Dear Sri Bala : Pancha Mukha Sivan is a form of Sivan with Five faces named SadhyOjjAtham , Isaanam , Tathpurusham , AghOram and VaamadEvam . Pancha Mukha Vaadhyam with five faces representing the five faces of Sivan is a Mebrophonic Vadhyam played in ancient Sivan Koils such as ThiruvArUr in Tamil Nadu and Possibly Vadakku Nathar Koil in Kerala . You can see this instrument at Madras Govet .Museum . It is played with Suddha MattaLam in Siva PujAs . It is rare to find an idol of Pancha MUkha Sivan in a Siva Temple . ParasivAs are the ones , who are exclusive players of Pancha Mukha Vaadhyam . Your family probably comes from the Parasiva Group devoted to Temple service in the past . Hope this helps , V.Sadagopan ----- Original Message ----- From: "S. Sriram" <ajiva_rts@xxxxxxxxxx> To: "Sadagopan" <sgopan@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, November 11, 2005 10:13 AM Subject: Fw: [sripedia-contact] five-faced sivan > Dear Sri Sadagopan: > > This request came through the website. > > Thanks > S. Sriram > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <sripedia@xxxxxxxxxxx> > To: <ajiva_rts@xxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Friday, November 11, 2005 7:00 AM > Subject: [sripedia-contact] five-faced sivan > > >> Hello, >> >> This is an automated message from SriPedia >> Someone wants to contact you >> emailid = ybala2@xxxxxxxx >> subject = five-faced sivan >> comment >> I find some reference to "five-faced Sivan" in a poem in the archives.Is > there any information with you about a temple big or small for the > five-faced Sivan? >> Our family ahs been told recently that kula devata is a five-faced sivan > alhtough we have all through been accepting Palani as ours.We have been > asked to do something to propotiate this form of our kula devata and we > ahve > failed so far to find any information from our family sources or reference > anywhere. >> Thanking you, >> Y.Balakrishnan ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Join modern day disciples reach the disfigured and poor with hope and healing http://us.click.yahoo.com/lMct6A/Vp3LAA/i1hLAA/XUWolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Oppiliappan/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: Oppiliappan-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
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