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Thiruvooral /Thakkolam Lord Jalanatheshwarar/Umapatheeshwarar Temple is one of the 275 Thevara Shivasthalam situated in a city called Thiruvooral/thakkolam is around 20km south of Arakonam, Kanchipuram district, Tamilnadu. This is one of the oldest temples built by the King of Vijayanagara Emperor Veera Prathapa Sadasiva Maharayar in the year 1543. The temple inscriptions reveal that the Pallava King Aparaithavarma also made abundance of contributions to this temple. The temple architecture and the sculpture reveal the exquisite craftsmanship.
In this temple Lord Shiva worshipped in the form of Linga, Goddess Sakthi embraced the Linga at the time of deluge, thus leaving a mark on the phallus. The daily rituals are performed to Linga without touching it. During the time of Utharayana Punyakalam and Dakshinayana Punyakalam the Linga changes its color into red and white respectively. The transformations took place on Linga as an indication to opulence and scarcity.
Presiding deity – Lord Jalanatheshwarar/Umapatheeshwarar with his consort Goddess Giriraja Kanyakai/Mohanavalli Thayar. The presiding deity Lord Jalanatheshwarar is facing east and Goddess Giriraja Kanyakai on the south.
Mangalasasanam – Appar, Sundarar and Thiru Gnana Sambandhar sung praising the glories of Lord Jalanatheshwarar and Saint Arunagirinathur sung praising Lord Subramanya in his glorious verses ‘Thirupukazh’ in this temple.
Theertham – Kuchasthali and Parvati Satya Ganga Theertham
Worshipped by – Kamadhenu, Lord Indra, Lord Chandra, Lord Yama, Saptha Kanyakas and Sages.
Sannidhis – Goddess Giriraja Kanyakai/Mohanavali Thayar, Lord Ganesha/Sakthi Vinayaka, Lord Nandikeshwara, Lord Natarajar, Lord Ayyappa, Navagrahas, Panchalingam, Goddess Kali, Goddess Ambikai, Lord Subramanya with his consorts Valli and Deivayanai, Goddess Mahalakshmi, Lord Dakshinamurthy, Chandikeshwara, Bhairava, Lord Vishnu, Lord Surya, Lord Chandra, Sapthamathas, Lord Veerabhadra, Lord Somaskandha
Festivals – Brahmostavam, Navaratri, Ani Thirumanjanam, Skandha Shashti Vizha, Vaikasi Visakam, Thiruvadipooram, Arudradarisanam – Thiruvathirai, Masi Makam, Thaipoosam and Trikarthikai
Significance – The divine cow Kamadhenu worshipped Lord Shiva in this sacred place. In this temple initial veneration takes place to Goddess Giriraja Kanyakai. Dakshaprajapathy conducted a Yagna in an unconventional manner and the consequences made him to shed tears of regret and never-ending grief. Thus, this place has got its name Thakkolam, it symbolizes Thakkan’s (Daksha’s) Olam (cries). There is a perennial spring oozing through the mouth of the Lord Nandikeshwara originated from the feet of Lord made this place known as ‘Thiruvooral’.
Dakshaprajapathi conducted an atypical Yagna in a grand scale without inviting Lord Shiva; the purpose of Yagna was to prove his superiority over Lord Shiva. Though he married off one of his daughter Dakshayani (Sati Devi) to Lord Shiva, his animosity against the Lord remained the same. He invited all the deities and sages for the grand scale Yagna and left out Lord Shiva uninvited. Dakshayini who was well aware of the ruin of his father, in order to protect him from the annihilation, she arrived at the Yagna arena without the consent of Lord. Regrettably, Dakshaprajapathi failed to receive his daughter with honor instead he insulted her and brought disgrace to Lord Shiva too. Consequently, Dakshayani sacrificed her life in the Yagna fire. Lord Shiva sent Veerabhadra a self manifestation of Lord Shiva to punish Dakshaprajapathi and replaced his head with a goat’s. Hence, Dhakshaprajapathi’s self-esteem shattered and prayed to Lord for forgiveness. The most compassionate Lord blessed Dhakshaprajapathi and pardoned his outrageous acts.
Another legend has that Sage Uditya’s son happened to see the holy cow Kamadhenu grazing near his hermitage. He requested Kamadhenu to assist him in his Yagna procedures. Kamadhenu refused his order saying that it was not possible to follow him without the consent of Lord Indra. Sage was angry at Kamadhenu and cursed her to be born on Earth as an ordinary domesticated animal with no divinity in her. In turn, Kamadhenu also cursed the Sage to be engaged in treacherous acts. Sage Uditya arrived in Thakkolam at the advice of Maharishi Narada and underwent severe penance praying to Lord Shiva and performed sacred bath to Lord Nandikeshwarar. The holy cow Kamadhenu also performed sacred bath of Lord Shiva pouring her milk on the Linga. At last, Sage Uditya’s son and holy cow Kamadhenu got rid of their curses and transformed into their original form with the blessings of Lord.
This temple remains open from 7.00AM to 10.AM in the morning and 5.00PM to 8.00PM in the evenings.
Jai Shiv Shankar !!
Jai Sriman Narayana !!
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