Sri Kailasanathar temple - kodaganallur (chevvay temple) - NAVA KAILAYAM 3 — Attraction in Tamil Nadu

Sage agasthiyar was doing penance in the podhikai hills. One of his prime disciples was urOmacha munivar. He prayed Lord pashupathi to get liberation. The Lord wanted to bless this to him through his guru agasthiyar. agasthiyar put nine flowers in the river and asked uromacha munivar to install a shiva lingam as kailasha nathar, wherever the flowers dock on the bank and finally bathe and worship the Lord in the place where the river joins the ocean, by doing so he would get what he wished.

Adhering to his guru's words, munivar worshipped the Stain-thraoted Lord in the nine places where the nine flowers stopped in the form of shiva lingam and finally bathed in the place where thamiraparani joined the ocean and got liberated. These nine abodes are called Nava Kayilayam

Kailasanadhar Temple, Kodaganallur ( Sevai ) The Third Nava Kailasam temple is in Kodaganallur is also known as “Kaarkodaga Shethiram” (கார்கோடக சேத்திரம் ) and “Kodanoor” (கோடனூர்). Since the place was lush with Arjuna Trees and fertile green paddy fields, it was a preferred summer destination for royalty and the common man alike. Hence this place came to be known as “Kodaganaloor”(கோடைக்கு நல்ல ஊர் கோடகநல்லூர் ) which literally translates to “Ideal place to spend summer”. This place has added significance as it was the native town of Sri Sundara Swamigal, the guru of the revered Manonmaniam Sundaranar.

According to Indian tradition, the Mars God (செவ்வாய்) rules over five houses in a person’s horoscope and so his influence dominates in one’s life for a period of seven years. It is feared that the life of the spouse is endangered if a horoscope with Sevvai Dosham is matched with another horoscope without this Dosham.

It is believed that if one worships the Goddess Sri Aananda Gowri Ammal at this temple, by lighting a lamp every day, one can be relieved from the sufferings due to Sevvai Dosham. Several devotees are blessed and are freed from their doshams when they offer their prayers at the sanctum of this Goddess.Generally the ritual of Thirukalyanam (the divine marriage of the main deity with his consort) is performed only for female deities. However in this temple, this ritual is performed daily for Nandi. Thousands of devotees gather here to witness this unique ritual. It is estimated that around 16,000 devotees have been blessed with marital bliss by performing this ritual in the last one year. Hence one can see huge numbers of the holy yellow thread worn by married women (Mangalsutra) offered to the God at this temple. Devotees pray to the Lord for various reasons such as a good career, education, employment and so on. Once their wishes are granted, they tie a bell around Nandi as a mark of their gratitude. This is a modest temple in terms of size. When one enters the temple through the Southern entrance, the small elegant temple tower (கோபுரம்) comes into the vicinity . Both the inner courtyard and the sanctums of Lord Chandikeswarar and other deities usually present here are not found in this temple. The Naga Theertham (நாக தீர்த்தம்) is to the east. The magnificent Nandi statue faces west and the madapalli (மடபள்ளி) is next to it.The inner sanctum houses the exquisitely decorated idol of Kailasa Nathar, who is believed to resolve all defects in marriage (கல்யாண தோஷம்). The priests adorn the Lord’s idol with jewels, ornaments and magnificent wedding finery. This is truly a feast for the eyes and is a divine sight to behold. His consort Sivagami Ammai, greets us with a broad smile, when we enter through the Southern entrance. The idols of Lord Ganesh, Lord Muruga with his cohorts Valli and Theiyvanai are present on either sides of the entrance. A small idol of Nandi Devar is also found here. To the right of the Aananda Gowri Ambal is Lord Natarajar’s idol as a Urchava Moorthy (உற்சவ மூர்த்தி) . The Lord of this temple is Kailasa Nathar and the Goddess is Sri Sivagami Ammal. The Lord takes on the features of the Mars God and so this temple is specially suited for people of the sun signs Scorpio (விருச்சிகம்) and...

Many many wise things I should say about this temple. Excellent temple with many sannidhanams. Beautiful Nandhi Thevar.Adequate open space. A special mention must be made to the Archahar Shri.Suuresh Ayyar. He makes Alangarams in an extremely Beautiful and Aesthetic way. And he does very quickly. Every time he completes Alangaram he will take few steps back, Avare Alangaram rasithu vittu Udane Thristi Suthi poduvaar. I enjoyed immensely well His Alangaram to Swami, Ambal, Nandhi Thevar.His Services are Definitely yes Definitely Adorable. Should visit this Beautiful Temple. There is a house nearby converted as a guest house...

Most unique village in this universe , because karkodaga maharaja is present in this shiva temple ,but the local people's saying it is ananda gowri ambal ,but reality is serpent king karkodaga maharaj , also there is perumal temple in this village called brahan madhava perumal, when the serpent king karkodaga did bad things to one rishi ,that rishi prayed perumal , perumal sent garudaalwar ,and garudaalwar taken viswaroopam to release, realise the arrogance of serpent king karkodaga,after realisation, serpent king karkodaga did penance (thavam) at this sri kailasanatha temple ,got boon, after that he was went to...