The Sapthastanam Siva temples around Tiruvaiyaru

There are a group of Seven Shiva temples around Thiruvaiyaru where  Nandi after getting married in Thirumazhapadi  visited these temples with Lord Shiva escorting him, Nandi was the son of siladitha maharishi. Lord shiva was very pleased with Nandi’s prayers and took him as his chief attendant, got him married. This occation is celebrated in this area with a glass bedecked palanquin festival which will congregate in the Cauvery during the Tamil month of Chittirai.Each of this temples provided a special gift for nandis wedding

Map of all the templesof sapthastanams

Here is the link from WIKI

Saptha Stanam

The sapthasthanam festival is conducted at Tiruvaiyaru during April every year. Hundreds of people witness the convergence of seven glass palanquins carrying principal deities of respective temples from seven places at Tiruvaiyaru. The palanquins are paraded near the car stand, the crowd witnessed the Poochorithal(flower festival) in which a doll offers flowers to the principal deities in the palanquins. After thePoochorithal, the palanquins left for their respective places. The seven temples are
 

Aiyarappar temple                 Thiruvaiyaru  click link to my blog

Apathsahayar Temple            Tirupazhanam          Fruits for the wedding Click http://drlsravi.blogspot.in/2015/01/aapath-sahayeshwarar-temple.html

Odhanavaneswarar Temple    Tiruchotruthurai       Rice for the weding Clickto see my blog on this templehttp://drlsravi.blogspot.com/2015/01/odhavaneshwarar-temple-at.html

Vedapuriswarar Temple          Thiruvedhikudi         Vedic Brahmins from here conducted the weding

Kandeeswarar Temple           Thirukkandiyur         Post wedding Foodwas arranged from here click here for the link to my blog

Puvananathar Temple            Thirupanturuthi Flowers were aranged from this temple Click here to read my blog on this temple

Neyyadiappar Temple             Tiruneithaanam