Brahma pureeswarar / Kolilinadhar Temple: Thiru kuvalai, Nagapattinam District.

Brahma pureeswarar / Kolilinadhar Temple: Thiru kuvalai.



The place Thiru kuvalai is about 19 kms from Thiruvarore to Ettukudi, This place is about 13 kms from Thiruthurai poondy to Ettukudi (via) Kacchanam.







The temple is One of Siva Devara Sthalam and One of Saptha Vidanga Sthalam known as Avani Vidangar. The main Raja Gopuram of the temple is of five tiers, and two prakaram.



Main Deity of the temple is Swayambu Lingam of white sand known as Brahma pureeswara and his consort known as Vandamar Poongkuzhal ammai / Brahma kujalambikai in separate sanctum. Siva lingam is seen with kavacham.


Vinayakar is known a Thyaga vinayakar. There is Siva Lingam seen in-betwen Lord Siva sanctum and Amman sanctum which was worshiped by Agasthiyar. Here we se Navagraham in a straight line.







Sthala vruksham is Totha Vruksham.






Teerthaam is Brahma Pushkarani.



Purana says Brahma worshiped Lord Siva and made a pushkarani which is known as Brahma teertham. Once Brahma lie, told Lord Siva that he has seen the Thirumudi (head) of Lord Siva. So he was cursed, and was unable to perform the creation work assigned to him. Due to this confusion even the Graha’s were not in a position to function properly. To set right everything Brahma dug a pushkarani and made a Siva Lingam. He worshiped Siva Lingam here and hence Lord Siva is known as Brahma pureeswaar.


Importance of the temple is the place is one of Saptha Vidanga Sthalam known as Avani Vidangar. Beema worshiped Lord Siva of Thiru kuvalai to get rid of his Brahmahathi Dosham. Sundarar worshiped and sang hymns on Lord Siva, for manual power, to get his paddy (which was like a mountain) transported to Paravayar palace at Thiruvaroore.




Brahma, Agathiyar, Pancha Pandvas, Musukunda Chakkravarhy, and Navgraha’s worshiped Brahma pureewarar of this temple.


Thiru Gyana Sambandhar, Thiru Navukkarasar, and Sambandhar sang Hymns on Lord Siva. Stone inscriptions of Chola and Pandya period are found.

Ponvaittha Nadhar of Chittraimoore temple, Thiruvarore.

Chittraimoore temple: Thiruvarore District.



The place Thiru Chitraymam is about 14 kms north east of Thiruthurai poondy. This is one of 275 Siva Devara sthalam.The temple has a Raja Gopuram of three tiers. The temple has four prakarm.








Main Deity is Swayambu Lingam known as Arulmigu Ponnvaittha Nadheswarar and his consort known as Akilanda Nayaki Amman. Vinyakar here is worshiped as Atthi mara vinayakar.







Teertham is known as Swarna Teertham. Sthala Vruksham is Atthi maram (Fig tree). The vruksham is very old.



Importance of the temple is Agasthyar, Devendran, Nagarajan, and Brahama worshiped Lord Siva of this temple. Once upon a time Brahma Rishi used to worship Lord Siva during late night pooja time. This was a regular feature for him. One day he was late and the temple doors were closed when he came to perform pooja. He changed himself s a honey bee and worshiped Lord Siva that day. Other Rishi's who were with him also did the same thing. Honeycomb is seen in the mandapam and pooja is performed for this everyday.



History: Everyday milk used to be supplied to Mutharasa puram, kings palace. They have to cross this village Chitraymam, to reach Mutharasapuram. The milk pot used to fall down and the milk spilled out in the same place regularly. When the king came to know about it he asked workers to dig at that place and they found a Siva Lingam with a cut due to digging. He installed the Siva Lingam in the village Chitraymam.



Purana says there lived Sankaran, by name who is a devotee of Lord Siva with his wife. They were newly married couple. Sankaran had to leave the village on business trip. She used to visit the temple and used to clean and make garland for deity. Lord Siva was pleased with her service and devotion. Lord used to keep a coin for her. She used to take the coin and survive with that money. Sankaran wife conceived. When Villagers came to know about it they suspected her and she was isolated in the village. She stayed in the temple and continued her worship. She prayed to Lord Siva to help her, Goddess helped her for safe delivery of the child.



One day Sankaran returned to village, all the members of the village told him about the happenings, he felt bad. He met his wife and asked her as to what happened in his absence. She said Lord Siva is witness for her innocence.


Sankaran said if that is true, the temple door should open on its own, the midnight pooja should happen accordingly without the help of anyone, Sthala vruksham should change its place from back of the temple to front side and Bali peetam should move in front of Nandi. Sankaran’s wife prayed, Lord Siva to help her and establish her innocence to everyone. Next moment the conditions were fulfilled, in front of the villagers who were present in the place. They praised her, for her faith and devotion on Lord Siva.


Thiru Gyana Sambandhar sang Hymns on Lord Siva of this temple.

Patanjali Manohar temple, Vilamar. Thiruvarore.

Thiru Vilamar Temple :



This temple is One of 275 Siva Devara Sthalam. The place is near Municipal office of Thiruvarore.








There is no raja Gopuram for the temple. We see Gnapathy and Murugan to either side of the wall near the main entrance. There is nothing but a garden in the outer prakaram. We see Bali peetam and Nandhi as we enter inside the second entrance.









As we go around the prakaram, we see separate sannidhi for Siddhi Vinayakar, Mahalakshmi, Subramanyar with Valli Devanai. There is a well seen in this prakaram, and there is a separate sanctum for Biravar. Bairavar idol is big here.








