Time to dig mystery!!??

To brief this topic, its going to speak about "Chidambara ragasiyam" (Chidambaram - heart of the universe(Chid – Heart, ambaram – universe); ragasiyam - secret)
So this part of the blog will elaborate on this topic which always remained a mystery!
It is present in Natarajar temple in a place called Chidambaram which acquires it fame only due to the presence of these 2 world famous spots:
"Natarajar temple" &
"Annamalai University"

To speak about annamalai university, it is a well-known educational institute built by Raja Muthaiah Chettiar who comes from the background of NKCs (Nattu Kottai Chettiars--a Hindu caste famous in tamilnadu)... Many celebrities in politics & other fields have graduated from this university. The location of each block & the way they've been built are way too brilliant... A place worth visiting!

Natarajar temple is one of the largest and ancient temples built by Cholas who ruled Tamilnadu in older times. The vastness of the temple reveals the fact that it had been built by many Chola kings in their ruling period... History says it too around 300 years to finish constructing the temple. It is really an awesome masterpiece by men for God!
Natarajar is a form of Shiva and Chidambaram is the place of aagayam (sky) out of the pancha boothaas.

Alright! Now let’s come to the depth of the topic. All I'm going to speak here is about the popular, mysterious "Chidambara ragasiyam"...
I'm proud to say that I was born and brought up in this small town near Pondicherry (approximately 1.5 hrs journey from here). I visited my home town during the recent dhussera holidays after a time gap of 1 year...
When I got to visit the temple here, I got to know the Dhikshidars (priest who do seva to God) belief about the famous "Chidambara ragasiyam"!

The speech of the Dhikshidar who explained what it is exactly went like this:
"Listen carefully; there happens pooja 6 times a day called as "Kaalam" for Natarajar. Every time "Kaalam" happens, pooja is done to the ragasiyam also and so it'll be opened and showed to the bakthas(worshippers).
The ragasiyam is nothing but the old statues of Lord Nataraja and his wife Sivagamasundari Amman. As they are age old statues and they are fully covered by the camphor smoke and those kinds of things used for pooja, the vikraham (statue) will not be seen. Only the vilva ilai (Vilvam is a sacred leaf with which they do pooja for Natarajar) will be seen as it is made of Gold and which weighs around 300 kgs!
Once the archanai(pooja with camphor) is done to Natarajar and Sivagami Amman, the ragasiyam is also worshipped, during when the light that falls on the golden leaf is reflected and only the leaf will be visible. Watch out for the light, think of Natarajar and pray deeply; your wishes will come true!"