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Velliangiri – AMountain of aTempleSadhguru speaks about the Velliangiri Mountains,the Kailash of the South and of the reverberancethat these peaks have absorbed from theinnumerable sages and seers including theAdiyogi himself, who walked these hills.

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Sadhguru speaks about the Velliangiri Mountains, the

Kailash of the South and of the reverberance that these

peaks have absorbed from the innumerable sages and seers

including the Adiyogi himself, who walked these hills.

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Sadhguru: “Why would a mountain become sacred? I am calling

this Mountain (referring to the Velliangiri Mountains) sacred not

because it’s hard to climb. For many, these Mountains became

sacred because a long time ago, there was a young maiden in the

southernmost tip of India, who aspired to hold Shiva’s hand as

his wife. She started working towards making herself suitable to

draw him, and she remained absolutely focused upon him. She set

up a deadline, ‘If I am not married to him by sunrise on this day, I

am going to leave my body.’ Shiva came to know of this and

started hurrying down to South India. But all the other gods

conspired. They thought, if he gets married here, he may not

return. He may start living in South India. When Shiva was just a

few kilometers from the place where the maiden was, the gods

created a false sunrise by setting up a huge mound of camphor.

When the light came up, Shiva who was so close, just 22

kilometers away, thought it was over and turned back. So the

maiden left her body standing. Even today she stands as

Kanyakumari. There is a shrine at the very tip of the Indian

landmass which is the maiden’s shrine.

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So many beings, the

Velliangiri Mountains the Kailash of the South. Sadhguru

 

So Shiva turned back, despondent and frustrated with himself for

not having made it in time. He started walking back and he

needed a place to sit and work out his despondency. So he climbed

up this Mountain and at the peak, he sat. It is a very strange kind

of place because he was not sitting here in blissfulness, he was

not sitting in meditation, he sat here in a certain kind of

despondence and anger about himself. He stayed there for a

considerable amount of time, and wherever Shiva stepped and

spent a little bit of time, people called that place Kailash. So they

called this the ‘Kailash of the South.’ It is a fortune that we are

sitting here at the foothills of this Mountain.

This Mountain is known as the

Seven Hills because if you climb,

there are seven undulations

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kind of men thatGods would be

envious of becausethey lived with suchgrace and dignity,have walked this

Mountain.

which make you feel like you are

going up seven hills. The last

peak is totally wind-blown –

nothing grows there except

grass. There are just three very

huge boulders which have

formed a shelter between

themselves which is like a little

temple with a small lingam. It is

an incredibly powerful place.

So many beings, the kind of men

that Gods would be envious of

because they lived with such grace and dignity, have walked this

Mountain. These great beings let the whole Mountain imbibe

what they knew, and it can never be lost. This is also a Mountain

where my Guru walked and the place he chose to shed his body.

So for me and everybody here, it’s not just mountains, this is a

temple for us. There is a tremendous amount of information here

and for me, everything about how to consecrate the Dhyanalinga,

was from here.”

Editor’s Note: Shivanga literally means “Limb of Shiva,” and is a 42-

day period of sadhana. The process includes an initiation into Shiva

Namaskar and a pilgrimage to the Velliangiri Mountain. More

information at Shivanga.org

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Cancer is a serious

aberration in the

human

system. Classical Yoga

brings harmony and

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neutralizes aberrations.

 

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sundar ram  •  4 years ago

how to go to the vellangiri hills... Is anyknown group organizing the trip?

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Appusamy M •  3 years ago

> sundar ram

Goto Coimbatore,Get a bus topoondi,getdown there in velliangirihill's feet.May Lord Shiva bless youwith all happiness

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Manoj Muthukuru  •  a year ago

Seven hills, seven states of Consciousness

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Devi at the foothills and Shiva atopVelliangiri, the Southern KailashPersonified human transcendence

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Vijayaragavan Chakrapani  •  5 years ago

Beautiful article

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im planning to pay piligrimage to velingirihills tommorow(24­05­2013),is it wise to visitthis time of the year...advise please

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