Pushkrani in front of the temple is known as Agni teertham and Sthala Vruksham is Vilvam



We proceed to see the main deity, where we enter into a mandapam. We see Ambaal sannidhi, and Nataraja sannidhi here. There is a Maha mandapam, Artha mandapam and main sanctum.



Patanjali Muni, Sooryan and Vygyapadhar sculptures are seen before, we enter into Artha mandapam.



Main Deity is Swayambu Lingam of mud, known as Patanjali Manohar and his consort Madhura Bashini. This is one of Sakthi peeda sthalam. Srichakkram is seen in Ambaal hastham.There is third eye for goddess here which cool and pleasant like chandran.




Inside the main sanctum swayambu Mud Lingam, at the back of Siva Lingam we see Natarajar, and Rudra padam to front of main Deity Patanjali Manohar.



As we go around the inner prakaram, we see Dakshina Moorthy, Maha Vishnu, Brahma, Sri Durgi as Kostha moortham and Chandikeswarar in small sanctum.




Importance:When Aarati is given in the main sanctum, we see the jyothy in Siva Lingam and it is like a jyothy swaroopam. Siva lingam is Jyothy swarupam.



Purana says Pathanjali muni penanced and worshiped Lord Siva to see Nataraja’s dance. Lord Siva was pleased with his worship and showed his dance performance at Thillai (Chidambaram). At this time Vyagayapadha muni was also there to see the dance of Lord Siva. They were happy, and requested Lord Siva to perform Ajaba Natanam and Rudhra Thandavam for them and Padha Darshanam for devotees. Lord Siva asked them to go to Sripuram (Thiruvarore) where they can see his performance and Padha Darshnam.



They came to Thiruvarore where they saw Siva Lingam every where. They worshiped Kamalambal. As per her, guidance Patanjali muni made a Siva Lingam of mud, and they worshiped Lord Siva. Lord Siva was pleased and performed Ajaba Natanam for their sake, and showed his Padha darshan, which is known as "Rudhara Padham". Lord Vishnu, Brahma, Musukundha Chakkravarthy, and Devas were present at this time.



The place is known as Thiru Vilamal, Thiruvadi kshetram and Siva Pada sthalam.



Bairavar is Ksetrablakar, so there is no Navagrahm in the temple. Lord Siva showed his Viswaroopa darshanam here, so Nandi head is turned to side.



Thiru Gyana Sambandhar sang Hymns on Lord Siva of this temple. Sundrar and Thiru Navukkarasar had mentioned about Lord Siva of this temple in their compositions.

Vadakadu / Koiloor temple, Thiruthuri poondy

Vadakadu / Koiloore



The place Vadakadu is about three kms to north of Mutthupettai. Now the place is known as Koiloor. This is one of 275 Siva Devara Sthalam.


Renovation work is going on in the temple. The main Raja Gopuram of the temple is of five storeys with two prakaram. There is a mandapam outside the temple premises with beautiful sculptures








Main Deity is Swayambu Lingam known as Mantharapureeswarar which is white in colour and his known as Perriyanayaki Amman.








Teertham of the temple is Hanuman, Markandeya and Gowthama teertham and sthala Vruksham is Mango tree. Vinayakar is known as Suthavana Vinayakar and we see Jurahareswarar as we go around the prakaram.




Sthala purana says “Ramar, Hanuman, Sugreeva and Lakshmana” worshiped Lord Siva of this place. Sri Rama had Manthra Upadesam from Lord Siva of this place, hence the name “Manthrapureeswarar” for Lord Siva here. Sri Rama discussed about constructing bridge over sea, with Lord Siva here, hence the place is known as “Usathanam.”



Viswamithrar had darshan of Lord Siva’s dance here. Varunan was cured of leprosy and blessed by Lord Siva here in Vdakadu. Markandeya worshiped Lord Siva in this place after having a dip in the Yama Teertham which was dug by him. When Yama tried to catch Markandeya, impressions formed on his body. This was cleared when Markandeya worshiped Lord Siva here.



Adiseshan worshiped Lord Siva here. When Garuda was flying with Amudha Kalasam drop of nectar fell on Siva Lingam here, which turned out to white in colour says sthala purana.



Thiru Gyana Sambandhar sang Hymns on Lord Siva of this place. Stone inscriptions belonging to the period of Vikrama Chola Devar, Sundara Pandiyan, 3rd Rajendra Cholan, 3rd Kulothunga cholan are there.



[Markendeya][Amudha Kalasam][Garuda][Manthra Upadesam][Nectar][Stone inscriptions]

Aridhvara mangalam, Tanjavore.

1. Aridhvara mangalam:
   
   
   
   The place Aradhaiperumpazhi/ Sameevanam is about 8 kms NW of Ammapettai on the banks of Vennaru. The Temple main Raja gopuram is of three storeys and a prakaram.
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   The temple is one of 275 Devara sthalam and one of Pancharanya Kshetram.
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   Main Deity is Swayambu Lingam known as Arulmigu Padhalavaradhar and his consort known as Alankara Ammai.
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   Teertham is Brahma teertham in front of the temple, and Sthala Vruksham is Vanni.
   
   
   
   
   Other dities seen in the prakaram of the temple is Vinayakar, Kasi Viswanadhar, Saneeswaran, Suryan, Chandran, Bairavar, Sundrar, Sambandhar, Pancha madhar and Lingothbavar.
   
   
   
   
   There is a ditch in front of lord Siva, dug by Vishnu in the form of Varaha, hence the name Aridhvara mangalam for this place.
   
   
   
   Sthala purana says Lord Siva removed one of the horns of Varaha and wore it as a pendant to his chest.
   
   
   
   Thiru Gyana Sambandhar Sung hymns on Lord Siva of this place.