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- Thiru Narayanapuram:
The place is about a km from Varadaraja puram, in Thottiam taluk, Trichy district.
Main Deity is Veda Narayanar, in lying posture with Sridevi, and Bodhevi thayar
Importance: Swayambu Veda Narayana Perumal on Adi seshan with 10 heads. Here we see Sridevi and Bhodevi doing seva for perumal. Prahaladha is seen here as a small boy near the foot. Brahma got his veda upadesam in this place.
Story: Once Mahabala chakravarthy Vanarayar was travelling towards Mysore from this place to fight and expand his kingdom.
At night they had to halt here and he had a dream. In his dream he was asked to take out Vedanarayana perumal under the mud and install, Lord in a temple and after doing the pooja, he should proceed further, and he will become the King without any effort. The temple was built by the King and Veda Narayana Perumal was installed there. His wish was fulfilled.
Another in the purana is Arayarfamily came to worship here. That day fire broke and the temple with temporary structure got fire and Arayar to save god from fire he with his family lay on the idol and attained Moksha.
Prahaladha is seen in the temple. After Hirnya vadham, Perumal was in anger. Prahaladha worshipped him and asked him to be in Santha swaroopam in this place forever.
Brahma was of ego that he is the creator and no one has the power. So Perumal wanted to teach him a lesson, so he created an ugly person and sent him to Brahma. Looking at this person Brahma was confused as to who could have done. To clear his doubt he asked Veda Narayana perumal, as to who could have done this. Perumal replied him that since Brahma is the god of creation it could be no one else. Then suddenly the ugly person disappeared, and his ego was destroyed.
Brahma asked Narayana to preach veda to him. This was the place veda was preached to Brahma, so we see the right palm of perumal is kept open as giving upadesa to Brahma. There are 4 vedas as pillows to Veda Narayanar here which is unique. Anjeneya in the front pillar is important because people here keep him as a judge for every matter. The temple is a small one but well maintained.
- Thiru kattuputhur: Vishnu temple.
The place is about 10 kms from Thiru Narayana puram.
Main Deity is Venkatramana Swamy with Sridevi and Bhodevi thayar.
Importance: The temple is 300 years old. Venkatramana perumal revealed him to Musukunda chakravarthy
- KalluKuzhi Veera Anjaneyar.
Location: Near Trichy Junction.
MainDeity is Anjaneyar.
Importance: Anjaneyar is carved on a small stone which was to the road side. When they wanted to lay railway line, the stone was interrupting so they decided to place it in another place near by. After laying the railway line and started functioning there was lot of train accidents taking place in the same place where the removed Anjaneya from, so they decided to divert the railway line to side and replaced Anjaneya to same place where he was earlier and constructed temple for him. Rama and Seetha are there in the temple. The temple is well known now.
[Veda Narayanar][santha Swaroopam][Hiranya vadam]
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- Pettaivaithalai: Siva temple.
The place is about 20 Kms from trichy.
Main Deity is Madhraneswarar and his consort known as Balambikai.
Importance: The temple was built by 3rd Kulothunga chola. to a pillar we see Potralam Poovai Chittar. The temple is not on high way, it is a km inside. This is the place of Jeeva samadhi of potralam poovai chittar. Worshipping Siva in this place is recommended to get rid of Brahamathi dosha.
Other deities like Bichadanar, Saraswathi, Dandayudhapani, Mahalakshmi, Surya, Chandra, and Navagraha are there. All types of ladies health issue is cured by
Worshipping here in this place
- Kulithalai Siva temple in Trichy to karur route.
Main Deity is Siva Lingam known as Kadambavaneswarar and his consort known as Mutrila mulaiamai.
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- Thiruparithurai:
This is one of 275 important Siva Devara sthalam. The place is 15 kms from Trichy.
Main Deity is Siva Lingam known as Paraithurai nadhar / Tharuka vaneswarar, and his consort known as Pasumpon Myilammai / Hemavarnambal. Sthala Vruksham is Punnai tree. Teertham is Cauveri.
ImportanceSiva in the form of Bikshadanar, removed the ego of munis, and revealed himself to them in this place.
The temple is situated in the place where parai trees are large in number, hence the place is known as paraithurai.
Indra, Kubera, and Sptharishis, worshipped Siva here.
