Jai Sriman Narayana !!
Jaya Jaya Sankara Hara Hara Sankara !!
Ratnagiri/Thiruvatpokki/Shivayamalai
is one of the 275 Thevara Shivasthalam located in Thiruchirapalli, Tamil
Nadu. In this temple Lord Shiva
worshipped in the form of a self-manifested Linga. This hill top temple and its circumambulatory
paths symbolize the Pranava Manthra and it has approximately 1140 flight of
steps to reach at the hill top.
Presiding
deity – Sri Rathnagirinathar/Vatpokkinathar/Malarkozhutheeswarar with his
consort Goddess Sri Karumparkuzhali
Mangalasasanam
– Thirunavukkarasar
Worshipped
– Lord Indra, Lord Vayu, Lord Surya, Goddess Sri Durga, Saptha Kanyakas, Adi
Shesha, Sage Agastya, Sage Lomasa, Jayanthan,
Sthlavruksham
– Neem
Sannidhis
– Lord Ganesha, Nalvar and Lord Anjaneya at the foothill , Lord Nandikeshwara,
63 Nayanmar, Lord Dakshinamurthy, Lord Nataraja & Goddess Sri Sivakami,
Lord Subramanya, Lord Bhairava,
Festival
– Maha Shivaratri, Adi Vizha, Arudra Darisanam, Thiru Karthikai,
The legend has that Lord
Adishesha and Lord Vayu had a heated argument about their superiority. Lord
Indra intervened and proclaimed them to prove their strength. The final verdict
was followed, Lord Adishesha should carry the Mount Meru with his thousand
heads and Lord Vayu should tear apart the Mount Meru with his strength. Lord
Vayu with all his strength blew off Mount Meru, as a result it’s divided into
five parts and each part was fallen as precious Gems such as Emerald, Ruby,
Diamond, Coral and Sapphire on the different places of the Earth. These sacred
lands were turned out prominent worship places of Lord Shiva. The places where
Coral landed on Earth came to known as Thiruvannamalai, Ruby landed as
Ratnagiri, Emerald as Inkoi Malai, Bule Saphhire as Pothikai and Diamond landed
as Kodumudi. Hence, the self-manifested Linga on this sacred land came to known
as Kodumudinathar/Makudeswarar. Thus, Ratnagiri hill and the presiding deity
Lord Ratnagirinathar were originated during this mighty process.
This temple remains open from morning 7.00 AM to &.7.00 PM in the evening.
Jaya Jaya Sankara Hara Hara Sankara !!
Jai Sriman Narayana !!
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