I kēia lā e kipa aku mākou i ka nā wahi hemolele loa o ka Hindu ma India. E hoʻomaka kāua huakaʻi i ka Luakini ʻo Kamakhya, luakini hoʻolaʻa ʻia no ke akua wahine Śakti, aia ia ma ka puʻu Nilachal, ma ka ʻaoʻao komohana o ke kūlanakauhale ʻo Guwahati, ma ka mokuʻāina ʻo Assam. ʻO ia ka luakini nui o ka paʻakikī o nā luakini i hoʻolaʻa ʻia i nā ʻano like ʻole o ke akua wahine ʻo Majá Vidiá. He mea pono e hoʻomaopopo ʻia ʻaʻole ia kahi kahi o ka huakaʻi haipule Hindu akā ʻo Tantrism kekahi.
ʻO Ahobilam Aia ia ma kahi o Andhra Pradesh, ma ka moku ʻo Kurnool. ʻO ia kahi o nā wahi huakaʻi nui ma ka hema o ka lāhui ʻoiai he home ia no nā heiau i hoʻolaʻa ʻia iā Vishnu. Wahi a ka moʻolelo, pili ia i kahi a Narasimha i hōʻeha ai iā Prahlada a pepehi i ka daimonio ʻo Hiranyakashipu.
Bhimashankar ʻO ia kekahi o nā jyotirlingas he ʻumikūmālua a i ʻole nā wahi laʻa i hoʻolaʻa ʻia no Shiva. Aia ka Luakini ʻo Bhimashankar ma ke kauhale o Bhorgiri, ma ke komohana ʻo India.
Chidambaram He kūlanakauhale ia ma ka mokuʻāina ʻo Tamil Nadu. Ua manaʻo ʻia kekahi o nā wahi laʻa nui e pili pū ana me Shiva a ma aneʻi e ʻike ai mākou i ʻelima mau luakini nui.
El Luakini ʻo Ekambaréswarar ʻO ia kekahi o ka Pancha Bhuta Sthalam ('ʻelima mau luakini nui') i pili me nā mea ʻelima ma Saivite Hinduism (Shivaism), i kēia hihia, ka honua. Aia ia ma ke kūlanakauhale ʻo Kanchipuram, kekahi o nā kūlanakauhale kapu ʻehiku o India, ma ka mokuʻāina ʻo Tamil Nadu. ʻO nā heiau ʻehā ʻē aʻe ʻo Annamalaiyar (Arunachaleswara ma Sanskrit), pili i ke ahi; ʻO Thiruvanaikaval, pili me ka wai; ʻO Chidambaram, pili me ka ākea, a me Kalahasti, pili i ka makani. ʻO ka luakini kahiko loa ma Kanchipuram, KalashNatha, hoʻolaʻa ʻia no Shivá.
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