Other deities present in the temple are Vinayakar, Murugan, Mahalakshmi, Durgai, Dakshina moorthy and Navagraha.
Sambandhar and Navukkarasar sang hymns on Siva of this place.
[sambandhar][Devara Sthalam][Navukkarasar]
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- Kodiyalam: Siva temple.
The place is about 3 kms from Trichy.
Main Deity is Siva Lingam known as Rudhrakoteeswarar and his consort known as Komalambikai
- Antha nallore: Siva temple.
The place is about 13 kms from Trichy to karur route.
Main Deity is Siva lingam known as Vada Teertheswarar and his consort known as Balasundari Ambikai.
Importaance: This is a small temple and considered as Vaippu sthalam.
- Tiruchendurai: Siva temple.
The place is about 12 kms from Trichy to Karur.
Main Deity is Swayambu Lingam known as Chandrashekara swamy and his consort Maanendiya valli. Sthala Vruksham is Jack fruuit tree.
Importance: This is one of the Vaippu sthalam. Siva lingam looks rough like jack fruit. Ambikai has deer in her hand. Usually Nataraja in all temples will be attached to Tiruvasi at the back but in this place Nataraja is standing on single leg without support is special.
[Tiruvasi][Vaippu Sthalam][Natarajar]
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- Muttharasa nallore: Siva temple.
The place is 7 kms from Trichy to Karur. There are three sanctum for Lord Siva and three sanctums for goddess.
Main Deity is Siva Lingam known as Rathna gireeswarar and Aralakesari amman in different sanctum. Engoinadhar and his consort Maragadha valli amman in different sanctum.Kadamba vaneswarar, and his consort known as Bala kujalambikai in separate sanctum.
Purana says a king by name Muttarasu used to worship Siva in Kulithalai in morning, Rathanagireeswarar of iyer malai in the noon, and Thiru engoinadhar of engoi malai in the evening everyday.
When he was old he was not able to do the worship like before, he was sad and praying. Siva wanted to help his devotee he came in the dream of King and asked him to remove the three idols that are in the ground near the vanni maram and build temple there.
The king in the morning found the idols of Siva and Goddess. He built the temple and installed all the idols and the place was named after him.
Other deities seen in the temple are Murugan with Valli and Devayany, Dakshina moorthy, Ganapathy, Chandeeswarar, Navagraha, Birava, Sani, and Surya.
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- Thiruvasi:
This is one of 275 Siva Devara sthalam. The place is about 10 kms from Trichy.
Sthala Vruksham is Vanni.
Main Deity is Matrarivaradeeswarar / Samivaneswarar / Brahmapureswarar, and Balambikaiamman / Balasundari. Teertham is Amalai aru and panguni aru.
Importance: Brahma, Lakshmi, and Umadevi worshipped Sivaof this place. The temple dates back to some 1500 years old. In this temple we see snake under the feet of Nataraja instead of muyalagan.
The story related to the temple is, a business man named Kamalan had no issues, so he was worshiping lord Siva. One day when he was returning home from the temple, he heard child cry, he went back to see and found a small baby in the lotus flower. He named her Amalai.
When the child came to the age of marriage he wanted her to be married to his brother in law. Amalai was a great devotee and wanted to marry Siva. Siva was pleased with her and he came to their house as Kamalan's brother in law and married Amalai.
After the marriage they both left the house saying that they are going to the temple. After they left, original brother in law of kamalan returned home, only then they realised something wrong has happened.
They went to temple in search of Amalai and knowing this Amalai threw her anklet back and it turned to be a river and started flowing.
Amalai was parvathy herself and Siva gave darshan to all the people with parvathi on his Rishba vahana.
Sundarar got a bag of gold from Siva in this place. We see Sundarar with golden talam in his hand. Sambandhar and Sundarar sang hymns on Siva of this place.
[Sambandhar][sundarar][Muyalagan][snake][goldentalam][Devara sthalam][Rishba Vahana]
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- Amoore: Siva temple.
The place is 3 kms from Gunaseelam.
Main deity is Siva lingam known as Raveeswarar and his consort Anandavalli Amman.
- Thudayoore: Siva temple.
The place is 10 kms from Trichy.
Main Deity is Siva lingam known as Visha mangalaeswarar and his consort known as Veera Mangalaeswri / Mangalanayaki amman.
