点评:A beautiful temple located at the foot hills of Arunachala Hills in a huge complex of 25 acres with 6 gopurams and huge ponds in it. This is one of the five pancha boothas (five elements) temple. The temple houses Lord Arunachaleshwara (Shiva) as Agni Lingam. The temple has other deities too including Sri Ganesha, Sri Murugan and Sri Durgae. There are a number of huge halls in the complex.
The temple attracts lots of devotees especially during Full moon day when piligrims circumvent the Arunachala Hills. Karthika Maasam in November/December is considered one of the shreshta (divine) month to visit this temple. During Karthika Purnami (full moon day) a huge lamp is lit on the top of Arunachala hill which is visible for a few miles away from the temple town. Close to 3 million people circumvent the Arunachala hills on this day.
This place is generally hot because of the agni lingam here. However October to February is a bit bearable temperatures here. Don't miss doing Girivalum (circumventing the hill) on a pournami (full moon) day. The vibes in this temple town is different on this day.
翻译:这座美丽的寺庙坐落在阿鲁纳恰拉山脚下,占地25英亩,建筑群规模宏大,拥有6座塔门和巨大的池塘。它是五座潘查布塔(五元素)寺庙之一。寺庙内供奉着阿鲁纳恰拉什瓦拉神(湿婆神),以火灵伽的形式呈现。此外,寺庙还供奉着其他神祇,包括象头神、战神穆鲁干和杜尔迦女神。寺庙建筑群内有许多宏伟的殿堂。
寺庙吸引着众多信徒,尤其是在满月之日,朝圣者会绕阿鲁纳恰拉山一周。每年11月/12月的卡尔蒂卡月被认为是参拜这座寺庙的吉月之一。在卡尔蒂卡满月日,阿鲁纳恰拉山顶会点燃一盏巨大的油灯,在寺庙所在的城镇数英里之外都能看到。这一天,大约有300万人绕阿鲁纳恰拉山一周。
由于这里有火神林伽(agni lingam),所以这里通常很热。不过,每年的十月到次年二月气温比较宜人。千万不要错过在满月日(purnami)进行环山朝圣(Girivalum)。这一天,这座寺庙小镇的氛围会与往年截然不同。