Jai Sriman Narayana !!
Jaya Jaya Sankara Hara Hara Sankara !!
Thiruvelvikkudi
is one of the 275 Thevara Shivasthalam of Lord Shiva located in Mayiladuthurai,
Nagapattinam. In this temple Lord Shiva
worshipped in the form of a self-manifested Linga.
Presiding
deity – Sri Kalyana Sundareswarar/Manavaleswarar with his consort Goddess Sri
Parimala Nayaki/ Parimala Sugandha Nayaki
Mangalasasanam
– Thiru Gnana Sambandhar, Sundarar
Sannidhis
– Lord Ganesha, Lord Nataraja, Sage Agastya, Sembiyan Mathevi, King Raja Raja
Chozha, King Parakrama Chozha, Goshtamurtham – Lord Dakshinamurthy,
Lingodbhavar, Ardhanareeswarar, Lord Chandrasekharar,
Worshipped
by – Sage Agastya,
Theertham
– Mangala Theertham, Agni Theertham
Festivals
– Maha Shivaratri, Panguni Uthiram, Arudra Darisanam,
The
legend has that Lord Shiva cursed Goddess Sri Parvathy for her negligence and
she was transformed into a cow. Goddess
Sri Parvathy was deeply regretted at her slackness and prayed to Lord
Shiva. Lord consoled Goddess Sri
Parvathy that she would attain her real form and reunite with the Lord in an
appropriate time. Goddess Sri Parvathy
attained the form of Cow and came down to Earth along with Goddess Sri
Mahalakshmi, Goddess Sri Saraswathy and Goddess Indrani who were also assumed
the form of cow and followed her. Lord
Vishnu transformed himself into a cowherd and was taken care of the cows. Goddess Sri Parvathy in her form of Cow dispensed
her milk on the Linga and worshipped Lord on this sacred land. Lord Shiva was pleased at the devotion of the
cow. Thus, Goddess Sri Parvathy regained
her real form and reunited with the Lord.
This is one of the sacred lands where the marriage rituals of divine
couple were performed by Lord Brahma. Thus,
this holy land has got its name ‘Thiruvelvikudi’.
This
temple remains open from 6.00AM to 11.30AM in the morning and 4.00PM to 7.30PM
in the evenings.
Jaya Jaya Sankara Hara Hara Sankara !!
Jai Sriman Narayana !!
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