Sri Thayumanavar Temple — Attraction in Tiruchirappalli

Chithirai Brahmmotsavam in April-May; Panguni float festival in March-April; Aadi Pooram in July-August; Aipasai Annabishekam in October-November; Tirukarthikai in November-December; Panchamurthy procession on Makar Shankranti (Thai Pongal) falling almost on January 14 and Maha Shivrathri in February-March are the festivals celebrated in he temple. Lord Shiva as a Swayambulinga graces devotees facing west. The rays of Sun fall on the Lord for three days during the evenings in the month of Panguni-March-April. Vinayaka of the temple is praised as Lord Sevvandhi Vinayaka.  The shrine is revered as Kailash of South.  There is a prakara at the centre of this Hill Temple called Mel Veedhi-West Street and the one around the foot hills is called Keel Veedhi-East Street.  During festivals, Lord goes in procession on both streets.  Planet Sun in the Navagraha Mandap graces with His consorts Usha and Pradusha.  All planets in the Navagraha Mandap are facing Sun. Lord Manicka Vinayaka graces from the foot hill temple. Saint Arunagiriar had praised Lord Muthukumaraswami – Lord Muruga in the separate shrine in his Tirupugazh hymns.  Padala Ayyanar graces from a pit near the shrine of Mother Ambica. The region was ruled by a Chola king having Worayur as his capital.  During this time, Sarama Munivar created a flower garden here and was worshipping Lord with Sevvandhi flowers.  A trader stole the flowers from this garden and gave them to the king.  As the king became very fond of these flowers, he asked the trader to supply them to him daily.  The trader continued his theft business.  This caused disturbance to the Shiva Puja of Sarama Munivar.  His appeal to the king was in vain.  Munivar appealed to Lord Shiva who looked at the direction of the court of the king and caused sand rain in the place.  The king realized his wrong doing, prayed to Lord Shiva and was pardoned. Wife of Dana Guptan was pregnant and she asked her mother to come to help her.  The mother could not reach daughter Rathnavathi due to heavy floods in Cauvery.  Meantime, Ratnavathi developed labour pain.  She prayed to Lord Shiva for help.  Shiva appeared there as her own mother, attended on her for a week till the floods receded.  When the mother returned and entered the daughter’s house, she was shocked to see one resembling her.  Lord Shiva granted darshan to both in His own Form.  As He helped the women in time, He is...

Thayumanavar Temple is a temple situated in the Rockfort complex (Malaikottai மலைக்கோட்டை) in the city of Tiruchirappalli, India. The temple is situated close to the base of the Rockfort and was constructed by the Pallava king Mahendravarman I in the 6th century AD.Shiva is worshiped as Thayumanavar, and is represented by the lingam and his consort Parvati is depicted as Mattuvar Kuzhalammai. The presiding deity is revered in the 7th century Tamil Saiva canonical work, the Tevaram, written by Tamil saint poets known as the nayanars and classified as Paadal Petra Sthalam.

The temple complex has three shrines, two of which are dedicated to Lord Ganesha, one at the foot and the Ucchi Pillayar Temple at the top, and the Thayumanavar Temple between them. The Thayumanavar temple, the largest of the three, houses a shrine for Amman (the Goddess) as well as the main deity. The Rockfort is visible from almost every part of the city's north.The Teppakulam at the foot of the Rockfort is surrounded by bazaars.It has a mandapa at its centre and has facilities for boat riding. All the temple related float festivals are held in the tank.The temple is located halfway up the Rockfort. The temple has columned structure. There central shrine of Thayumanaswamy is located a level up to the lower half that houses the shrine of Mattuvar Kuzhalammai. The lower level also houses the niches of Vinayagar, Arumugar, Navagrahas and Veerabadraswami. The walls around the central shrine houses the image of Dakshinamurthy, Somaskandar, Natarajar, Surya, Brahma and Durga.There were details that the temple layout was found in the Shanmata form. It had two principle shrines, Shiva in the east and Vishnu in the west and central bay. The reliefs of Skanda, Surya, Ganesh and Durga were found on the...

UNBIASED REVIEW: THAYUMANA SWAMY TEMPLE.... THAYUMANA = THAYUM + AANA ..(god transformed into mother) why the name?? how lord shiva helps a pregnant woman since her original mother could not visit her. lord shiva takes the role of her mother magically and help in her at delivery and takes care of her child untill her original mother comes to visit is the historical background ..

😎LETS know practical things to visit the temple

1. time to visit temple : 6 to 8 a. m or even 4:30 to 7:30 p. m.... remeber temple closes by 7:30 p. m

2. most important if you are new to trichy city... it's wise to park your car in the main road itself and take auto since the road will go narrower as you near the temple, hence you can avoid damage to car since it's overcrowded by bikes as you near the temple😏

3. use clothes that are comfortable and ventilated since the air ventilation is limited inside temple and you will be sweating a lot & handkerchief will come to rescue🤔

4. most of all, temple is situated at height of 230 steps to walk UPHILL, hence pregnant female wish to visit temple... it's hard to climb after 3 months of conception - since it's 230 steps.. so plan accordingly🤗

5. car parking issue is there,,, you can't carry flowers up there for dharsan... slipper counter needs to be improved.. above all the minor issues there, the divine nature and beauty of temple is unrivalled... birds eye view of trichy is added advantage there...

this is my lengthiest Google review ever,,, just to inform others, so they can plan well ahead...

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