Introduction
to
Pancha Bootha Sthalams
The
human body consists of five elements of nature:
- Our body is the Earth.
- The warmth in the body is Fire.
- Our beath is Air.
- Water is a major componenet of our body.
- Our
thoughts is space.
To
emphasise this and in representation of this concept our ancestors
have established 'pancha-bootha-sthalas ' with Siva as the deity.
Siva is the 'aadhi' (the beginning) and the 'anthyam' (the end). So
in each of the 'pancha-bootha sthalams' the icon is a Lingam in one
of the five different elements. The five Sthalas are :
- ' boomi-lingam ' ( earth ) in Kanchipuram
- ' Agni-lingam ' ( fire ) in Thruvanamalai
- ' Vayu-lingam ' ( air ) in Kalahasthi
- ' Jala-lingam ' ( water ) in Jambu-keswaram
- ' Akash-lingam ' ( space ) in Chidhambaram
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