Importance: The temple is full of speciality and different from other places and it is a small temple. It’s known as vaippu sthalam. There is a big snake pit before, we enter the temple. The place is also known as veeshamteenda pathi which means poison does not affect people living in that place.
Within the premises we see Surya with his wife, Lakshmi Narayanar, Kalyana Sundareswarar, Subramanya with Valli Devasena, Brahma and Saraswathi. The speciality is all the gods are with their consort.
Durga is vishnu durgai on lotus peetam with agni in hand. Thadangam of Durgai is different here. Digichandana Dakshina moorhy statue is really good and he is with veena known as Digichandana in his hand. Surya Chandra on top of Dakshinamoothy to either side with chamaram.
Kalyana Sundareswarar left hand is around his wife holding close to him and thumb of his feet is above the feet of ambal. About ½ kms from this temple, we see Vadha muni stone for which oil abishekam is done on saturday, tuesday, full moonday and half moonday. The oil is distributed as prasadam to devotees. They say applying the oil any type pain subsides.
[Chamaram]{Vadhamuni}
[Veena][Digichanda Dakshinamurthy][vaippu sthalam]
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- Mukkambu:
It is a good picknic spot with a beautiful garden. This is the place were River splits as kollidum and Cauvery. Once again Cauvery splits and flows as cannal which is used for irrigation purpose. We can see three Rivers from a particular place. The Bridge is known as Kallani which is 1000 years old and was constructed by Karikala cholan.
- Gunaseelam: Vishnu temple.
The place is 16kms from Trichy.
Main Deity is Prasanna venkatesa perumal. Swayambu moorthy.Teertham is Papavinasa teertham.
Importance: Gunasala maharishi saw the God in swayambu roopam in standing posture with Lakshmi sahasranama garland and salagrama malai, hence he is known as prasanna venkatesa perumal. They say is elder to Sreenivasa perumal of tirupathy. One who cannot go upto tirupathi can give their offerings here in this temple.
- Gunaseelam: Siva temple.
The place is about 12 kms from Trichy to Musiri route. The temple is on the main road.
Main Deity is known as Darmiganadhar and his consort known as Hemavarneswari.
Importance: The linga is Swyambu and the Amman is Siva Sakthi roopam.
The temple is 300 years old
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- Thirumandhurai:
This is one of 275 important Siva sthalam. The Place is about 5 kms from Lalgudi.
Main Deity is Amravaneswarar, Mrugandeeswarar and his consort known as Azagammi, Balambika. Sthala Vruksham is Mango tree. Teertham is Gayatri river.
Importance: Surya, Chandra, Indra, And Mrugandu muni worshipped Siva of this place.
Other deities are Brahma,Vishnu, and Durgai to main sanctum. Subramanya swamy with family and Dandaudhapani in separate small sanctum.
Arunagiri nadhar sang thirupugazh on muruga here. Sambandhar sang hymns on Siva in this place.
- Then Pandaripuram: Panduranga temple.
The temple is 6 kms from Srirangm near Utthamar koil.
Main Deity: Radha , Rukmani and Pandurangar.
Importance: This is a small temple. There is no difference among the devotees who visit the temple. Everyone is allowed to embrace God and pray here, which is unique. Prasadam given here is known as pada doolhi or bukka which is like black mud.
The temple is about 75 years old. The idol that is installed in the temple was taken from the well. This was identified by god to a devotee parangkusadas in dream and to construct a temple. This is a private temple.
[Sambandhar][Devara Sthalam][Arunagirinadhar][Padha dhooli]
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- Thiru mangalam: Siva temple.
The place is about kms from Lalgudi to north.
Main Deity: Samavedeswarar and sri Lokhanayaki amman
Teertham is Parasurama teertham. Sthala Vruksham is Jack fruit tree.
Importance: The temple dates back to some 2000yrs. There is lot of things important in the temple. The place is equal to Kasi and gaya. Parasurama worshipped Siva in this place to get rid of his Mathruhathi dosha.
The place is also known as Parasurama kshetram. Chandikeswarar worshiped Siva here to get rid of pithruhathi dosha and attained moksha. Dakashina moorthy is here with abhya mudra. Subramanya swamy is known as Kalyana Subramaniyar.
Here a unique thing is we see Valli on peacock, Subramanya and Devayanai standing beside her. Arumugha perumal is with six face and four hands as a chatru samhara moorthy.
