பஞ்சசடப சிவாலயங்கள் (Panchasabai Sivalayangal)
Category : Ratna Sabha (Rathinachabai)
Temple : Vada Aaranyeswarar Temple
Location : Thiruvalangadu
Element : Emerald
Tandava : Kali Tandava
Details : At the request of Sage Munjikesa Karkodaka, Shiva reached the place. Kali challenged Shiva for a dance and said that she would give her right in the place to the Lord if He won. The dance began. Shiva dropped his ear ring on the ground, picked it by the toe of His left leg and fixed it back on his ear in the dance. Kali accepted her defeat and said that she could not do such a marvelous dance. Lord Shiva said that He alone was equal to Her and said further that those coming to worship him here, should worship her first to reap the full benefit of the worship. Since then, Kali has her own temple to grace the devotees.
Category : Swarna Sabha (Porchabai
Temple : Natarajar Temple
Location : Chidambaram 11°23′58″N 79°41′36″E
Element : Gold
Tandava : Ananda Tandava
Details : Chidambaram, the name of the city and the temple literally means "atmosphere of wisdom" or "clothed in thought", the temple architecture symbolizes the connection between the arts and spirituality, creative activity and the divine. The temple wall carvings display all the 108 karanas from the Natya Shastra by Bharata Muni, and these postures form a foundation of Bharatanatyam, a classical Indian dance. Shiva as Nataraja is the primary deity of the temple, it reverentially presents major themes from Shaktism, Vaishnavism, and other traditions of Hinduism. The Chidambaram temple complex, for example, has the earliest known Amman or Devi temple in South India, a pre-13th-century Surya shrine with chariot, shrines for Ganesha, Murugan and Vishnu, one of the earliest known Shiva Ganga sacred pool, large mandapas for the convenience of pilgrims (choultry, ambalam or sabha) and other monuments. Shiva himself is presented as the Nataraja performing the Ananda Tandava ("Dance of Delight") in the golden hall of the shrine Pon Ambalam.
Category : Rajata Sabha (Vellichabai)
Temple : Meenakshi Amman Temple
Location : Madurai
Element : Silver
Tandava : Sandhya Tandava
Details : The temple is a historic Hindu temple located on the southern bank of the Vaigai River in the temple city of Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India. It is dedicated to the goddess Meenakshi, a form of Parvati, and her consort, Sundareshwar, a form of Shiva. The temple is at the center of the ancient temple city of Madurai mentioned in the Tamil Sangam literature, with the goddess temple mentioned in 6th-century-CE texts
Category : Tamra Sabha (Thamirachabai
Temple : Nellaiappar Temple
Location : Tirunelveli
Element : Copper
Tandava : Muni Tandava
Details : During Puranic times, the place was called Venuvana, a forest of bamboos. The deity in the current temple was believed have appeared inside the bamboo forest. Vishnu is believed to have witnessed the marriage between Shiva and Parvathi at this place. There is an image of Vishnu with a metallic Gindi, a vessel with a spout, in the temple depicting the legend.[17] Shiva is worshipped as Nellaiappar (also called Venuvananathar) represented by the lingam and his consort Parvati is depicted as Kanthimathi Amman
Category : Chitra Sabha (Chithirachabai)
Temple : Kutralanathar Temple
Location : Courtallam
Element : Art
Tandava : Tripura Tandava
Details : During Puranic times, the place was called Venuvana, a forest of bamboos. The deity in the current temple was believed have appeared inside the bamboo forest. Vishnu is believed to have witnessed the marriage between Shiva and Parvathi at this place. There is an image of Vishnu with a metallic Gindi, a vessel with a spout, in the temple depicting the legend. Shiva is worshipped as Nellaiappar (also called Venuvananathar) represented by the lingam and his consort Parvati is depicted as Kanthimathi Amman
