I have always visited Vaitheeswaran koil but did not know that this temple is just 5 kms west of the Vaitheeswaran temple! The legend of Nandanar makes this temple enchanting.
How to reach:
The temple is 5kms west of the Vaitheeswaran koil on the main road and easily found
Legends and Stories:
Among the 63 Nayanmars who composed poems and spread shaivism Nandanar is unique. He was a farm labourer and was denied permission by his owner to visit Chidambaram. He was for ever asking his boss permission to visit Chidambaram and forever being denied(thirunaalai povar nayanmar) The boss told him if sowing and harvesting is done in 1 day he can go and lo next day ,miraculously the crop was harvested. The Boss prostated at his helps' feet and so Nandanar set out to
Chidambaram. en' route he arrived at Thirupungur and sung a song on Shiva who was so moved and asked Nandi who it was . He was told that Nandanar had come and was craning his neck to see Shiva Shiva directed Nandi to move so that nandanar could have a better look!so the nandi here is to a side
Now a temple for Nandanar has been built at the main gopuram outside and it shows him with both hands raised
The vinayaka here was directed by Shiva to dig a pond to alleviate drought he is called Kulam Vettiya Vinayaka
How to reach:
The temple is 5kms west of the Vaitheeswaran koil on the main road and easily found
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| Main Gopuram |
Legends and Stories:
Among the 63 Nayanmars who composed poems and spread shaivism Nandanar is unique. He was a farm labourer and was denied permission by his owner to visit Chidambaram. He was for ever asking his boss permission to visit Chidambaram and forever being denied(thirunaalai povar nayanmar) The boss told him if sowing and harvesting is done in 1 day he can go and lo next day ,miraculously the crop was harvested. The Boss prostated at his helps' feet and so Nandanar set out to
Chidambaram. en' route he arrived at Thirupungur and sung a song on Shiva who was so moved and asked Nandi who it was . He was told that Nandanar had come and was craning his neck to see Shiva Shiva directed Nandi to move so that nandanar could have a better look!so the nandi here is to a side
Now a temple for Nandanar has been built at the main gopuram outside and it shows him with both hands raised
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| Nandanar sannidhi outside the gopuram |
Thirunavukkarasar, Sundarar,Thirugnanasambandar have all sung about this temple
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| View from Gopuram entrance |
Once Shiva and Parvathi had an argument who was more beautiful they asked Brahma to judge, brahma dropped 5 darba grass and asked the two to follow the path where the Grass fell, there were 5 lingas and looking at them Shiva felt Parvathy was beautiful and she felt Shiva was better looking
The Koshta vigrahas and sannidhis inside
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| The pancha Linga statues outside |
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| TheNandi who moved |
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| Temple legend |
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| entrance to inner sannidhi |
The Koshta vigrahas and sannidhis inside
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| vinayaka and Bikshandar |
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| Dakshinamurthy |
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| Surya lingam |
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| Kshetrapala and ashtabhuja durga |
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| Kshetrapala |
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| Navagrahas and bhairava |
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| Nandanar sannidhi nside |
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