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Vaitheeswaran Koil: 24 km from Chidambaram,
the place is famous for the Siva temple dedicated to Vaidyanatheeswarar, the healer
of all diseases and his consort Thaiyalnayaki.
It is believed that a bath in the holy waters of the Siddhamirtham tank within the
temple complex will cure all diseases. Nadi Jothidam is a traditional skill popular
here.
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Vaasthu is considered significant
in India as it an ancient Indian science on the use and correctness of space. This
stems from much more than the placement of a window or door during the construction
of the house.
 The
science works on the basic premise that the earth or soil is actually alive, and
that all living or organic creatures emerge directly from it. This life force within
the earth is called Vaasthu, and all objects placed
on it share this life force. The earth therefore works as both substance and support.
Vaasthu is also explained as the living space vas meaning to be or
to live.
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Elements of Vaasthu: Space, time and
energy are traditionally perceived as existing in their free, unlimited state.
 Vaasthu
believes that applying rhythm and order in other words, science to the way we live,
move, and use time can discipline these three elements.
Vaasthu's History: This ancient Indian science Vaasthu
is technical and was confined to architects or sthapathis
and handed over by word of mouth or through hand-written monographs. It was treated
as the science in the construction of temples and royal palaces. The principles
of construction, architecture and sculpture have been incorporated in the science.
 Epics
like the Bruhatsamhita, Vishnu Dharmottara Purana, Viswakarma
Vaasthu Sastra, Samarangana Sutra Dharana and Aparajita
Prutchcha, have also been responsible for Vaasthu being considered
a science.
Early works on Vaasthu: The first official treatise
on Vaasthu, the Kashyapa Shilpa, has been attributed to sage Kashyapa. In the treatise
Agama Sastra, which explains the science of temples, Vaasthu is considered the basis
for any type of construction. Excavations at Harappa and Mohenjo-daro are also proof
of the influence of Vaasthu during the Indus Valley Civilisation.
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