Thiru Vilamar Temple :



This temple is One of 275 Siva Devara Sthalam. The place is near Municipal office of Thiruvarore.








There is no raja Gopuram for the temple. We see Gnapathy and Murugan to either side of the wall near the main entrance. There is nothing but a garden in the outer prakaram. We see Bali peetam and Nandhi as we enter inside the second entrance.









As we go around the prakaram, we see separate sannidhi for Siddhi Vinayakar, Mahalakshmi, Subramanyar with Valli Devanai. There is a well seen in this prakaram, and there is a separate sanctum for Biravar. Bairavar idol is big here.








Pushkrani in front of the temple is known as Agni teertham and Sthala Vruksham is Vilvam



We proceed to see the main deity, where we enter into a mandapam. We see Ambaal sannidhi, and Nataraja sannidhi here. There is a Maha mandapam, Artha mandapam and main sanctum.



Patanjali Muni, Sooryan and Vygyapadhar sculptures are seen before, we enter into Artha mandapam.



Main Deity is Swayambu Lingam of mud.
Inside the main sanctum swayambu Mud Lingam, at the back of Siva Lingam we see Natarajar and padam in front of the main Deity Patanjali Manohar.
known as Patanjali Manohar and his consort Madhura Bashini. This is one of Sakthi peeda sthalam. Srichakkram is seen in Ambaal hastham.There is third eye for goddess here which cool and pleasant like chandran.




Inside the main sanctum swayambu Mud Lingam, at the back of Siva Lingam we see Natarajar, and Rudra padam to front of main Deity Patanjali Manohar.



As we go around the inner prakaram, we see Dakshina Moorthy, Maha Vishnu, Brahma, Sri Durgi as Kostha moortham and Chandikeswarar in small sanctum.




Importance:When Aarati is given in the main sanctum, we see the jyothy in Siva Lingam and it is like a jyothy swaroopam.Siva lingam is Jyothy swarupam.



Purana says Pathanjali muni penanced and worshiped Lord Siva to see Nataraja’s dance. Lord Siva was pleased with his worship and showed his dance performance at Thillai (Chidambaram). At this time Vyagayapadha muni was also there to see the dance of Lord Siva. They were happy, and requested Lord Siva to perform Ajaba Natanam and Rudhra Thandavam for them and Padha Darshanam for devotees. Lord Siva asked them to go to Sripuram (Thiruvarore) where they can see his performance and Padha Darshnam.



They came to Thiruvarore where they saw Siva Lingam every where. They worshiped Kamalambal. As per her, guidance Patanjali muni made a Siva Lingam of mud, and they worshiped Lord Siva. Lord Siva was pleased and performed Ajaba Natanam for their sake, and showed his Padha darshan, which is known as "Rudhara Padham". Lord Vishnu, Brahma, Musukundha Chakkravarthy, and Devas were present at this time.



The place is known as Thiru Vilamal, Thiruvadi kshetram and Siva Pada sthalam.



Bairavar is Ksetrablakar, so there is no Navagrahm in the temple. Lord Siva showed his Viswaroopa darshanam here, so Nandi head is turned to side.



Thiru Gyana Sambandhar sang Hymns on Lord Siva of this temple. Sundrar and Thiru Navukkarasar had mentioned about Lord Siva of this temple in their compositions.

Thirukanna Mangai: Bakthavatsala perumal and Abisheka valli thayar.






The place Thirukanna Mangai is about 7 kms from Thiruvarore on River Vettaru. The place is known as Krishnaranyam.






The temple main Raja gopuram is of five tiers and two prakaram. This is one of 108 Divaya Desam temples. Thiru Mangai Azwar praised perumal of this place and sung about Him.








As we enter through main entrance to one side, we see sanctum for Manavala ma munigal and opposite side sanctum for Azhwar.











There is a Dwajasthambam and Garuda sannidhi seen.





We have to climb few steps to enter into Artha mandapam which leads to main sanctum of Bakthavatsala perumal.







Main deity is Bakthavatsala Perumal in standing posture, seen with Sridevi and Bhoodevi thayar facing east.






As we proceed to go around the temple this is side view of the main sanctum









As we go around the prakaram we see separate sanctum for Abisheka Valli thayar to south west corner.







To north west direction there is a separate sanctum for Andal.








Paramapadha vasal(entrance) of the temple is seen to north side.







We see Desikar sannidhi as we proceed with going around the prakaram







There is a separate sanctum seen for Kodhanda Ramar. Hayagreevaris seen near the north entrance of temple.








Pushkarani is seen in front of the temple known as Darshna pushkarani.
sthala Vruksham is Magizha maram.


Importance Romesa muni and Vrunan worshiped perumal and were blessed. The water from Darshna pushkarani was used by perumal, for the purpose of abishekam to thayar, to take her as his consort ( pattamahisi ) Hence thayar here known as Abisheka Valli Thayar.



Brahama advised Chandra to take bath in the pushkarani and surrender him to perumal, to be relieved out Guru Bagawan curse on him. He was blessed by perumal and got back his glory.


This is the birth place of Thiru kannamangai Andan, who is follower of Nadha munigal.
He spent his life worshiping perumal of this place and attained moksha.

