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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