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
!!
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