Vayulingam-Pagodas

The Creation has five primordial elements the Prithvi(earth0.Ap(Water), Agni(fire),Vayu (Air) and Akasa( Sky).Lord Parameswara is Omnipresent and Omniscient .His omnipresence is seen in all these five primordial elements.At Kanchi he is  Prithvi Swarupa a place near by Thiruchirapalle.Thiruvanakkoil he is Jala Lingam.At Thiruvannamalai He is Agni Swarupa. In Srikalahasthi He is Vayu Swaroopa .His akasha nature is seen at Chidambaram.At Srikalahasthi during kruthayuga the Lords Vayu swarupa was observed by mere Touch by greatYogis.Similarly Lord is Swarna(Gold)Linga.Rajatha (Silver) Linga.Swetha sila(white stone) Linga rupa in therdha. Dwapara and kali yugas.Through He is Swethasilamurthy no his Vayuthathvam is till seen by two Flickering Lamps in the Sanctum sanctorium

                        Pagodas

This holy temple has Four pagodas in each Direction.A tall pagoda  of 120 Feet high is built by king Krishna Devaraya in 1516 A.d.Through this pagoda ,the deity prosesion enters city.on returns ,the procession go through another pagoda which is built by a devadasi `bicchalu~.She was staunch devotee of Jangamasiva.It is called Bhitchala Gopuram.The pagoda is built in the times of Yadava Narasimha raya

  The Balaganamba Gopuram is the Entrance (esatern gate) to the Temple.The north Gopuram is called Sivayya Gopuram.The western gopuram is called Thirumanjanam Gopuram.From this Gopuram steps leads to River Swarnamukhi.At the bottom of steps Surya Pushkarani and Chandra Pushkarani are there. For Abhishekam and cooking of Prasadams.water from Surya Pushkarani is used. From Southern Gopuram one can go to Kannappa Hill and Brahma Temple