Thiruppandi
Kodumudi is one of the 275 Thevara Shivasthalam of Lord Shiva located on the
river banks of Cauvery in Erode District, Tamil Nadu. In this temple Lord Shiva worshipped in the
form of a self-manifested Linga.
Presiding
deity – Thiru Kodumudinathar/Makudeswarar with his consort Goddess Sri
Vadivudai Nayaki/Soundara Nayaki
Mangalasasanam
– Sundarar, Thiru Gnana Sambandhar, Appar
Worshipped
by – Lord Brahma, Lord Vishnu, Sage Agasthya
Theertham
– Deva Theertham, Bharadhwaja Theertham, Brahma Theertham,
Sthala
Vruksham – Vanni
Festivals
– Chithirai Brahmostavam, Adi & Avani Vizha, Aippasi Annabhishekam, Maha
Shivaratri, Thirukarthikai, Markazhi, Thai, Masi Makam, Panguni Uthram.
Sannidhis
– Lord Ganesha, Lord Brahma, Lord Vishnu/ Sri Veera Narayana Perumal,
Navagraha, Lord Saneeshwara, Chozeswarar, Vishweswarar, Kasi Vishwanathar with his consort Goddess
Sri Visalakshi, Sapthamathas, Lord Uma Maheswara, Agastyeswara, Goddess
Gajalakshmi, Goddess Saraswathy, Lord Subramanya, Lord Chandra, Lord Surya,
Lord Bhairava, Lord Anjaneya, Goshtamurtham – Lord Ganesha, Lord
Dakshinamurthy, Lord Vishnu, Lord Brahma, Goddess Durga,
The
legend has that Lord Adishesha and Lord Vayu had a heated argument about their
superiority. Lord Indra intervened and
proclaimed them to prove their strength.
The final verdict was followed, Lord Adishesha should carry the Mount
Meru with his thousand heads and Lord Vayu should tear apart the Mount Meru with
his strength. Lord Vayu with all his
strength blew off Mount Meru, as a result it’s divided into five parts and each
part was fallen as precious Gems such as Emerald, Ruby, Diamond, Coral and
Sapphire on the different places of the Earth.
These sacred lands were turned out prominent worship places of Lord
Shiva. The places where Coral landed on
Earth came to known as Thiruvannamalai,
Ruby landed as Ratnagiri, Emerald
as Inkoi Malai, Bule Saphhire as Pothikai and Diamond landed as
Kodumudi. Hence, the self-manifested
Linga on this sacred land came to known as Kodumudinathar/Makudeswarar.
King
Malayadhwaja Pandya worshipped Lord Shiva in this temple and has made abundance
of contributions to this temple. Thus,
this place has got its name ‘Thiruppandi Kodumudi’.
This
temple remains open from 6.00 AM 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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