About this from the previous page:
[quote name='Husky' date='08 November 2014 - 06:17 PM' timestamp='1415450376' post='117441']
+ Is the waterfall mentioned above the Papanasham falls? Because wikipedia's Podigai entry, pasted at the top of this post, said that Agastya's Samadhi Kovil at Podiyil is "close to the Papanasam Falls on the banks of the Thamirabarani River". Papanasham falls may have been named so not only since waters are divine to Hindus, and this particular fall probably does as its name says (since even the wind from Potiyil has since ancient times been said to have beneficial properties), but perhaps also because the activity is associated with Shiva, who makes Harohara out of all paapam (and so this is featured in many stotras to him, e.g. ShivaaShTakam: "mahApApanAsham").
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My original suspicion - edited out because I wasn't certain - was right: the falls are factually named after Shiva manifest as "Papanasham-Shiva" at his temple in the area. [After whom the Hindoo composer was also named.]
nativeplanet.com/ambasamudram/attractions/agasthiyar-falls/
[quote name='Husky' date='08 November 2014 - 06:17 PM' timestamp='1415450376' post='117441']
+ Is the waterfall mentioned above the Papanasham falls? Because wikipedia's Podigai entry, pasted at the top of this post, said that Agastya's Samadhi Kovil at Podiyil is "close to the Papanasam Falls on the banks of the Thamirabarani River". Papanasham falls may have been named so not only since waters are divine to Hindus, and this particular fall probably does as its name says (since even the wind from Potiyil has since ancient times been said to have beneficial properties), but perhaps also because the activity is associated with Shiva, who makes Harohara out of all paapam (and so this is featured in many stotras to him, e.g. ShivaaShTakam: "mahApApanAsham").
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My original suspicion - edited out because I wasn't certain - was right: the falls are factually named after Shiva manifest as "Papanasham-Shiva" at his temple in the area. [After whom the Hindoo composer was also named.]
nativeplanet.com/ambasamudram/attractions/agasthiyar-falls/
Quote:Agasthiyar falls, Ambasamudram
The Agasthiyar Falls is located close to the Papanasam Shiva Temple at a distance of about 4km uphill. It is one of the most popular tourist spots in the region. The height of the waterfall is around 100 meters, and it can be reached by trekking from the Papanasam Temple.
[photo hover text:] Ambasamudram photos, Agasthiyar falls - A Picturesque View
This waterfall is believed to have not just the power to wash all sins but is also enriched by medicinal herbs and has the power to heal. One can also trek uphill to its source, the Kalyan Theertham, where the origin of the falls is hidden behind a huge wall like structure.
(Photo of the Papanasham/Agasthiyar Falls even showing it looking very sacred and Hindoo.)
Legends say that Saint Agasthiar balanced the earth and saved it from the havoc which was created by the crowd of people who thronged to the marriage ceremony of Lord Shiva.