Anaya nayanar one of 63 Nayanmars birth as well as mukthi place. One Linga moortham is here which gave mukthi to nayanar. They say it is growing. We see Anaya nayanar in separate sanctum. Anaya nayanar was good at flute and once when he was reciting with flute and meditating, Siva was very much pleased with the music and he gave mukthi to him at the same place.
Durga here is vishnu Durgai on Simha vahana. Ravikuruva rishi was a bit upset because there was no river near by. Knowing this Siva made river flow which is called as gaya palguni.
[Moksha][Ksi][Mukthi][gaya Palguni]
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- Ashta Buja Durgai
The temple is in Anbil, which is 8 kms from Lalgudi.
Main Deity: Astabuja Durgai known as mariamman.
- Thiruvathurai: Siva temple.
The place is about 20 kms from Trichy.
Main Deity: Ambalavaneswarar and his consort known as Valambikai.
Importance: Munis worshipped siva in this place.
- Nagar: Siva temple.
The place is near Lalgudi.
Main Deity: Swayambu linga known as Apradeeswarar and his consort Oppila maniammai in different sanctum.Sthala Vruksham is Vilvam without thorns. Teertham is palguni River.
Importance: The temple is known as pancha linga kshetram. The temple architect is Thillai Nayakan. Stone inscription is there says the temple belongs to Raja RajaChola.
The other deities are Vadakailasa nadhar, Then kailasa nadhar, Bairavar, Suryan, Durgai, Chandikeeswarar, Nardhana Vinayakar, Dakshina moorthy, Thirumal and Brahma.
- Anbil:
This is one of 275 important Siva Devara sthalam. The place is about 8 kms from Lalgudi.
Main Deity is Sathyavageeswarar and his consort Soundranayaki amman in different sanctum.Sthala Vruksham is Banian tree, and teertham is Chandra teertham.
Importance: Vinayaka of this place is known as Sevisaiyttha vinayakar. Reason is once when Sambandhar sang hymns on Siva near the river, he was too keen in hearing the music.
Anbil is name of the place, the temple is known as Alandhurai. Brahma and Vageesa muni worshipped Siva of this place.
Other deities in the temple are Pichandar, Sapthakanniar, Kasi Viswanadhar, Vislakshi, Bairavar, Valli, and Devayana and Subramanya.
Sambandhar, and Navukkarasar sang hymns on Siva of this place.
- Thiru Anbil: Vishnu temple.
The temple is one of 108 Divya Desam. The place is about 8 kms from Lalgudi.
Main Deity is VadivazagiyaNambi in lying posture, and Thyar Azagiyavalli nachiar in different sanctum,Teertham is Mandooka pushkarani, and Kolliddam.
Importance: Manduka muni who was meditating under the water, did not realise the presence of Durvasa muni, and he was cursed to become as mandooka. Muni realised his mistake and asked Durvasa for sapa vimochana. He was advised to come to this place and worship. The place is known after him. This is one of pancha Ranga Kshetram.
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- Poovalore: Siva temple
The place is about 20 kms from Trichy.
Main Deity is Swayambu linga known as Adi Moolanadhar and his consort known as Kumkuma sundari.Teertham is known as Palguni River. Manmdan threw flower arrow on Lord Siva in this place. So it is named as poovalore. It is also known as Manmadha puram
Importance:Muni wanted to do cermony for his ancesisters. There was no river here, so he wanted to do in gaya. He worshipped Siva and Siva was pleased with his prayers and he made Ganges to flow here by throwing his silambu. So this place is considered equal to Gaya.
- Thinniysm
The place is about 12 kms from Pullampadi
Main Deity is Sundareswarar and his consort Periya nayaki ammai.
ImportanceSubramanaya swamy Valli and Devayanai are on indivudual peacock which is seen only in this place. A belief is there that wishes of one who visits the place are fulfilled.
- Nandam: Vishnu temple.
The place is about 12 kms from Lalgudi.
Main Deity is Adi moola perumal in lying posture and his consort Adi lakshmi thayar in different sanctum.
Importance we see an elephant named Gajendran near Perumal and the leg of the elephant is in the mouth of crocodile. One hand of Perumal is on the head of the elephant, relating to Gajendra moksha. They say, this place were Gajendra attained moksha.
