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

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 2

I agree all the history. That place is Vaitheeswaran Koil, it is in the route from Sirkazhi to Mayiladuthurai. There are lot of sages such as Agathiar, Vasistar, Siva Vakkiyar etc. wrote these (called Naadi Jothidam). From my point of view I suggest Vasistar Naadi is the best, which is accurate and correct.

Answer 3

I am not sure whether you are talking about Vaitheeswaran Koil or not.

It is about 250+ Kms from Chennai, near mayiladuthurai (Mayuram).

I'm not sure about those 3,000+ years stories. But around this temple there are lot of people who says they do have palm leaves and predicting visitor's future things.

Answer 4

First off...this is a really long answer...but I felt that I had to give you all the details.

Vaideeswaran Temple near Tanjore in Tamil Nadu. The leaves were supposedly kept there for thousands of years. But, a few hundred years ago, the leaves were split up. The leaves are written in kind of a shorthand writing. They're in ancient Tamil alphabet letters.

The people who can read the leaves are called Nadi. Nadis teach their children how to read the leaves and they teach their children and so on.

Anyway, since the leaves are supposedly split up, each Nadi has a few thousand leaves. The theory is that only people who are "destined" to get a reading will have had leaves written in the first place by the Sage Agastiya Muniver.

So I went once to a Nadi reader in Chennai. He was located in Kilpauk, which is kind of on the north side of Chennai near the Mental Hospital (ok...pun intended...there really is a mental hospital in Kilpauk).

So they ask you for your thumb print. They look at the curves and shape of the print and bring out a stack of leaves. Then the guy starts "fishing" for info. So my name is Mari and the guy said, "does your name begin with a Ka, Ki, Ku, Ga, Gi, Gu, or Da, Di, Du sound?" I said, "no." Then he flipped the leaf he was on and went to the next leaf. Does your name begin with a "La, Pa, or Ba?" I said, "no." This went on for like 30 minutes till he finally said, "Ma, Mi, Mu?" I said yes. Then he starts the same "sounds like" process to figure out my parents names...you know...just to narrow it down to the "right" leaf...but at the same time gathering as much info as he can from me.

After about 1 hour, he "finds" the right leaf. At this point, I've given him enough info for any con artist (or anyone with an imagination) to come up with a reasonable story. He can tell by my accent that I'm from the US. Just about anyone in the US has more money than the average person in India. So he goes on about how I'm in an affluent family living in an affluent area (uhhh..DUH!). I was with my husband and baby and he said, "uh...you're married...with a baby...who is about 1 year old...and it's a boy."

So the BS continues. He says what I was in my past life and what kind of sins I committed to be cursed to be reborn. He gave absolutely NO specific info about my current life...just my past life. Just crap that anyone with a decent imagination can make up. He basically said that I will live a good life.

When I asked him why he didn't give any specific info, he said, "oh...once you're married, your info doesn't matter. Only your husband's info matters." Ok...he read my husband's leaf and gave equally vague crappy answers. My husband asked why the info for him wasn't specific and the Nadi said, "oh...you have a good life. Nothing bad to say." So according to this guy, that Agastiya Muniver didn't write detailed info for people who have good lives.

During my so called "good life," I was diagnosed with cancer in my 20's. No mention of that. My life isn't all roses. But of course...my life doesn't matter...only my husband's right? Ok so his father almost died 3 different times when my husband was growing up. No mention of that. My husband's life has been a really hard life.

Nadi is just a cheap way to be entertained for a few hours. Costs about 200 Rupees for a reading which is about $5. It's not anything to trust. Just entertainment.

Hope that helps.

Mari

Answer 5

I totally agree with Mari M the previous answerer.
She accepted it as a good entertainment.
However I do not take it as entertainment also. Its gross cheating for not so strong minded people.