In one of the stories of Sri Maha periyava he asks a devotee from Erode why is erode named so?. Apparently it is due to the wet skull stuck to the lord’s hands called ,"eera odu" in Tamil after he decapitates Brahma and encounters a curse
Since reading this story I have wanted to see this temple and could make it on Saturday after my trip to Tiruchengode
How to Reach :
The temple is right in the middle of the busy market place in Erode and quite famous. I drove down from Tiruchengode 20 kms away and as usual Google maps took me into small bylaness and one way and in the manikoondu( clock tower) area next to the Perumal temple we found this temple.
The temple tank is a short distance away which was recently rebuilt. The weaver community here takes care of the temple and about 5 years ago built a new mandapam in front of the Nataraja
Legend and stories:
The temple was originally built by king called Lakshmikanthan who while doing a yaga found all his milk buckets getting upturned here. He dug the area and found the Lingam
Durvasa maharishi earlier established the Shivalingam Aarudra Kapaleeshwara in a lying posture here
In 1050 AD the area was ruled by Kongu Cholas and A king called Karikala chola rebuilt the temple as per epigraphic records
Indra is said to do Shiva pooja here daily
A weaver Thandavan was tested by the lord here and proclaimed as a great bhakta and used as an example as one should do charity despite personal limitations
The scene above the pillar tells the legend of Thandvan’s charity which was tested by Shiva –
A view from the main entrance
. The main Shivalingam is quite small in the Garba graha. He is also known as Choleshwarar , Chendishwarar
There is a Kanni moola Ganapathy with 63 nayanmars in line and inside there is a sahasralingam. next to the Murugan sannidhi in the back
The ambal sannidhi is in the North Sri Varunambikai graces us from here we can see it behind the pillar on the right in the pic above
The sthalam vriksham is the Vanni tree found behind and there is a separate sannidhi for Murugan next to this tree
The temple runs a goshala inside the premise
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