feet, she drops her tongue out in embarrassment !! Also, have you heard of Sarah de kali? Saint Sarah, is a Christian saint ...

What is depicted?

Answer is Krishna's dance on Kalinga after vanquishing him for poisoning the waters of Yamuna https://www.thehindu.com/society/faith/krishna-dances-on-kaliya/article19562214.ece https://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/history-and-culture/It-was-childrsquos-play-for-Krishna/article16301150.ece/amp/ Kalinga Narthana Thillana https://youtu.be/UIgXC19iHEU

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