VELUDHARAN TEMPLES VISIT : Sri Nanjundeswarar Temple / அருள்மிகு நஞ்சுண்டேஸ்வார் திருக்கோயில், காரமடை / Karamadai near Mettupalayam, Coimbatore District, Tamil Nadu.

Monday, 10 July 2017

Sri Nanjundeswarar Temple / அருள்மிகு நஞ்சுண்டேஸ்வார் திருக்கோயில், காரமடை / Karamadai near Mettupalayam, Coimbatore District, Tamil Nadu.

27^th June 2017.

This 200 to 300-year-old temple is dedicated to Lord Shiva and is adjacent to Sri Ranganatha Perumal Temple (A wall separates both temples). It was said that this temple is a subsidiary of the Perumal temple...

Moolavar : Sri Nanjundeswarar

Consort : Sri Loganayaki

Some of the important features of this temple are...

A Deepasthambam is in front of the temple, and there is no Rajagopuram. There is a small entrance arch. In koshtam Dakshinamurthy and Siva Durgai, Brahma is under the Elephant.

In the outer praharam sannadhi for Ambal, Valli Devasena Subramaniar, all are facing east. Since Lord Shiva, Sri Valli Devasena Subramaniyar and Ambal Loganayaki (Ambal's image is made with thiruvasi) are in a row facing the same direction, called the Somaskanda form.

ARCHITECTURE

The temple consists of the Sanctum Sanctorum, the ardha mandapam, and a mukha mandapam. The sanctum sanctorum is constructed in a unique fashion with eight elephants holding the Moolavar sanctum, similar to the Sri Meenakshi Amman Temple of Madurai. The reliefs on the adhistanam look beautiful.

HISTORY AND INSCRIPTIONS

As per one of the inscriptions this temple this temple is called Arumugavelavar Thirukoil. It is believed that this Shiva temple was built during the same period as the Vishnu Temple at this place.

LEGENDS

While Shiva swallowed the poison, which came out of the milk ocean (which came out of the Vasuki snake while churning the milk ocean by Devas and asuras), and the same was stopped by Ambal by holding at kandam of Lord Shiva is related to this temple. Hence, Shiva is called Najundeswarar, also called Neelakandeswarar.