Emerald Lingam idols consecrated daily except on annual Thiruvathirai star day. The reason for covering the idol with sand paste is that the idol has fragile properties and may not bear sound and light waves. The sandal paste removed from the idol is distributed to the devotees. Siruvapuri Balasubramania Swamy Temple is located on the north western side of Chennai city and is lying 33 km from Chennai. The visitor needs to take diversion from Chennai Kalkotta National Highway. The except the idols of Lord Balasubramaiya Swamy, Aadhimoolar and Navagrahams, all the other idols are carved out of emerald stone. The beautiful
Canivet's emerald topped by a white stripe behind the eye. They are virtually identical to the garden emerald, with the exception of bill colour; Garden has an entirely black bill while Canivet's has a red-based bill with a black tip. The two species have no overlap in their ranges. The subspecies "C. c. salvini", which occupies the southern part of the range from extreme south of Mexico to Costa Rica, is sometimes split as Salvin's emerald. Canivet's emerald Canivet's emerald or the fork-tailed emerald ("Chlorostilbon canivetii") is a species of hummingbird in the family Trochilidae. It is found in Belize, Costa Rica,