- Thiru paruthiniyamam:
This is one of 275 Siva Devara sthalam. The temple is known as Paruthiyappar Koil.
The temple is about 13 kms from Tanjavoore to Oratthanadu, take a diversion at Uzhavoor and travel 3 kms east to reach the place.
The temple main Raja Gopuram is of five storeys with two prakarams.
Main deity is Swayambu Lingam known as Parithiappar / Arulmigu Baskareswarar, and his consort known as Mangala Nayaki.
As we enter inside we see Dwajasthambam with vinayakar. Teertham is known as Soorya teertham seen in front of the temple. Sthala vruksham is palm tree.
Other deities seen in the temple, as we go around are Ganesha, Subramanyar, Gaja lakshmi, Daksina Moorthy, Sooryan, and Navagraham.
Purana says Soorya dug a pond at this place. To get rid of his ailment he had a dip in the pushkarani and worshipped Lord Siva, and he was blessed by Lord. Hence, Lord Siva is known as Baskareswarar. There is a moortham of surya in the sanctum.
There is another saying that King Sipi Chakravarthy’s, labour who was cutting grass, he hit on surface and found a Siva Linga with blood. This was reported to King, who built a temple for Lord Siva and worshiped.
Thiru Navukkarasar, Thiru Gyana Sambandhar and Sundarar sang hymns on Lord Siva of this temple.
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- Kuttralam: This is one of 275 Devara sthalam.
The place is about 6 kms from Thenkasi, and 58 kms from Thirunelveli Town.
There are five water falls here. After having a shower at these falls we have a temple to visit here which is one of the Siva Devara Sthalams.
Main deity is swayambu Lingam known as Thirukundra Nadhar, Kutrala nadhar, and his consort Kuralvaaymozhi Ammai. To left side Parasakthi in different sanctum and to right side we see Ranganadha Perumal. This is yoga sakthy peetam.
In this place Nataraja sabha is known as Chittra sabha one of 5 popular sabhy.
Other deities seen in the temple are vallabha Ganapathy, Murugan, Dakshina Moorthy, Saptha Kanniyar, Panchaboodha Lingam, Agastiyar, Ananda koothar and 63 Nayanmars.
Four Vedas together formed as Kurumpala tree and worshipped Lord Siva of this place.
Purana says at the time of the marriage of Lord Siva with Parvathy, the earth got tilted to one side due to the weight of everyone who gathered to watch the function. Siva asked Agyastiyar to travel down to south (Podigai malai) to balance the earth by virtue of his Tapas. Siva gave word to Agasthiyar that he can watch the function in the temple over there. Agastiyar reached Kutralam and after having bath at falls he reached the temple.
He was denied the permission to enter inside the temple. The temple was Vishnu temple.
Agastiyar was worried and he reached Illanji and prayed to Lord Murugan who asked him to enter in to the temple as a Vaishnava Brahmin. Once he enters inside he can have the darshan of marriage precedings of Lord Siva.
Agastiyar did as he was told by Murugan and he was able to enter inside the temple easily.
To his surprise he saw Vishnu instead of Siva. He was worried and he touched the Vishnu idol on its head, closed his eyes and started praying. The big idol of Vishnu started decresing and turned into Siva Lingam and he was able to look into the marriage procedings of Lord Siva. There is a mark of Agastiya muni’s fingers on the Siva Lingam in this place.
Sambandhar, Navakkuarasar and Manikkavachakar sang hymns on Lord Siva of this place.
