Lord Parshuram, incarnation of Lord Vishnu, who actually picks up a weapon, having been born a Brahmin for the sake of teaching a lesson to Arrogant Royalty and Kings; he was unlike the other Brahmin, carried traits of a Kshatriya included aggression, warfare and valour. ++
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Hence, he is called as a ‘Brahma-Kshatriya’ as he had skills from both the clan.
One legend is that once King Kartavirya Sahasrarjuna and his army forcibly tried to take away Parshuram’s father’s magical cow named Kamdhenu. ++
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Being angry and revengeful, he killed the entire army and King Kartavirya. In revenge for their father’s death, the king's son killed Jamadagni in Parshuram’s absence. Furious and hurt by their act, he went ahead killing all the king’s sons and corrupt Kings and warriors ++
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According to another legend, Parshuram once went to meet Lord Shiva. As he reached the door, Lord Ganesh confronted Parshuram and stopped him from meeting with Lord Shiva. Angry and furious, Parshuram threw the axe given by Lord Shiva on Ganesha. ++
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Knowing that the axe was given by Lord Shiva, Lord Ganesha allowed the axe to cut away one of his tusks.
Lord Parshuram known for knowledge of artillery perhaps the only Brahmin Kshatriya resorted to war for revenge and betterment of ppl.
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Thrs is an interesting connection between Lord Parshuram and Brahmarishi Vishwamitra in both action and lineage.
Their legends have fascinated me, in a sense of one who was a glorious King, takes to penance after insults at the hand of another, Rishi Vashistha and another ++
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picks weapon in order to bring justice. Both be called Kshatriya and Brahmin.
Vishvamitra had faced numerous difficulties along his journey towards becoming a Brahmarishi, making him mellow, freeing him from his greed, jealousy, anger…++
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Well known that he tutored Lord Ram.
After facing thousands of years of massive problems, Vishvamitra was finally conferred the title of Brahmarishi by both Lord Brahma and Rishi Vasishtha. ++
Arudra Darshan observed in Dec/Jan.
Arudra signifies the golden red flame and Lord Shiva performs the dance in the form of this red-flamed light.
Cosmic dance of Lord Shiva is called 'Anandatandava,' Dance of Bliss, and symbolizes the cosmic cycles of creation and destruction +
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It also symbolises the daily rhythm of birth and death. Thus, Lord Shiva in the form of Nataraja takes away the ignorance from our minds through the divine act of dance.
Symbolism Of Nataraja Dancing, is seen as a way to unite with the Creator. ++
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Arudra Darshan is of great importance at the Chidambaram Nataraja
Temple in his Ananda Tandava pose. Legend has it that Lord Shiva performed the cosmic dance in Nataraja form at Chidambaram for his devotees Adi Shesha and Vyagrapaadar. ++