Jai Sriman Narayana !!
Jaya Jaya Sankara Hara Hara Sankara !!
Thiruchaikkadu/Chayavanam is one of the 275
Thevara Shivasthalam of Lord Shiva located 24km away from Mayiladuthurai,
Shirkazhi, Tamil Nadu. This is one of the
six holiest temples equivalent to Varanasi. It is one of the oldest temples built by the Kings
of Chola Dynasty. Worship of Lord Chayavaneshwara
in Thiruchaikkadu provides the entire devoutness equivalent to the visit of Lord Kasi
Vishwanathar at Varanasi. The other six
holiest temples which are equal to Varanasi are Thiruvenkadu Sri
Swethanarayaneshwarar, Mayavaram Sri
Mayuranathar, Thiruvaiyaru Sri Panchanatheshwarar, Thiruvidaimaruthur Sri
Mahalingeshwarar and Thiruvanchiyam Sri
Vanchinathar respectively. One of the 63
prominent Shivaite Saints Thiru Iyarpakai Nayanar attained Salvation in this
sacred land. In this temple Lord Shiva worshipped in the form of a self-manifested linga.
Presiding deity – Sri Chayavaneshwarar with his
consort Goddess Sri Kuyilinamozhial/Kuyilinim Nanmozhi Ammai
Mangalasasanam – Thiru Gnana Sambandhar ,
Thirunavukkarasar
Sannidhis – Lord Ganesha, Lord Subramanya, Lord Indra,
Lord Surya, Thiru Iyarpakai Nayanar with his consort,
The legend has that Devamatha Adhithi had a long
cherished desire to worship Lord Chayavaneshwar. Once, she left Indra Loka and arrived on this
sacred land on Earth to worship Lord Chayavaneshwar. This made a huge chaos in the Devaloka in her
absence. Son of Devamatha - Lord Indra worriedly started
searching for his mother and arrived on this sacred land. Lord Indra decided to relocate the temple of
Chayavaneshwar to Deva Loka in order to gratify his mother and for continued
worship of Lord Chayavaneshwar. He assigned this enormous task to his elephant
Iravatha. While the work was in progress
Lord Shiva appeared before Lord Indra and most pleased Lord advised Indra to
drop his very idea of repositioning the temple and blessed him.
This temple remains open from 7.00AM to 12.00PM
in the morning and 4.00PM to 7.30 PM in the evening.
Please follow the link to read the life of Thiru Iyarpakai Nayanar: http://indiatempletour.blogspot.com/2011/12/life-of-63-nayanmars-life-of-thiru.html
Jaya Jaya Sankara Hara Hara Sankara !!
Jai Sriman Narayana !!
1 comment:
Thank you the pic also is wonderful,
Regards
Nandita.
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