Jai Sriman Narayana !!
Jaya Jaya Sankara Hara Hara Sankara !!
Thirukkanaper/Kalayar Kovil is one of the 275
Thevara Shivasthalam of Lord Shiva located in Sivagangai District, Tamil Nadu.
This is one of the oldest temples of Lord Shiva
known as Mukthi Sthalam, occupies 4 Acres of massive land with two majestic Rajagopurams
built by Maruthu Pandya brothers and Sundara Pandya of Pandya Dynasty. This temple enshrines Lord Swarnakaleswara as
the presiding deity accompanied by Lord Someswara and Lord Sundareswara with
separate shrines within the precincts.
Presiding diety – Sri
Kaleswarar/Someswarar/Sundareswarar with his consort Goddess Sri
Swarnavalli/Soundaranayagi/Meenakshi
Mangalasasanam – Thiru Gnana Sambandhar and Sundarar sung praising the glories of Lord
Swarnakaleswara. Sundarar on his
spiritual tour arrived at Thiruchuzhial, he worshipped Lord and stayed a
night. Lord appeared in his dream and
revealed his existence in a single line ‘Yam Iruppathu Kalaiper’. On the very next day he arrived on this
sacred land and sung praising the glories of Lord Kalaeswarar.
Theertham – Shivagangai Theertham, Gaja
Theertham, Vishnu Theertham, Saraswathy Theertham, Kali Theertham, Gouri
Theertham, Rudra Theertham, Lakshmi Theertham, Sudarsana Theertham
Gaja Theertham – Lord Rama worshipped Lord Shiva
on this sacred land after beheading the demon King Ravana. Lord Rama took holy
dip in this pond and worshipped Lord Shiva to get
rid of Brahmahathya.
Shivagangai Theertham – was originated at the
will of Goddess Kali.
Worshipped by – Goddess Kali, Airavatham, Lord
Indra
Lord Indra worshipped Lord Shiva to get rid of
the curse in many sacred places.
Finally, he arrived on this sacred land and felt an absolute blissfulness
of worship of Lord in 1000 Shivalayas.
The legend has that Goddess Kali was afflicted
with Brahmahathya after beheading the demon Chandasura. In order to get rid of this curse, she
arrived on this sacred land, took holy dip in the Shivagangai Theertham and
prayed to Lord Shiva. Consequently, she
was relieved from the sin of Brahmahathya and horrifying dark complexion. She regained her original form and gorgeousness
with golden complexion as Goddess Sri Swarnavalli and married to Lord
Kaleswarar on this sacred land.
Another legend has that Lord Indra’s celestial
Vehicle Airavatha was cursed by Sage Durvassa.
Sage Durvass offered a garland to Lord Indra, which was used for the
worship of Goddess Sri Mahalakshmi. Lord
Indra erroneously accepted the garland and placed it on Airavatha. Airavatha shoved the garland on the floor and
trampled with its foot. Sage Durvass was
mounted with anger cursed Lord Indra and Airavatha. In order to get rid of the curse Airavatha
arrived on this sacred land and created a pond – Gaja Pushkarani with its sharp
teeth plunged on the Earth. With this
water Airavatha worshipped Lord Shiva and got rid of the curse. Surprisingly, the water in this pond never
dries up.
Worship of Lord Kaleswarar with his consort
Goddess Swarnavalli Thayar provides abundance of devoutness includes worship of
Lord in 1000 Shivalayas, also eradicates sins of the past and provide
Salvation.
This temple remains open from 5.30AM to 12.30PM
in the morning and 4.00PM to 8.00PM in the evenings.
Jaya Jaya Sankara Hara Hara Sankara !!
Jai Sriman Narayana !!
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