Close to Swamimalai near Kumbakonam is this unique Shiva temple which is unique in that Shiva performed an auditing Job here to rescue his devotee..I was looking to visit this temple as praying here will help the educational prospects of children
How to Reach:
On the Kumbakonam to Tanjore road before the turn to Swamimalai look for Thimmakudi and take a right here the road leads to Innambur and the temple is easily found
Legends and Stories:
Once the king asked for the accounts of this temple to be submitted next day. Since the administrator had not written down anything he was in despair and aghast at the mammoth task.He fervently prayed to the lord to save him. The next day Shiva went in the guise of the devotee and submitted the accounts he had written. once the administrator became aware of this he knew it was only his lord Shiva the Ezhutharishwara,” One who had written “ who had saved him. We find all the walls vandalised by devotees scribbling their hall ticket numbers.
It is the practice of devotees to bring their young kids for aksharabhyasam here youngsters will have the alphabet written with flowers or paddy on their tongues
The place has been sung about by the nayanmars Appar, Sundara, Thirugnana sambandar and Manikyavasagar
As you enter the rajagopuram you are in the front courtyard
On the right is the the first ambal sannidhi(Sugandhakunjalambal) . Women who are single pray to her
The main praharam has many small sannidhis with the Shivan sannidhi being the prominent
The majestic Ezhutharishwara is huge with a serene presence. The Vimana of the main temple is majestic
The koshta vigrahas are all displaced from the original construction during renovation Bhairavar and Kala Bhairavar
Suryan and Chandran with the graffiti
Vinayaka and Bhikshandar
Dakshinamurthy (Then mukha paraman)
Kanni moola Ganapathy
Ardhanari
Sivagami and Nataraja
Mahalakshmi
Brahma
Vishnu Durga on the Mahisha
An interesting temple where Shiva audited accounts
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