Arulmigu Jalanantheeswarar Temple — Attraction in Tamil Nadu

Sri Giriraja Kannikambhal Samedha Sri Sri Jalanatheeswarar,

This ancient temple is believed to have been built by king Rajaraja Chola-II. Periyapuranam refers to this place as “Kalikai Maanagar”.

Sage Theerkadar was born to Sage Udhadhi the brother of Jupiter (Guru) and Mamathai. Theerkadar was well educated and became a scholar. One day he saw the divine cow Kamadenu near his hermitage. He requested Kamadenu to come with him and assist him in a yajna that he was about to conduct. Kamadenu said that she could not oblige him without the permission of Lord Indira. The sage tried to tie her but she cursed him to become an ordinary, blind man who would spend the rest of his life doing menial jobs (“sandalan” in Tamil). In turn the sage cursed Kamadenu to become an ordinary animal losing her divine powers. Sage Udhathi was saddened by the plight of his son. He came to this place on the advice of Maharishi Naradha, and worshiped the Lord Jalanatheeswarar. Lord Shiva gave dharisanam to the sage and advised him to pray to Nandhi and requested him to bring water from the holy Ganges to this place. He further advised the sage to perform abishekam with that holy water. To carry out the lord’s wishes, Sage Udhathi installed a separate shiva lingam and a Nandhi near to the Jalanatheeswarar temple and started his penance. This Shivalingam is praised as Sri Gangadhareswarar and this temple is called Sri Gangadhareswarar temple. The Goddess of this temple is named as Sri Mohanavalli. It is believed that Nandhi was pleased with his penance and created a tank near this temple and filled it with water from the Ganges itself. He is believed to have channelled water from the Ganges through his mouth. Thereafter the sage is believed to have performed abishekam to Lord Jalanatheeswarar with this water to complete his worship. He also named the lord as “Thiruvooral Easwarar”. He also advised his son Theerkadar to take a dip in the water tank and pray to Lord Shiva. Thereafter Theerkadar is believed to have been relieved from Kamadenu’s curse.

Other Paadal Petra Shivasthalams near Thakkolam are – Ilambaiyangkottor (10 kms), Thiruvirkolam (16 kms), Thirumalpur (17 kms), Thirupachur (26 kms) and...

It is the most important temple located in Thakkolam village. It was constructed during the regime of Pallava king Abarajitha Varman in 876 AD as a stone temple. The rajagopura of the temple was, however, constructed later during the regime of Vijayanagara King Veera Pradhaba Sadasiva Maharayar in 1543 AD.

The principal deity of the temple is Lord Jalanatheeswarar accompanied by Lordess Giriraja Kannigambal. The Linga here is called Theendaa Thirumeni, because it is believed that the Linga established here has not been touched by anyone so far including the archagas who perform their daily duties and rituals to the deity without touching It. The wonderful aspect of the main deity here is that the Linga appears in white colour during dhakshanayan period (from first of Tamil month Thai to the month end of Aadi) and appears in pale red during uttarayan period (from first of Tamil month Aani to the month end of Marghazhi).

The important aspect of the temple is the sight of Swami Dhakshinamoorthy which said to be in a different style from other temples of Dhakshinamoorthy Swamy. Parigara Moorthy of this temple is also Swami Dhakshinamoorthy. The pose of the Swamy is as follows: One of the four great saivite saints-cum-poets, St Thirungana Sambandar visited this temple and rendered nine verses in praise of the Lord Jalanatheeswarar. In all the verses the saint was referring to the village as Thiruvooral. It is also claimed that the other two Saints Navukkarasar and Sundara Moorthy Nayanar might have visited the village as they, in their verses, refer to Lord Jalanatheeswarar of �Vooral� and �Thiruvooral� village respectively. All the verses rendered by all those three Saints are indicated in Annexure II.

A ten days� festival is conducted in the temple every year during the Tamil month of Chittirai. In line with the age-old tradition, the responsibility of conducting the ten days� celebration lies with various caste-based communities.

The temple is presently under renovation and therefore the ten days� celebration has been withheld presently. The temple car is also under...

One of the greatest and historical places in tamil nadu this temple is known for not only it's but there are several history behind this incredible devotee place, No blame to call it the door to heaven. Let me say Few major points about this temple -

1. This temple was expected to be built around 11th century by on of the great emperors of tamil nadu ( The great chola empire.
2. This temple has been situated in thakkolam which in earlier days was the empire of cholas and thakkolam has been famous and known to war for the sake chola King has built the temple.
3. The most important god lord Shiva's idol colour changes every 6 months like for the first 6 months it's would be in mangoish colour and the next 6 months it would be brownish in colour.
4. Like around 18-19th century according to people milk was being came out of God vahana Sri Nanthi peruman.
5. There were 2 god's situated in this temple are special one is above mentioned and the other is this temples guru parihara sthalam which is 3rd biggest guru parihara sthalam in India. Guru bhagavan's head would be slightly bent to wards the people which means he is listening to the problems of people and solve it for them, which is the first and foremost structure in the world for guru bhagavan. Time and space would not be enough to briefly explain about this temple and the town. Words are not sufficient for this hand to express the history, people with fascinated devotion can...