Yesterday 19/7/12 Enroute to Nattaraskottai from pudukottai I visited this ancient temple . it is one of the pandya desam padal petra sthalam. It has been visited by Appar, sundarar,Gnanasambandar and sung about. It is also associated with Valmiki. The ancient name for his temple is Thiruputhur (ant hill) but it is not corroborated by Ramayana. There is how ever a Sannidhi for Valmiki inside, below the sthala Vriksham Sara konrai. It is about 15 acres .
How to reach:
when you drive from Pudukottai to sivaganga on the Rameshwaram route you will reach Thirumayyam fort. Take the right turn to Rameshwaram and Thirupattur is about 50 kms from Pudukottai.The temple is situated on the main road itself. 
Legends of the temple:
Shiva annihilated the demons Andakasura and Sambasura who were the sons of the Demon Hiranyaksha.Since he wanted relief from the sin he went into yoga nidra here and worshipped shri Thiruthalinathar. The concept of Pranavam is said to have been realized here( that Shiva & Pranavam were one and the same) PRANAVAM is said to have manifested itself as the Konrai Maram the sthala vruksham here
Mahavishnu has also worshipped shiva here . There is a separate sannidhi for Vishnu with Sridevi, Bhudevi a well as Hanuman the Lakshminarayana sannidhi.
Sri Ninra Narayanaperumal Temple:
It has served as a place promoting Vaishnavism. During the rule of King Varaguna Pandiyan II (862-885) a Perumal temple had been existence in this place. Lord Perumal installed in this temple is referred to as Jalasayanathupadarar in the inscriptions of King Varaguna Pandiyan II. In addition to this temple, for the sake of Lord Perumal in the standing posture, another Perumal temple was constructed in the south of Sri Thiruthalinathar temple during the Pandiya period. It contains inscriptions of later Pandiyas dating back to the 13th century. The inscription of King Maravarman Sundara Pandiyan (1216-1239 A.D) refers to this other temple as Kola Varaga Vinnagara Emperumal temple and donation of lands in 1237 A.D to meet daily expenses of the performance of poojas.
The navagrahas are in the sitting posture here hence they will wait to hear your requests!
Yoga bhairavar is without his vahanam here.The Guru dakshinamurthy here is also without the four disciples
There is also a shrine for Lord Tirunageswarar where people worship during Rahu Kalam time. According to the legend, the prominent snakes Vasuki and Kaarkotakan worshipped Lord Shiva here and hence the separate shrine for Tirunageswarar in the outer 3rd Praharam
Lord Muruga is facing north with His consorts Valli and Deivanai. Saint Arunagiriar had praised Lord Muruga of the temple in his Tirupugazh hymns. Lord Nataraja graces in His Gouri thandava dancing form. Mahalakshmi wanted to see the thandava of Shiva and here he blessed her with that dance
As you enter the temple you see the first praharam with an elephant enclosure and the Peacock strolling around. 
The Sannidhi for Bhairavar and Vishnu are in this praharam facing west and east respectively. The Bhairavar temple has an unique epoxy coating to prevent damage to the carvings. 
The next sannidhi has Sivagami Amman sannithi on the right here facing east 
The Sthala vruksham, Murugan sannidhi , the vinyaga and Valmiki sannidhis are situated behind the main temple. 
The Carvings here are exquisite as are the Ramayana scenes below
Lord Shiva is in the main sannidhi as a swayubhulingam here.
The temple is quite big with a well maintained ambience.
Now we have come here. Just great. No words to explain our happiness
ReplyDeleteGreat!! Thank you for sharing this with everyone.This would definitely help people looking for such information.
ReplyDeleteGreat!! Thank you for sharing this with everyone.This would definitely help people looking for such information.
ReplyDelete