Jai Sriman Narayana !!
Jaya Jaya Sankara Hara Hara Sankara !!
Thiru Erukkathampuliyur is one of the 275 Thevara Shivasthalam of Lord Shiva located in
Virudachalam, Kadaloor District, Tamil Nadu.
This is one of the prominent Shiva temples known as Pancha Puliyur
Shivasthalam. In this temple Lord Shiva worshipped in the form of a Linga.
Pancha Puliyur Shivasthalams are Thiruppathiri
Puliyur, Perumpattrapuliyur (Chidambaram), Thiru Perumpuliyur, Omapuliyur and Erukkathampuliyur. This is one of the oldest temples of Lord
Shiva built during the regime of Chozha dynasty, King Rajaraja Chozha and his
son Rajendra Chozha have made abundance of contributions to this temple.
Presiding deity – Thiru Neelakandeswarar/Thiru
Kumaraswamy with his consort Goddess Sri Neelamalarkanni Ammai
Mangalasasanam – Thiru Gnana Sambandhar
Sthalavruksham – Yerukku
Worshipped by – King Rajaraja Choza &
Rajendra Choza, Sage Vyagrapadha,
Sage Vyagrapadha learned the glories of Lord
Shiva of Chidambaram from his father. He
was enthralled at the splendor of Lord and set out to Chidambaram. He arrived at Chidambaram and worshipped Lord
Nataraja & Goddess Sivakami. He was
captivated by the beauty of Lord and serenity of this sacred land. He settled here and worshipped Lord Nataraja
with the alluring fresh flowers collected from the garden situated. He continued this practice of collecting
fresh flowers in the previous day in order to avoid any flies or honey bees
polluting the same. He was blessed with
the forethought, sharp eyesight and the feet of tiger. Hence, he was known by the name Vyagrapadha
(Vyagra + Padha – Tiger +Feet).
King Rajaraja Chozha had no offspring for quite
some time. He worshipped Lord Neelakandeswarar
and blessed with a son Rajendra Chozha.
Significance – This is the birth place of Thiru
Neelakanda Yazhpanar one of the 63 Nayanmars.
Sannidhis – Lord Ganesha, Lord Nandikeshwara,
Navagraha, Nalvar, Lord Vishwanathar & Goddess Visalakshy, Lord Subramanya
with his consort Goddess Valli & Deivayanai, Goddess Lakshmi, Goshtamurtham
– Lord Dakshinamurthy, Lingodbhavar, Lord Brahma, Goddess Durga,
The legend has that Lord Shiva while describing
the essence of Vedas to Goddess Parvati at Mount Kailash, in a moment she
failed to focus on the subject. It
infuriated the Lord and cursed Goddess Parvati to born in the fishermen
(Bhartha) clan. Lord Subramanya was
furious at the act of his father; he angrily hurled the entire Veda and Vedanga
into the sea. It annoyed Lord Shiva, in
a mounted anger cursed Lord Subramanya at his supercilious manners. Due to the curse Lord Subramanya took birth
as a dumb child on Earth. This child
became an ardent devotee of Lord Shiva and visited many sacred places of Lord. Finally, he arrived at Thiru Erukkathampuliyur
consecrated a Linga and underwent severe austerities praying to Lord. Lord Shiva was pleased at the devotion of the
dumb child and blessed him with speech.
Thus, the presiding of this temple has got it name ‘Thiru Shiva Kumara
Swamy’.
This temple remains open from 6.00AM to 11.00AM
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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