Jai Sriman Narayana !!
Jaya Jaya Sankara Hara Hara Sankara
Thirumanipadikkari/Iluppaipattu
is one of the 275 Thevara Shivasthalam located in Myladuthurai, Nagapattinam
District, Tamil Nadu. In this temple
Lord Shiva worshipped in the form of a self-manifested Linga.
Presiding deity – Thiru
Neelakandeswarar/Padikkarainayakar/Parameswarar with his consort Goddess Sri
Mangalanayaki/Amuthavalli
Mangalasasanam – Sundarar
Saint Arunagirinathar sung
praising the glories of Lord Subramanya in this temple.
Worshipped by – Lord Brahma,
Panchapandavas
Sthalavruksham – Ilumpai
Sannidhis – Lord Ganesha, Lord
Nandikeshwara, Lord Subramanya with his
consorts Goddess Sri Valli & Deivayanai, Bheema Linga, Nakula Linga,
Goddess Sri Mahalakshmi, Sahadeva Linga, Dharma Linga/Neelakandeswara, Arjuna
Linga, Goshtamurtham – Lord Dakshinamurthi, Goddess Durga,
Festivals – Maha Shivaratri,
Thiru Karthikai, Masi Makam, Panguni Uthiram, Arudra Darisanam, Aippasi
Annabhishekam, Markazhi Utsavam,
The legend has that Panchapandavas
during their exile from Hasthinapur, arrived in this sacred land and sanctified
5 Lingas and carried out the worship of
Lord Shiva. Yudhishtira, Arjuna, Bhima,
Nakula and Sahadeva worshipped these Lingas as (1) Neelakandeswarar (2) Padikkarainayakar
(3) Magadheswarar (4) Parameswarar and (5) Muktheswarar respectively. Duryodhana, son of Pandu came to know about
Panchapandava’s stay in this place and returned with vengeance to take away their
life, arrived in this land and muddled up the holy pond with acute poison. The compassionate mother of Universe Goddess
Sri Parvathi estranged the poison from this pond and filled with nectar in its
place, hence Lord Shiva consumed all those poison and remained ‘Neelakandeswara’
and Goddess Sri Parvathi as ‘Amruthavalli’
in this temple.
This temple remains open from
6.30 AM to 11.30 AM in the morning and 4.00 PM to 7.30 PM in the evenings.
Jaya Jaya Sankara Hara Hara Sankara !!
Jai Sriman Narayana !!
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