Jai Sriman Narayana !!
Jaya Jaya Sankara Hara Hara Sankara !!
Thiruvenkadu/ Adhi Chidabaram/Swetharanyam is one
of the 275 Thevara Shivasthalam of Lord Shiva located 23kms away from Mayiladuthurai on Shirkazhi –Poompuhar Road, Tamil Nadu. In this temple worship of Lord is carried out
to the five faced idol of Lord Shiva and each of them faces on different
directions represents Easanam - Sky, Thathpursham - East, Aghoram - South,
Vamdevam - North and Sadyojatham - west respectively.
Presiding deity – Swethanarayaneshwarar with his
consort Goddess Sri Brahmavidyambal
Worshipped by – Lord Indra, Lord Chandra, Lord
Surya, Lord Budha
Theertham – Agni Theertham, Surya Theertham,
Chandra Theertham
Sthalavruksham – Vilvam, Kondrai,Vadaval
Sannidhis – Lord Ganesha, Lord Nandhikeshwara,
Aghoramurthy, Navagraha, Ashtalakshmi, Lord Budha (Bestower of Wealth and
Wisdom), Lord Nataraja,
Festivals – Float festival in the month Masi,
Arudra Darisanam, Maha Shivaratri
There were several myths associated to this
temple. Lord Shiva had performed his
favorite cosmic dance forms such as Ananda Thandavam, Sandhya Thadavam, Samhara
Thandavam, Tripuranta Thandavam, Urdhava Thandavam, Bujanga Thandavam and
Lalita Thandavam on this sacred land. Swetaketu,
one of the zealous devotees of Lord Shiva was saved from the clutches of Lord
Yama. Swetaketu had a curse on him that
he would die at the age of eight. Lord
Shiva protected him from the hands Lord Yama.
The three holy ponds situated here were originated from the drops fell
down from his eyes while Lord was performing cosmic dance.
Another legend has that there was a demon harassed
the life of Rishis and innocent people lived in this land. Everyone prayed to Lord Shiva to put an end
to the atrocities of the demon. Lord Shiva appointed Lord Nandikeshwara to
fight against the demon. As desired the
demon was defeated by Nandi and thrown into the sea. Once again, the demon underwent severe penance
and pleased Lord Shiva; he regained all the powers and obtained a Trident from
Lord Shiva. Soon he began making the
life of the people miserable into worse.
Same as before, Lord Shiva had chosen Nandi to fight against the
demon. Nandi could not oppose the gigantic
demon too long because the demon had the trident of Lord. At last, Nandi was wounded badly on his back
and returned to Lord. Lord Shiva in a
mounted fury opened his third eye and burned the demon into ashes. In this temple Lord Nandikeshwara can be seen
with scars on his back.
Worship of Lord Swethanarayaneshwara in this
temple provides wisdom and knowledge, virtuous offspring and cures mental and
physical illnesses.
This temple remains open from 6.00AM to 12.00PM
in the morning and 4.00PM to 9.00PM in the evenings.
Jaya Jaya Sankara Hara Hara Sankara !!
Jai Sriman Narayana !!
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