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Travel to the sathuragiri - Part 3 Sanjeevi Hill in Chaturagiri     Sathuragiri Hills (caturakiri), also known as "Chathuragiri" or "Sundara Mahalingam", is a pilgrimage site located in Madurai district and 10 km from Watrap, near Srivilliputhur, in the state of Tamil Nadu in South India . The hills are a part of the Western ghats. This hills located in the Border of Madurai District.   In the Ramayana war, Indrajit made the targets and others faint with his brahmastra. Seeing this, Rama, Sugrivan and others informed Anjaneya, the son of Vayu, and asked him to fetch the herb Sanjivi from Sanjeevi Hill.  In order to keep it in place, while flying towards the north, the Siddha sages who were doing penance at Chaturagiri knew through their wisdom that there were many herbs that they needed in Sanjivi Giri and immediately thought that a part of hill should fall between these four giris [Sivagiri, Brahmagiri, Vishnugiri, Siddagiri].     A part of the chan...

Ganesh Chaturthi history: Lord Shiva and Parvati have two sons, Ganesha is the younger one. There are numerous accounts of his birth, but two are the most common. The first story states that Parvati created Lord Ganesha from dirt from her own body to guard her while Shiva was not present. During her bath, she assigned him the task of guarding her bathroom door. According to Hindu mythology, Goddess Parvati, who was married to Lord Shiva, created Lord Ganesha to protect her while taking a bath. Ganesha was created by Parvati out of the clay of her body and breathed life into him. Lord Shiva's beheading of Ganesha, despite being unaware of his identity, left Parvati devastated. In order to make her feel better, Shiva instructed his attendants to locate the head of the first living being they encountered, which was an elephant. The elephant's head was returned by them and attached to Ganesha's body, bringing him back to life.   Significance of the celebration of Ganesh Cha...