Jai Sriman Narayana !!
Jaya Jaya Sankara Hara Hara Sankara !!
Thirunavalur /Thirunamallur is one of the 275 Thevara
Shivasthalam of Lord Shiva located in Cuddalore District, Tamil Nadu. In this temple Lord Shiva worshipped in the
form of a self-manifested Linga. This is
one of the oldest temples of Lord Shiva and the Kings of Chera, Chola, Pallava
and Pandyas were made abundance of contributions to this temple.
Presiding deity – Thirunavaleswarar/ Bhakthajaneswarar with his
consort Goddess Sri Sundaranayaki/Manonmani Thayar
Mangalasasanam – Sundarar
Saint Arunagirinathar sung praising the glories of Lord
Subramanya in this temple.
Theertham – Gomukhi Theertham, Garuda Theertham
Sthalavurksham - Naval
Worshipped by – Narasinga Munaiyaraiyar Nayanar, Lord Chandra,
Lord Vishnu, Lord Brahma, Saptha Rishis, Chandikeshwara, Sadaya Nayanar, Lord
Garuda, Sundarar, Lord Surya,
Significance – The birth place of Sundaramurthy Nayanar
Life of Thiru Sundaramurthi Nayanar:
Sannidhis – Lord Ganesha, Lord Nandikeshwara, Lord Subramanya
with Goddess Sri Valli & Deivayanai, Navagraha, Sundarar with his consorts
Sangili Nachiyar & Paravai Nachiyar, Nalvar, Lord Nataraja & Goddess
Sivakami, Shekkizar, 63 Nayanamars, Somaskandhar, Lingas, Goddess Gajalakshmi,
Bhairava, Lord Surya, Bhargaveswara Linga, Lord Varadaraja with Goddess Sridevi
and Boodevi, Garudalwar, Goshtamurtham – Sri Dakshinamurthy,
Festivals – Avani festival, Chithirai Car Festival, Sundarar
Guru Pujai, Adi festival, Maha Shivaratri,
The legend has that Alalasundara was a close associate and
fervent devotee of Lord Shiva served Lord at Mount Kailash. He had the exquisite handsomeness of Lord
Shiva. Once he was assigned the task of collecting
flowers from the garden, unfortunately on his way he met two beautiful maidens and
fallen at their entrancing beauty. As a
result, he was deviated from his responsibility. It irritated Lord Shiva and cursed him to
born on Earth along with the two maidens.
Accordingly, Sundara was born to a temple priest at Thirunavalur. He was brought up by this pious couple, afterwards
the genius child who composed ‘Thiruthonda Thogai’ which paved the way for the
creation of ‘Peria Puranam’ by Shekkizhar. Later,
Sundarar was known to the world as Sundaramurthy Nayanar one of the prominent
Shivaite Saints amongst the 63Nayanars. Likewise
the two maidens were born as Sangili Nachiyar and Paravai Nachiyar and married
to Sundarar.
This temple remains open from 6.30 AM to 12.00PM in the morning
4.30PM to 8.30PM in the evenings.
Jaya Jaya Sankara Hara Hara Sankara !!
Jai Sriman Narayana !!
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