The other deities we see here are Sridevi, Boodevi, Rama, Lakshmana, Seetha, Hanuman, and Nandagopar idols.
[silambu][Gajendra Moksha]
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- Sri Rangam:
This is one of 108 Divya Desam. the place is about 5 kms from Trichy.
Main Deity is Ranganadha perumal in lying posture, and Thayar Sri Ranga Nachiar. Utsavar here is known as Nam perumal. Teertham is Chandra pushkarani, cauvery, and Kollidam. Vruksham is Punnai.
Importance: This is 1st Div ya Desam. The place is considered as Boolokha kailasam. The kshetram is known as Swayam vyaktha kshetram. 14 Azwar and Andal nachiar have sung About Ranganadhar of this place. The temple dates back to 10th century.
The temple has 21 gopurams and 48 sanctums. Purana says Brahma gave a Rangandhar idol to Veebishana which he was taking to Srilanka along with him. The condition was that he should not keep it down if so he will not be able to take it. Veebishana gave the idol in the hands of small boy Ganesha, and asked him to hold it till he is back. Ganesha kept the idol down. When Veebishana came he saw the idol kept down and he tried to remove it but he could not do it.
He tried to catch Ganesha who ran to the top of the hill. Veebishana was sad and Ranganadhar said he will be lying facing Lanka and bless him. Later days when king Killivalavan came here to hunt hidden parrot revealed the place. Ranganadhar idol is 15’ long. The roof of sanctum is covered with gold plating. Ramanujar stayed here and helped in spreading Vainava madam.
[Ranganadhar][Divya Desam]
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- Thiru Erumbur
This is one of 275 important Siva Devara sthalam . The place is about 11 kms from Trichy and known as Brahmapuram, Kumara puram and lakshimi puram.
Main Deity is Erumbeeswrar / Madhuvaneswarar and Soundranayaki Amman.
Sthalavruksham is Vilvam. Teertham is Brahma teertham and Pduma teertham.
Brahma, Indra and all Devas took the form of ant, to hide from asuras and worshipped Siva in this place. Hence he is known as Erumbeeswarar.
Importance: The Siva lingam is slanting to one side as though, he is giving ear to the worship of bakthas. The surface of the lingam is coarse and it is easy for the ant to move around. The linga is covered with mud and there is no abishekam here. We can see the marks of ant creeping on the lingam.
The temple is a small hillock of 120’ height and 100 steps to reach the top. Soundarya nayaki ammanin different sanctum outside the main one. There is an old idol of the goddess kept to a side because of slight damage in it. The one in the sanctum is of same height and it is the new one replaced in the place of old goddess.
Navukkuarasar sang hymns on Siva of this place. The other deities that we see are Sankara Narayanar, Dakshinamoorthy,and Balavinayakar. Surya is with his wife here.
- Thiru Nedungalam
This is one of 275 Important Siva Devara Sthalam.
The temple is on Trichy to Tanjore route, 4 kms, from Thuvakudi junction.
Main Deity: Nedungalanadhar / Anithya Sunderaswarar and his consort known as Mangala nayaki / Opila nayaki. Sthala Vruksham is Vilvam. Teertham is Agasthya teertham, Sundara teertham.
Purana says Paraskathi did meditation in this place and Siva came in the form of Kalvan. Parvathi was frightened and tried to hide, in a garden, Olimadhi cholai. Later Siva took parvathi to Kailas. There are two vimanams for the main deity here.
Sambandhar, Sundarar and Navukkuarasar sang hymns on Siva of this place. Arunagiri nadhar sang Thirupugazh on lord Murugan.
[Sambandhar][Sundarar][Navukkarasar][Thirupugazh][Devara Sthalam]
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- Thiruthalayoor: Siva temple.
The place is on Pulivalam main road.
Main Deity is Saptha Reeshiswarar and his consort known as Kumkumavalli amman. Sthala Vruksham is Marudha maram.
Importance: Ravana worshipped in this place. The sthala vruksham has seen some hundred years. Vishnu is seen in this place without sanku and chakkram.
Purana says Ravana wanted to lift kailash, at that time Siva pressed his leg thumb finger, and Ravana was unable to lift. Looking at the trouble that Ravana was undergoing, he asked him to sing and worship Siva who likes music. So Ravana plucked his head and used it as pot for veena. His nervous as strings and started reciting Samaghanam and worshipped Siva. There is one more lingam which Ravana installed and worshipped here.
