Where is the temple not far from madras where the history of all men is written in palm leaves?

Question

I read in a book that there is a temple not far from Madras where 3,000 years ago a great sage wrote on palm leaves the lives and deaths of all men of all time, past, present and future. When a visitor arrives a monk comes out to greet him and takes out one of the yellow leaves where the history of the visitor is written...Is this true? Has anyone been there? Where is this temple? Any info...

Answer 1

No truth about it. That is a matter of deceiving people who believe it.

In 3,000 years that have past, do you think the palm tree leaves are still fresh as when they were just taken? Impossible things to belie ve.
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Answer 2

Nadi astrology (naadi jothidam) is a form of astrology practised in Tamil Nadu, India. It is based on the belief that the past, present and the future lives of all humans were foreseen by Hindu sages in ancient times on Palm leaves.


History
According to Hindu mythology, thousands of years ago sages who had the power to look in the past and future of the entire universe recorded the future of people who were living and who are going to live, in the form of Tamil verses, as Palm Leaf Manuscripts. The text is written in Vatteluttu, which is an ancient Tamil script. There are different schools of thought as to the author of these leaves. They were said to be written down by different Hindu sages, who had divine revelations. Some of the sages include Agasthiya, Brighu, Kaushika, Vyasa, Valmiki and Vasishtha. This doctrine of astrology was made famous by astrologers around the Vaitheeswaran Temple in the state of Tamil Nadu and is still practiced around the temple by their descendents.

The source point of Nadi Astrology leaves can be traced back to approximately more than 2000 years. These Nadi leaves were initially stored in the premises of Tanjore Saraswati Mahal Library of Tamilnadu. The British rulers later showed interest in the Nadi leaves concerned with herbs and medicine, future prediction etc; but ironically left most of the Nadi prediction leaves to their loyal people. Some leaves got destroyed and the remaining were auctioned during the British rule. These Nadi leaves were obtained and possessed by the families of astrologers in Vaitheeswaran Temple. This is an art passed down the years from one generation to the other.

Answer 3

temple madras history men written palm leaves

Answer 4

Here are several links citing DIFFERENT Tamil sages who are said to have written prophesies or verses on palm leaves. The top one, on Agastya, sounds most like what you describe.

"Legends say Hindu sage Agastya, or Agathiyar in Tamil, lived 4,000 to 5,000 years ago in southern India.
The squat, bearded holy man, hoping to help mankind, prayed to Ganesha, the elephant-headed god and jotted down the inspirations that struck him soon after on palm leaves. The divining sessions are said to have yielded predictions of the lives of people living in Agastya's time, and of those destined to be born in coming centuries.
Families belonging to the priestly caste say they have looked after the predictions, stored in neat bundles between two slabs of weathered wood since they were first written by Agastya.

Devout local Hindus and curious foreigners come in droves to Kanchipuram, a town in southern India, to seek their futures hidden in piles of browned leaves. They wait for hours, sometimes days, at a hut in Kanchipuram, 70 km (45 miles) southwest of Madras, as Brahman priests hunt for the palm leaves with predictions etched on them in archaic Tamil. More often than not, the foreign visitors go back with an eerie sense of surprise after their futures are foretold. The leaves are written from the visions of ancient sage Agastya, an awesome Nostradamus-like figure in Hindu mythology. Visitors answer a barrage of yes-or-no, personal questions used by the pundits at Kanchipuram to zero in on the right leaf, once a set of possible profiles are found using only a thumb impression. "The past, present and future of a person is written on each leaf and they can also provide direction for specific problems regarding marriage, disputes and other matters," says Srinivasan, who reads and translates the faded ancient Tamil script for visitors. "

Answer 5

Keep all the divine stories you have read, in the back of your mind.

Nadi Jothidam is a form of astrology pioneered by different sages.
The most popular of them being Agasthyar and Vasishtar.

These are NOT divine prophecies fo the future.

Like other forms of astrology this is a science that was developed over several decades of observation and compilation and interpretation of data.

That the sages who finished the work claimed divine inspiration, or dedicated it to their favourite God, is their own way of appreciating themselves on completing such a wonderful, monumental work.It is like someone saying,"I thank God for helping me finish this book".They were so awed by their work,that they believed God's hand was there behind the completion of the work.

Let us now try to understand how this system works.

This system involves various fields of study such as Numerology,Palmistry and the study of names.

Numerolgy is used here to find out what number personality you are.For example persons born on dates1,10,19,28 are of the type number 1 personalities.The numeric root adds up to 1.

Now number 1 personalities have certain characteristics, health conditions and their career will be successful in certain lines.
Like wise number 2 and number 3 and all such number personalities will have certain characteristics,health conditions,marital life,career lines and so on.
These are based on observations made on people born on different dates.

The thumb print is taken.Here is where palmistry is used.
Although known records are not available for 2 persons having the same finger prints,in the field of palmistry all prints are classified into various categories.
Based on the patterns and the loops of the fingerprints,certain observations have been made.

People with certain patterns in their finger prints are observed to have certain qualities and their lives also move in some common lines.

The next subject is the study of names.
There is a common practice in India,where based on the time of your birth, the astrologer suggests certain letters with which to start your name.For example a child born on a certain date will have to be named in letters starting with, "Va.vi,vu,ve or sa,si,su".
The idea is that if the name starts with those letters the child will have good qualities,health and so on.

This observation has also been made through several decades.

Now to see how Nadi Jothidam works.

Your birthdate is asked and your personality type is determined.
Next step your parents names are asked.Your father's name's starting letter is asked ."Da ,di do,de" or whatever letter.Your mother's name's starting letter is determined.
Your name's starting letter is obvious.

Now your thumb print is taken and identified with one category.

The results are now ready.
A person born on a 1, to a father whose name starts with a,"D" and mother whose name starts with,"P" and whose name starts with ,"A"and whose thumb print falls into a specific category will GENERALLY :
Have certain specific qualities.
Have certain health conditions.
Have certain level of happiness in marital life.
Have ceratin vices.
Do well in businesses like metals and wood craft.

If any of the variables changes your qualities are different.

This process of finding the right match takes time.Which is why most people are sent back to come after some time.

For some people these,"Predictions " are not available.this is definitely not any omen.Very simply your specific combination is not available.

If you have read LindaGoodman's SunSigns you will be surprised at how true the observations are for,people born under different sunsigns.This is almost always true.However there are exceptions.
This Nadi Jothidam is amazingly accurate as it involves several branches of astrology.

Some time back the process of recording data was stopped and new data is not recorded by anyone now.
Therefore like every other branch of astrology this also has started to stagnate.

This is simply like extracting data based on certain criteria.More like advanced search.

Whether you want to attach God to this study or simply view this as a fine work by scholars who have put in time and knowledge and meticuluos work is upto you.

Nadi jothidam is practised in several places.The most famous in Tamilnadu are Vaitheeswaran koil,Chidambaram and Kancheepuram.