Part II - Srilankan Temples!! Koneswaram, Trincomalee
In this blog, I am going to take you through Koneswaram Kovil ( Temple),Trincomalee , Srilanka !! It lies in the eastern province of Srilanka ; one of the most important Hindu pilgrimage and it is also part of "panch ishwaram" formed by king Raavana which was later on developed and maintained by Cholas,Pallavas,Pandyan and Dravidians. Many anecdotes and stories are associated with this mystic town, it is said that Rishi Patanjali ( who put forwarded Patanjali yog sutras) and Agatsya munni ( one of the saptarishi who got attainment from lord shiva himself) stated that Sun Salutation ( Surya Namaskar) in Yog sutras was originated in Trincomalee, isnt it the biggest gift to mankind? ... I will not go in the depth of information and the history of this temple , history is always good to know, but what matters is your experience in this subtle body and this always comes from your present, history is more about visualization, present is what we have in our...