Nestled in the verdant greenery between Thirunageshwaram to Peralam near Konerirajapuram is this famous temple, It is a bit difficult to spot but the locals are helpful in guiding us
How to reach:
The temple can be reached from Peralam side or from Thirunageshwaram and is within a few KM from a village called S.Pudur,It is situated to the north of the road and Konerirajapuram is on the South side . The Kuberar koil/sanath Kumara koil is on the way and the board to this temple guides us there
The temple has a nice full pond
Legends and Stories:
The story that Shiva wanted Parvati to atone for fighting against him and siding with Mahavishnu her brother during a game of dice ( for more details visit my blog on Therezhundur temple
A learned soul took birth here as a Koel (cuckoo) due to a curse by Indra and worshipped the lord hence the lord is known as
Parvathi atoned here and worshipped shiva as a cow and the hoof marks on the Shivalinga ( Maatu Kozhambu in Tamil) made by the divine cow give he name Kuzhabunathar.He is a swayambhu . Since it was a sand formed linga here is no abhisheka and the lord is adorned with a casing (Kavacham)
Brahma atoned for telling a lie here and he dug the tank in front called Brahmatheertham
The nayanmars Thirunavukkarasar and Thirugnanasambandar have composed poems on this lord and sung about them
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| main entrance view |
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| inside the main gopuram |
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entrance to the outer praharam
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The temple has one entrance to an east facing Shiva and South facing Sundarambikai sannidhi
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| entrance to the sanctum |
The eye catching feature here are the Koshta Vigrahas which have certain rare sculptures
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| Agastya Rishi adorns the wall between Ganesha and Dakshinamurthy |
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| Between Dakshinamurthy and Agastya are Thirugnanasambandar, Thirunavukkarasar and Brahma |
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| Linghodhbhavar with Vishnu and Brahma |
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| Brahma |
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| Durga and Ardhanaarishwara |
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Durga and Bhikshandar
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A peaceful temple sadly not very popular among the tourists as not many know about it
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| exquisite Nataraja between Ganesha and Agastya |
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