- Perumal malai:
This is in Thurayoor. It is known as Then Tirupathi of Trichy.
Main Deity: Kalyana Venkatesa perumal with Sridevi and Boodevi Thayar.
It is called as Then Tirupathi due to the familiarities. This place also looks like seven hillocks from down. Thayar sannidhi representing Alumelumangai thayar, down hill Govindharaja perumal, in lying posture and we have a village 5 kms away known as Nagalapuram. The hill is 960’and 1500 steps to reach the top hill. There is a road which is about 5 kms till the top.
The temple was constructedby grand son of Karikala chola. The king wanted to visit Tirupathi and meditate to attain moksha. When he was in the same thought one day he heard akashvani to construct a temple on the hill here known as Venuvanam. The king started meditating here and had darshan of god as Kalyana prasanna Venkatesar.
Importance: we see beautiful sculptures on the pillars. There leg print of the God known as perumal padam which is closed by grill. The king is kshetra balan and they give Vibuthi as prasadam here which is rare thing
- Thirupalaithurai:
This is one of 275 important Siva Devara sthalam. The place is about 12 kms from Trichy to N.E.
Main Deity is known as Thiru Moolanadhar and Nithya kalyani ammai. Sthala vruksham is Vilvam. Teertham is Kollidam.
Importance: Nithya kalyani ammai, Markendeyar, and Surya worshipped Siva in this place.
Purana says once Markendaya did not have milk to worship god and he was worried at that time Siva blessed him and milk started pouring. That is the reason for the name palaithurai.
Sambandhar sang hymns on Sivaof this place.
[ Devara sthalam} [Divya Desam]
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- Thirup pyenjeeli:
This is one of 275 important Siva Devara Sthalam. The place is about 8kms from Mannacha nallore.
Main Deity is known as Neelakandeswarar, Jeelivana nadhar, and his consort known as Visalakshi ammai.Teertam is known as Appar teertham.
Sthala vruksham is Jeeli, a variety of plantain tree.
Importance: Siva appeared in the form of human being and gave food for Navakkuarasar. Vasista muni had darshan of Siva in dancing posture. Here instead of navagraha we see 9 small deepas lighted in front of Dwajasthamba.
We see separate Yama temple outside the main temple within the compound. Inside the sanctum we see Siva and Parvathi with Muruga between them as somaskandha moortham with yama under the leg of Siva, Surya and Chandra on the top, to either side with chamaram.
Appar, Sundarar and Sambandhar sang hymns on Siva of this place.
- Thiruvellari:
The temple is one of 108 Divaya desam. The place is about 17 kms from trichy to north.
Main Deity is Pundarekaksha perumal and his consort known as Pankayach selvi thayar, Shenbagavalli in different sanctum. Teertham is Manikarnika, Kusa, Pushkala. Sthala Vruksham is Elandhy maram.
Importance: There are two entrances to the temple known as Uttharayana and Dakshinana. There is one more door inside known as Nazhikettan door.
PuranaThe story for the door is when perumal came late in the night thayar questioned him for the delay. Priority is for Goddess here. Lakshmi, Bhomadevi, Surya, Chandra, and Adiseshan worshipped god in human form. There is a pond belonging to the temple in swastik shape known as mamiar kulam. The construction is in such a way that person taking bath in a side cannot see the person who is to the other side
- Thiruthiya malai: Siva temple.
The place is about 10 kms from Thiruvellari.
Main Deity is Swayambu linga known as Eka pushpa priyanadhan and his consort known as Thaiyilum nallaval in different sanctum.Water spring is considered as teertham.
Importance: The temple dates back to some 5000 years back. It is on a small hillock and looks like a fort. Only one flowers blooms and the main deity was worshipped with that flower and hence the name. The place is a small village and hardly people visit the place. The temple is maintained well.
[ Devara sthalam}[Divya Desam]
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- Kumara Vayalore.
The place is about 5 kms from Uiakondan malai .
Main Deity: is known as Adhinadha Swamy and his consort Adhinayaki Amman
Importance: Arunagirinadhar acquired gyana in this place. With the blessings of Subramanya, Thirupugazh was sung by Arunagiri nadhar in this place. The first line of thirupugazh “muthai thiru” was hinted by Subramanaya swamy and it was continued by Arunagiri nadhar. Subramana swamy is worshipping his parents in this place. Vinayaka of this place is known as poiya vinayakar who blessed Arunagirinadhar.
