Thirumaani
kuzhi Temple:
Thiru Vaamaneeswarar.
The place is about ten kms from Cuddlore on the
bank of River KedilaThis temple is one of the Nadu Nadu
Devara Sthalams.
The main Raja Gopuram is of five tiers and there are three
prakarams.
As we enter inside we see Dwajasthambam
Nandi Devar is seen in small mandapam
Teertham is River Kedila and Swetha teertham.
Sthala Vruksham is Kondrai
Main Deity is Swayambu Lingam known as
Vaamaneeswarar and his consort known as Ambujakshi Amman in separate sanctum
facing east.
Something unique in the temple is we see Beema
Rudrar screen in front of Lord Vamaneeswarar. Beema Rudrar is always guarding
Lord Siva here. First pooja is performed for Beema Rudrar. The
screen is lifted and the pooja for Lord Vaamaneeswarar is
performed.
As we go around the inner prakaram we see Selva
Ganapathy, Udhavi Ganapathy, Arumugan, Nalwar, 63 Nayanmars, Saptha Madhar,
Pancha Moorthys, Gaja Lakshmi, Bairavar, Navagraha, Vishnu Lingam, Soorya and
Chandran.
Thiru Annamalaiyar seen at the back of
main sanctum
Sri Durgai sculpture seen to side wall of
main sanctum
We see beautiful sculptures on the walls related to Sthala
puranam
Sthala Purana says Lord Vishnu descended down
as small Brahamin boy named as Vaamana. He went to King
Maavli and asked for three feet of land by his foot. King agreed to
give land forVaamana.
Immediately Vaamana took to his original
form and measured earth and space for two feet by his foot. King
Maavali bowed his head down for Vaamana to rest
his feet on his head for the third one. Vaamana did so and
it was the end of King Maavali’s life.
As a parihara for the death of King Maavali, Lord
Vaamana worshipped Siva lingam here .Hence the place is known as Maani
kuzhi and Lord Siva as Vaamaneeswarar.
Thiru Gyana Sambandhar sang Hymns on Lord
Vaamaneeswarar. Arunagiri Nadhar sang Thirupugazh on Lord Murugan of this temple.
This entry was posted
on Friday, June 07, 2013
at Friday, June 07, 2013
and is filed under
Annamaliyar,
Arunagirinadhar,
Bairavar.,
Durgai,
Lord Vishnu,
Naalwar,
Nadu Nadu temple,
Nandi,
Thiru Gyana sambandhar
. You can follow any responses to this entry through the
comments feed
.
Posts
Post a Comment