Jai Sriman Narayana !!
Jai Shiv Shankar !!
Thirukazhipalai
is one of the 275 Thevara Shivasthalam located 13 km southeast of Chidambaram
on the river banks of Kollidam. Later,
this temple was completely immersed in the flood water and the idols of
presiding deity Sri Palvannanathar and Goddess Sri Vedanayagi moved into
Thirunelvoyal. Sri Palvannanathar is
worshipped in the form of a self-manifested Linga alongside with Lord Shiva and
Goddess Parvati on their wedding attire.
Presiding
deity – Sri Palvannanathar with his consort Goddess Sri Vedanayagi
Mangalasasanam
– Appar, Sundarar and Sambandhar sung praising the glories of Sri
Palvannanathar and Saint Arunagirinathar sung praising the glories of Lord
Muruga in this temple.
Sthala
Vruksham – Vilvam
Prathyaksham
to – Sage Agasthya
Worshipped
by – Sage Valmiki
Festivals
– Thaipoosam, Karthikai, Purattasi Navaratri, Aippasi Annabhishekam,
Thiruvadhirai Arudra Darisanam, Pournami, Ganesha Chathurthi
Sannidhi
– Lord Ganesha, Lord Bhairava, Lord Subramanya with his consorts Sri Valli and
Sri Deivayanai, Lord Nandhikeshwara with his consort, Goddess Gajalakshmi, Lord
Vishnu, Lord Brahma, Agoramurthi, Kiratha Murthy, Goddess Durga, Nayanmars,
Goddess Bhuvaneshwari, Lord Nataraja with his consort Goddess Sivakami.
In this temple Lord
Bhairava can be seen without his celestial vehicle dog, skull garlands, serpent
on waist and protruding teeth. Worship
of Lord Bhairava in this temple provides equivalent merit of worship of Lord
Vishnwanatha in Varanasi.
The
legend has that Sage Kapila arrived in this sacred land on his mission of
visiting temples of Lord Shiva. He found
this place was abundant of Vilva trees; the surroundings were most pleasing and
serene. Amazingly, the sand deposited in
this sacred land was white in color. Sage Kapila constructed a Linga out of the
white sand and started to worship here. One
day the King who was ruled the city while travelling on horse back ran over the
Linga placed and got split. Sage Kapila
was disappointed and began to construct a new one to replace the broken Linga. Soon, Lord Shiva and Goddess Parvati appeared
before him and instructed Sage Kapila to consecrate the same old Linga as it
was worshipped by the divine cow Kamadhenu with her milk. In this temple daily rituals and worships are
carried to this Linga.
It is
believed that whoever worships Lord Palvannanathar and Goddess Vedanayaki and
consume the milk used for the sacred bath of Linga would get cured of their
illnesses and childless couple would be blessed with virtuous offspring.
This
temple remains open from 6.00AM to 11.00AM in the morning and 5.00PM to 7.15PM
in the evenings.
Jai Shiv Shankar !!
Jai Sriman Narayana !!
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