Thyagaraja Temple, Thiyagesar & Kamalambal Temples at Thiruvarur, Thiruvarur Dist, Tamil Nadu.

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14^th October 2017,

This temple visit was a part of the Thiruvarur temple visit organized by RATHAM for Prof. Madhusudhanan Kalaichelvan. On 14^th October 2017, Evening, we also visited the Thiruvarur Thiyagarajar temple around 06.40 Hrs after the darshan of Sri Venkatachalapathy temple at Pulivalam. This time, we went through the west side 5-tier Rajagopuram through which the majority of the devotees enter.  It was said that during the Muslim invasion, Chidambaram Natarajar was brought to this temple twice for safety reasons and kept in the front mandapam, where the museum presently functions.  Also, Prof. Madusudhanan narrated the fire accident that happened to the “Aazhi ther” in the year 1926 CE. In that, Murugan Achari tied Thiyagesar and jumped to save Thiyagesar. Thiyagesar was saved, but Murugan lost his life in the process.

The Aazhi ther- temple Chariot

 The west side of Rajagopuram 

Kamalambal Sannadhi was our next destination. The temple is a later addition facing northeast direction during the Vijayanagara Period with a Dwajasthambam and Palipedam. Ambal is sitting in Sukhasana or the swastika asana posture. In the mandapam, Uchishta Ganapathy is keeping Ambal on his left thigh.  In the temple mandapam, a music treat was rendered by Mr Bharat and Sunil.

Sri Kamalambal in Swastika Asana

When we came outside, we saw the Matruraitha Vinayagar. The story goes like this. Sundarar got his gold coins from Lord Shiva Sri Virudhagireeswarar of Virudhachalam (Thirumuthukundram) left them in the river and took taken from the Thiruvarur temple tank. He suspected the purity of the gold that the same as the one he dropped at Virudhachalam Manimuktha River. Vinayagar came and certified the purity. 

Then comes the Katchi Koduthar Sannadhi. Lord Shiva gave darshan to Thandi Adikal, Sundarar, and Manuneethi Chozhan 

 Maatruraitha vinayagar 

It was planned to attend the 15^th Sunday,  evening Thiyagesar pooja after the darshan of Sri Kasi Viswanathar at Kulikarai, to see the rituals and procedure followed. We missed the opportunity since we arrived late. We had the darshan of Sri Thyagaraja and moved to Kamalambal sannadhi, and we had the Musical concert rendered by Mr Bharat and Sunil. The song was composed by Prof. Madhusudhanan, and with this, we wound up our Thiruvarur Temples Visit. On the way, we saw an old Tamizi inscription found by Dr. Arunkumar Pangaj. The details of this are not known yet.

 Parivattam Cloth to Thiyagesar 

The early Tamizi inscription found by Dr Arunkumar

The benefits of taking a bath at this place of the temple tank – these inscription tablets are installed around the temple tank

I extend my sincere thanks to the organizers of RATHAM, Prof. Madhusudhanan, Mr. Ramabadran, Mr. Arthanari Subramaniyan, Mr. Jagadeesh, Mrs Padma Venka, Mrs Indra, the musicians Mr. Bharat, Mr. Sunil, and the other participants for this excellent guided tour to Thiruvarur Temples and the hospitality. Thanks to one and all.

---OM SHIVAYA NAMA---