Chaitanya's Life And Teachings: From his contemporary Begali biography the Chaitanya-charit-amritaKṛṣṇadāsa Kavirāja Gosvāmi
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Chaitanya's Life And Teachings: From his contemporary Begali biography the Chaitanya-charit-amrita
Kṛṣṇadāsa Kavirāja Gosvāmi
Chaitanya, 1486-1534; Hinduism
_Shiyali_.--The head-quarters of a taluq of that name in the Tanjore
district, about 48 miles n. e. of Tanjore town. It has a famous Shiva
temple with a large tank, a shrine dedicated to the Tamil saint
Tiru-jnan Sambandhar, and some other separate shrines, and evidently an
image of Shiva's consort who is said to have given suck to this saint
when he visited this temple as a child. (_Tanjore Gaz_. 258).
_Shri Janardan_.--Near the Varkala railway station, 26 miles north of
Trivandrum.
_Shringeri_.--In the Kadur district of Mysore. Situated 13 25 N. 75 19
E., on the left bank of the Tunga, 7 miles s. of Hariharpur. Its full
name is Rishya-shringa-giri. It is the head-quarters of the Jagat-guru
or successor of Shankaracharya in the headship of the Smartas. (Rice,
_Mysore Gazetteer_, ii. 443-445).
_Shri-rangam_.--The famous Vishnu temple in an island between the
Kolerun and the Kaveri, north of Trichinopoly. (_Trichinopoly Manual_,
337-340 and _Gazetteer_, 45-51, 91-126, 319).
_Shri-Shaila_.--The most famous place of this name is the one in the
Karnul district, described above under Mallikarjun. But that place
cannot be meant in this context, which suggests some hill between
Trichinopoly and Madura, sacred to Shri or Lakshmi.
_Shri-Vaikuntha_.--_Shri Vaikuntham_, four miles n. of Alwar
Tirunagari. [R. M. G.], on the left bank of the Tamraparni and 16 m. s.
e. of Tinnevelly.
_Siddha-bat.--Sidhout_, 10 miles east of Cuddapa town. Sometimes known
as the Dakshina Kashi or the Southern Benares. The name is derived from
_Siddha-vatam_ or the hermit's banyan tree. Eight miles south of it is
Ontimetta ('the solitary hill') with a large and very holy pagoda and a
tank. The pagoda is dedicated to Kodanda-Ram-swami. (_Cuddapah Manual_,
48-49).
_Suparak-Sopara_--(in the Thana district), 26 miles north of Bombay. It
was the capital of the Konkan from very ancient times to 1,300 A.D.
(_Bombay Gaz_. xiv. 314-342).
_Tamal-kartik.--Tobala_, 44 m. s. of Tinnevelly, 2 m. e. of Aramvali
pass, temple of Subrahmanya. [R. M. G.]
_Tamraparni_.--A river on the left bank of which Tinnevelly stands.
_Til Kanchi_.--Probably _Tenkashi_, 30 m. n. w. of Tinnevelly town.
_Tirupati_.--A very famous holy city in the Chandra-gin taluq of the N.
Arcot district. In Lower Tirupati, which stands in the plain, there are
15 templesf the chief of them being dedicated to Govinda-raja-swami (the
brother of Venkateshwar) and Ramswami. Upper Tirupati, usually called
_Tirumala_ (from _Tirumalai_, holy hill), stands on the top of the
range, six miles north west of Lower Tirupati. Its chief divinity is
Venkateshwar. (_North Arcot Manual_, 142-153).
_Tri-kal-hasti.--Shri Kalahasti_, popularly called _Kalahastri_, on
the right bank of the Suvarnamukhi river, 22 miles n. e. of Tirupati.
Famous for its shrine of the Vayu-linga Shiva. (_N. Arcot Man_.
220-222).
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