Poravachery, Ettukudi and Ennkan, are three Subramanya Swamy temples, in which the idols were sculpted by same sculptor in same pattern. The complete idol is of single granite stone. The Lord Subramnayar is sculpted with six face (Arumugan) and ten hands. He is seen with weapons, in ten hands, and two hands are Abhaya Varadha hastham. Lord Murugan is seen in seated form on his peacock which holds a snake to its beak. The sculpture of Subramanian is beautiful with minute details like finger, and nails which gives a feeling of life in the sculpture. This is the specialty about the Lord Subramanyar idol in all three places.

1. Sri subramanya Swammy Temple, Poravachery
   
   
   
   
   This temple is situated at Poravachery four kilometers from Nagapattinam on the Nagapattinam-Tiruvarur route just one kilometer from Sikkal.
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   Lord Shanmuga with his consorts Valli and Devayanai is in the form of granite statue. The peacock, Lord Muruga and the Tiruvasi are all made of a single piece of granite. Lord Subramanya received Vel from his mother Parvathy to fight against Sooran
   
   As we go around we see Lord Ganesha named as Annadhana pilliyar.There is a separate sanctum for Ambal, who is worshiped as swarna kalika Devi.
   Lord Siva is seen here, in Linga form known as Sundareswarar and his consort Meenaksi. There is a place here for Idumban.
   
   Arunagirinadhar sung Tirupugazh on Lord Murugan of this temple.
   
   
   
   Story:
   
   
   
   There lived a sculptor in the village named Porulvaitha Cheri about a km away from Sikkal town of Nagapattinam district. He was a great devotee of Lord Muruga and used to chants Saravana manthram always. He sculpted an idol of Arumugan on peacock. The idol was beautiful and the Chola king who happen, to see this was impressed. He was too greedy and wanted the idol to be unique one of its kind in his kingdom. So he removed the thumb of sculpture so that, he may not be able to make another similar idol.
   
   
   
   The sculpture moved away from the place and on his way he saw a stone with all good qualities to make an idol. With great effort he started working on the stone. The king Mutharasan who was ruling that place saw him working with lot of effort and dedication. He was visiting the place to see the development in the work. He made another idol of Arumugan exactly similar to the previous one. At the time of completion light rays passed over the sculpture and the peacock started flying with Arumugan on its back. The sculpture lost his eye sight. He screamed out to catch (etti pidi- which means catch in tamil language) the peacock, At that time Raja muthurasan was entering inside, his soldiers caught hold of the peacock and made a scar on the leg. The complete thing became an idol and the king built a temple in the same place which was known as ettipidi. Over a period the name became Ettukudi in usage.
   
   
   
   
   The sculpture with the help of his daughter was able to sculpt another idol of Arumugan which was installed at Ennkan. At the completion of the sculpture he got back his eye sight.
   
   
   
   
2. Ennkan:
   
   
   
   
   Ennkan Murugan temple is located in Thiruvarore district about 13 kms from Thiruvarore. The temple was constructed during 2nd Kulothungan period. The place is also known as Sameevanam
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   Main deity is Lord Subramanyar in separate sanctum. Here Lord Siva seen in the form of Swayambu Lingam, known as Brahmapureswarar and his consort Perriya Nayaki Amman.
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   As we go around the temple we see sanctum for Sri Dhakshinamurthy, Natarajar Sivakami, Kasi Viswanathar, Bairavar, and Arunachaleswarar
   
   
   Vanni maram is Sthala vruksham and teertham known as Kumara Teertham, Nethara pushkarani, saravana Poigai, Vridha cauvery, and Brahma teertham
   
   
   
   Importance three days in the month of Panguni (March / April), sunray falls on Lord Siva. Here Arumugan is seen in sitting posture on peacock. The complete weight of Thiruvasi, Lord Arumugan and the peacock is rested on one foot of the peacock.
   
   
   
   Purana says Lord Subramanyar arrested Lord Brahma, who was unable to explain the meaning ofPranava Manthram and he started doing the creation work. Brahma worshiped Lord Siva with his eight eyes. Lord Siva was pleased and asked Subramanayar to release him and hand over the duty of creation. Lord Subramanya refused to give to one who does not know the meaning of Pranava Manthram. Lord Siva convinced, Lord Subramanya and asked him to give upadesam of Pranava Manthram and assign Brahma with duty of creation.
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   So in this temple Lord Subramanya is facing south side and resembles Lord Dakshina moorthy, so he is known as Gyana karakan, looks like Natarajar and the hall is known as sabha mandapam. He is like kala samhara moorthy so he is considered as Arul karakan
   
   
   
   
   Since Brahma worshipped with his eyes the place is known as Enkann. One who has problem with their vision, worship Arumugan of Ennkan, and they are blessed with good eyesight says sthala puranam
   
   
   
   Arunagirinadhar Sang Thirupugazh on Lord Subramanyar.
   
   
   
   
   
3. Ettukudi Murugan
   
   
   
   Ettukudi Village is about 20 kms from Nagapattinam to Thiruthuraipoondy route. Main deity is Lord Siva in Lingam form as Soundhara nayakar and his consort known as Anandavalli thayar Vanmeega chittar attained Samadhi here. Samadhi is seen under the vanni tree. Vanni maram and saravana poigai, Other deities like Nardhana Ganapathy, juraharewaa, Sreenivasa Soundaraja perumal,Sani Bagawan and Bairavar are seen. Importance of the temple is deity appears to us, as we visualize him in our heart. Arunagirindhar sung Tirupugazh on Lord Subramanya of this temple.