The Annamalaiyar Shiva Temple: Pilgrimage of Liberation Part II
“I am pleased to announce that Version 2.0 of my documentary, The Shiva Temple of Tiruvannamalai: Pilgrimage of Liberation, is now available on YouTube. This 2.0 version includes updated research, new script content, new video and photo content, and a remastered sound track. This documentary film explores the famed Annamalaiyar Shiva Temple of Tiruvannamalai, Tamil […]
The Annamalaiyar Shiva Temple: Pilgrimage of Liberation Part I
Documentary and photograph by Phillip Lucas 2018
Visiting the Cosmic Mother at the Beautiful Om Shakti Temple
A young man was selling sugar cane juice. It was freshly made with a machine that squeezed the sugar canes flat and thereby released the juices that people drink. I asked him about the temple across the street. He said it is the Om Shakti Temple and gave me the temple hours. I thanked him […]
My First Visit to the Beautiful Golden Lakshmi Temple near Vellore
The founder of the magnificent Sri Puram Golden Lakshmi Temple, Sri Sakthi Amma born in 1976, as a 16 year old boy had a vision of Narayani while riding the school bus. The energy image of the Mother of the Universe emerged from the boy making itself visible in the sky and after some time the […]
Visit the Magnificent Arunachaleshwara Shiva Temple
In ancient times kings built magnificent temples in gratitude to Lord Shiva or other gods. These days enlightened masters are the temple builders who also energize them with transforming cosmic energy to raise our consciousness. They use them to revive the ancient Vedic tradition and enlightenment science, for meditation, rituals, and blessing purposes, and to […]
Trip to Venkateshwara Temple in Tirumala – Andhra Pradesh
Visit to Tirumala Venkateshwara Temple We, my friend J. and I, left for Tirumala early in the morning by taxi. It was nice to get out of Thiruvannamalai and see a different scenery of small villages, rice fields, lots of greenery, palm trees, all stretched to the mountain range that was on our left as […]