Travelogue | Sivalaya/Shivalaya Ottam 2014 : A Spiritual Run of Mahasivarathri
We have heard about Marathon Race. Marathon runners used to cross 45 kilometers, but here the Siva devotees are crossing about 90 kilometers (ie. distance of 2 marathon race). Why do the people do like this? What is Sivalaya Ottam? Yes. There are many stories behind this, but I believe in this story that, once Lord Siva gave a Varam to choondodharan that the person who point out by Asura will be becomes ash. So the choondodharan wished to practice with Siva. To escape from the choondodharan, Lord Siva ran to these twelve places; (B) Thirumala, (C) Thikkurichy, (D) Thirpparappu, (E) Thirunanthikarai, (F) Ponmanai, (G) Pannipagam, (H) Kalkulam, (I) Melancode, (J) Thiruvidaicode, (K) Thiruvithamcode, (L) Thirupanniyodu and (M) Thirunattalam in erstwhile Kingdom of Travancore, now in Kanyakumari District of Tamilnadu. Lord Krishna saved Siva from Asura. Later people built temples in all these 12 places for Siva. But here the peop...