The narration about the path to Sathuragairi told by Korakkar in his books “Korakkar Brahma Gnanam” and “Korakkar Malai Vaagadam” continues in this post also. I am sharing the information by collecting from the thousands of songs. Hence I request you to understand the effort behind doing this (typing). I have also planned to write a research book in future about the Sathuragiri Mountain. At that time I shall attempt writing with the songs.
Let us kick back our journey from the Agathiyar’s cave.
If we cross the cave and walk towards south, you will get the Muneshwaran border. From there if we walk for 48 minutes along the padivetti rock you will see “Kaatraadi maedai”. On crossing it, we will find kodaikkaran stone, mudangi path and kangana River. From the river, at a distance an arrow can travel, there is a fountain named ‘Kuliraati Poigai’. In the south west of this fountain, there is an ashram of Bogar. In the way that runs along the south, you will find a beautiful flower garden. At the centre of it there is an ashramam of Pusundar.
If we cross the ashramam and walk towards the west for 12 minutes, border of depth and manmalai forest is found. If we go along that way we will find Romarishi forest and iniside that we will find the Romarishi’s ashramam. On the southern side of this ashram in certain distance we will find Yugimuni forest and inside that we will find the Yugimuni’s ashram. On the south side of this ashram there is a rare kind of tree named ‘saaya virutcham’. The shadow of that tree does not fall on the ground. If walk in the west direction from the ashram, we will find the path that runs along the south. If we walk on that path for 12 minutes, we will find a river.
On getting down the river and climbing the elevation, we will find the cottages of Palinjar. Near to it, we will find Sundara Llingar’s hut and Sundara Lingam’s temple. On the river that comes on the south of the temple, we will find the cave of Sundaraanandhar. From the way that runs along the south, at certain distance Mahalingar temple is seen. Behind this temple only the “Karpaga tharu”, a tree which is considered as a wonder is present. It will be mentioned in the hidden text as “Panju tharu”.
On the top side of this at cetain distance there is a fountain named ‘vattach sunai’. On the way which goes top of this fountain, we find a stream running after walking for 12 minutes. There is a mirage and under it, a black rock is seen. In certain distance from that rock, we can find a red soil land. In that land we can find the Sanjeevi herb. This herb has also got another name, ‘yamanai venraan’, which means that it won the Lord Yama. I feel that if we have the grace of guru we can find all these wonders like Karpaga tharu, Sanjeevi herb and all even today.
On the west direction, we can find the fountain named ‘manjal ootru’. On the northern side of the fountain, at a distance an arrow can travel, we can find the sadhambu tharai. And down the way, we find the damp ground in which the ashramam of Azhagaanandhar is seen. From there if we come towards east we will again reach back to Mahalingar’s temple. From there if we go towards south we can find the Sannasi vanam. From there walking towards its south for 12 minutes, we can find a stream and sangili rock.
If we cross that and walk for a long distance we will find the Brahma muni’s ashram, which is surrounded by many trees. If we climb the mountain in the way that runs towards the south of the ashram, we can see the cave of Kalanginathar. In the slope of that cave, at a distance an arrow can travel, there is a fountain named Dasavaedhi which never dries up. You can read about this in my post Dasavaedhi Udhaga Neer.
In the southern direction of the Kalanginathar’s cave at certain distance we can find the Thapasu cave. If we go in the northern side of the cave again, we will reach to the Mahalingar’s temple. Hence move towards east to find the Kannimaar temple and Palinjar’s hut. From there if we walk for 12 minutes, we can find the Nandheesar forest and his ashram in it.
On the northern side of the ashram there is way. On walking through it, on the east side, another road comes and joins. If we walk along it for 12 minutes, that way will takes us to the Palinjar rock and to its south we can find the ashram of Danvanthiri which is surrounded by many trees and plants.
We have seen the ashrams of Pusundar, Romamarishi, Yugimuni, Sundaraanandhar, Azhagaanandhar, Kalanginathar, Nandheesar and Danvanthiri. I feel we can try to reach these places by following these instructions even today.
The surprises continues.
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