- Iyappan temple
The temple is near trichy court.
Main Deity is Iyappan.
Importance: There is no hundi in the temple. There is a letter box which says “prayer letters to God”. Anyone can write their wishes and drop it in the box. The letters will be presented before Iyappan on uthra star day of every month prayers done. There is a note near the box which says there is no charge for this. The temple is full of green plants well maintained and good path all around. Instruction boards are there with positive request.
We see stones errected with wordings which give importance to mother quoted by great persons. Another special thing is we see small stones collected from holy rivers and holy places all over the world and each placed on small platforms. They have written the place of the stone. Everyday they do pooja to this stones also. They say having darshan of such collection of holy stones in one place will definitely remove hurdles in ones life and make them prosper. The other deities in the premises are Kanni moola Ganapthy, Sakthi- Vinayakar, Bagavathi amman and Navagraha.
- Uthammar Koil:
This is one of 108 Vishnu temples known as Divya Desam..
The place is about 6kms from Trichy.
Main Deity: Puroshotama perumal in lying posture and Poornavalli Thayar in separate sanctum.Teertham is Kadamba teertham.
Importance: other dieties in temple are Lakshmi Narayana perumal, Varadaraja perumal, Rama and Nammazwar. We have a separate sanctum for Brahma and as well as Saraswathi. While we go around the temple we see at the back of perumal Swayambu linga known as pichandar sannadhi in different sanctum. Vadivudai nakayi amman is seen in different sanctum. We see lakshmi , nayanar, Dasaradha linga, Chandikeswarar.
Purana says Lord Siva to get rid of brahmahathi dosha due to the removal of brahma’s
head. Lord Siva took the form as pichandar, and was roaming around with a bowl in his hand. At this time Poornavalli thayar gave biksha to him in his bowl and he was relieved from the dosha.
Siva preached Gyana upadesa. The place is known as Saptha guru sthalam. Dakshina moorthy as Siva guru,Varadaraja perumal as Vishnu guru, Brahma has brahma guru, Soundarya parvathi as Sakthi guru, Dandayudha pani as gyana guru, Guru of navagraha as Deva guru, Sukra of navagraha as Asura guru.
[Lord subramanya} [Divya Desam]
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- Thiru Mukkichuram or Urayoore:
One of 275 important Siva Devara sthalam. The place is about 2 kms from Trichy.
Main Deity : Pancha Varneswarar and his consort known as Kanthimathi Ammai. Sthala vruksham is Vilvam. Teertham is known as Siva teertham.
Name: Uthanga muni had darshan of Siva in five colours in one day so he is known as Pancha varneswarar. Brahma also had same kind of Lord siva’s. This shows that Siva is reason for everything.
Importance: The temple was built by Chola King. He was a great Siva devotee. Once he went on his horse in search of a good place for constructing a Siva temple. All of a sudden the elephant started behaving weird and every one was frightened. King was unable to control and he cried loud for help from Siva, the god whom he worshipped.
At this time a cock flew down and hit the elephant and the elephant was taken into control. Soon after this the cock disappeared near a Vilva tree. King was surprised and asked his men to dig and see near the tree. They found a Siva linga, and the king constructed a temple in the same place. The linga was installed and known as panchalingeswarar.
Sambandhar sang hymns on Siva of this place.
Urayoore: Siva temple. Main Deity is known as Thaanthondrieswarar and his consort Kumkumavalli Amman.
- Thiru karkudi:
this is one of 275 SivaDevara sthalam. The place is about 3kms from Trichy.
Main Deity is known as Ujeeva nadhar and his consort known as Anjanakshi Ammai. One more Goddess is there known as Balambikai.
Sthala vruksham is Vilvam. Teertham is Kudamuruti and Gyanavavi.
Importance: The temple is on top of small hill with 100 steps to go. It looks like a small fort. This is known as Uiakondan malai. The temple is 1200 years old and belongs to pallava period.
Markendeya worshipped Siva of this place when yama came to take his life. Siva resqued him and blessed him as chiranjeevi. It’s a belief that, one who worships Siva here will not have fear of yama.
Navakkuarasar and Sambandhar sang hymns on Siva of this place
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