15th
July 2018.
On
the Footpath of Nandanar... a visit to the places and the temples associated
with the Nandanar, one of the 63 Nayanmars, was organized by Prof Madhusuthanan
Kalaiselvan, and the songs composed by Sri Gopalakrishna Bharathi are sung by Vidwans Bharat Sundar and Sunil
Gargyan between 14th July & 15th July 2018. After
completing the visit to Anandathandavapuram, where most of his life was
spent, and Adhanoor, where our Nandanar
was born and lived the early part of his life.
We continued our journey to places
where miracles happened in Nandanar’s
life, one such place is the Thirupungur Shiva Temple. Nandanar used to sing and dance in front of Shiva temples wherever he went. When he reached Thirupungur, the big Nandhi
was obstructing the view of Lord Shiva. Gopalakrishna Bharathi had written this as “malai pola madu paduthukkidakkuthee "மலை போல மாடு படுத்துக்கிடக்குதே”. Nandanar became very sad and cried & shed tears. Shiva came to his rescue and asked Nandhi to move aside (சற்றே விலகியிரும் பிள்ளாய்”) to give darshan to Nandanar. He was so happy to
have the darshan of Lord Shiva. After darshan, Nandanar dug out a tank in the
low-lying area on the back side of the temple. Lord Vinayagar helped with this, hence the Vinayagar is called "Kulam Vettiya Vinayagar".
Nandanar shrine
Nandanar's face in the Rajagopuram
The temple Tank was believed to have been dug out by Nandanar
SRI SIVALOGANATHAR TEMPLE.
This
is the 74th Thevara Paadal Petra Sthalam and the 20th Stalam
on the north side of the river Cauvery. Moovar has sung hymns in praise of Lord
Shiva of this temple.
Moolavar : Sri Sivaloganatha Swamy
Consort : Sri Soundra Nayaki
Some
of the important details are...
The
temple faces east with a 5-tier Rajagopuram. Nandanar’s shrine is in front of the
Rajagopuram. Dwajasthambam is
immediately after the Rajagopuram. Rishabam and balipeedam are in the front
mandapam. The Dwajasthambam, Rishabam, and balipeedam are a little away from the
center, such that, moolavar can be seen from outside the temple.
In the outer praharam, "Kulam Vettiya Vinayagar" (Vinayagar who dug out the tank), Sri Valli Devasena
Subramaniar, Pancha Lingas under the Sthala vrukasham Punga tree, and Brahma
Lingam.
The second stage, Rajagopuram, is of 3 tiers. In the inner prakaram sannadhi for Siva
Suryan, Somaskandar, Agasthiyar, Surya Lingam, Valli Devasena Subramaniar,
Tatpurusha, Agora, Vamadeva, Sathyojaatha Lingas, Gajalakshmi, Mahalakshmi,
Durgai, Chandikeswarar, Abhisheka theertha well, Ambal, Navagrahas, Bairavar, and
Chandran.
In
koshtam Vinayagar, Bairavar, Agasthiyar, Dakshinamurthy, Lingothbavar, Brahma, Durgai, and Arthanareeswarar.
In the Artha mandapam, Nataraja and Sivakami. The Sanctum is of kapota bandha
adhistanam.
ARCHITECTURE
The temple consists of a sanctum sanctorum, antarala, artha mandapam, and a maha mandapam.
HISTORY AND INSCRIPTIONS
The
main sanctum and the second stage Rajagopuram were built by Chembian Madevi during the Chozha
period. Prakaram was constructed by Chettiars.
TEMPLE TIMINGS:
The
temple will be kept open from 06.30 hrs to 12.00 hrs, and from 17.30 hrs to
20.30 Hrs.
CONTACT DETAILS:
The Temple
office may be contacted through mobile numbers 9994144876 and 9486717634.
HOW TO REACH:
On the bus route from Vaitheeswaran Koil to Thirupananthal / Thiruppanandal, get down after 3 km, and the temple is 1
km away from the main road.
Monolithic Nandi – a beautiful sculpture with bells, beads, mala, and mat on the back, a yazhi
image on the front legs.
The Music concert
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