Ancient Siva Temples (Kedarnath to Rameswaram) on Straight

                                     By : Digvijay Singh 

Numerous ancient Lord Siva temples ranging from Kedarnath to Rameswaram, including Kaleshwaram, Sri Kalahasti, Ekambareswar in Kancheepuram, and Thillai Nataraja Temple in Chidambaram, are aligned in a geographic straight line around 79° E 41’54” Longitude. Siva's five temples are constructed, representing the embodiment of Linga in the five elements of nature known as the Pancha Bhoota – Earth, Water, Fire, Air, and Space. The temple for water is in Thiruvanaikaval, for fire in Thiruvannamalai, for air in Kalahasti, for earth in Kanchipuram, and the temple for space/sky is in Chidambaram. Geographically, the five temples were erected

in accordance with yogic sciences and are positioned in a specific geographic alignment with one another, causing the entire region to resonate with the potential they offer.
All the aforementioned temples have existed for millennia, a time when no satellite technology was accessible to measure the latitude and longitude of these sites. Thiruvanaikkaval is situated about 3 degrees south and exactly 1 degree west of the northern tip of this divine axis, while Thiruvannamalai is roughly midway (1.5 degrees south and 0.5 degrees west). Interestingly, the Kedarnath temple in the Himalayas is also nearly on the same longitude as these temples. The Kaleshwaram temple (where Lord Siva and Yama share the same platform) and the Ramanathaswamy temple in Rameswaram are also almost on the same line.
The enigma of how people constructed temples separated by thousands of miles (2383 km between Kedarnath and Rameswaram) on almost the same longitude remains a puzzle.
The flickering lamps in the SriKalahasti temple demonstrate the play of wind (respiration of Vayu Linga), a water spring in the innermost sanctum of the Tiruvanaikka temple symbolizes the temple’s connection to the element of water, and the Annual Kartikai Deepam (a large lamp lit atop the Annamalai hill) signifies the manifestation of Annamalaiyaar as fire. The Swayambhu lingam of sand in Kanchipuram signifies Siva’s association with the earth, while the formless space (Akasa) at Chidambaram symbolizes the lord's association with formlessness or nothingness.
Lord Siva Temples in India on almost the same Longitude:
• Kedarnath – Kedarnath Temple (30.7352° N, 79.0669)
• Kaleshwaram – Kaleshwara Mukteeshwara swamy Temple (18.8110, 79.9067)
• Srikalahati – Srikalahasti Temple (13.749802, 79.698410)
• Kanchipuram – Ekambareswarar Temple (12.847604, 79.699798)
• Thiruvanaikaval – Jambukeswara Temple (10.853383, 78.705455)
• Tiruvannamalai – Annamalaiyar Temple (12.231942, 79.067694)
• Chidambaram – Nataraja Temple (11.399596, 79.693559)
• Rameswaram – Ramanathaswamy Temple (9.2881, 79.3174)
There likely exist many more temples between Kedarnath and Kaleshwaram that might fall on the same straight line.