Vayalur or Kumara Vayalur temple is present in a village near Trichy at a distance of 12 kms. The idol of Subramania swamy is placed in the Western direction. Subramania Swamy temple is special in many ways.
There are six abodes. One of the abode of God is located in Marutham in Tamil. It is rich for rice fields.
Another abode. God guided Arunagirinathar to compose sandhakkavithai. Lord Muruga saved Arunagirinathar from a suicidal fall and guided him in spiritual path in Tiruvannamalai temple where Arunagirinathar composed Tirupughal which is further guided by Lord Ganapathy famously called as Poyya Ganapathy. Out of hundred songs, only 18 songs were retrieved.
In the eastern direction, three raja gopurams and Dwajasthambam are located. One beautiful statue of Nandhi is also located. In the inside of the temple, there is a 200 years old vannimaram.Goddess temple is enclosured for Navagrahams. Going towards Garbagraha, One can see the hall one side partitioned room. In that place, bronze sculptures of Nataraja in Chatura Thandavam and Goddess Sivakami are kept. We can also see the idols of utsavar.
Legend a chola king whose headquarters are uraiyur and Trichy. Oneday when he went for hunting, he was very thirsty. He searched for water. He saw a three forked sugarcane. When he cut it, he said blood oozing out from it. He started digging continuously in its base. Suddenly he saw a sivalingam. He decided to built a temple in that place. In historical speaking, people said that it is built in ninth century. In that temple, the swayambu is Lord Shiva. He was called as Vidhangar in that place for coming from underground. The sannithi of Subramaniya Swamy is located in the South Praharam.
Besides the sannithi of Poyya Ganapathy and Adihnadhar there is a nice sculpture of Dhakshinamurthy.
Subramaniya Swamy is standing with Valli and Devasena alongwith his vahanam Peacock. Its head is turned towards Valli(Devapakkam). There is a separate niche for goddesslakshmi,goddessdurga and chadekeswarar adjoining the northern wall of Adhinadhar's shrine.
There are number of inscriptions of Devagoshtam of Adhinadhar which is referred to temple of Agneshwaram in the year 1936 they were copied and cataloged and reffered with spcial numbers from 138 to 157.That is during the chola rule Vayalur temple is also known as keralanthaka valanattil Vayalur kottarathu Vayalur and Thenkarai brahmadeyam nadhivarma mangalam written in the inscriptions. Presiding the deity also went by the names of vidhangaperuman mahadevan mirapilli and thirukatrali peruman in the inscriptions.
The king Raja Raja Cholan1, Rajendra1 and Kulothunga1 donated land , gold and ghee for the daily poojas and lightning the lamps of nandavanam.
There was a special mention for navagraha idols which is in the north eastern part in the main hall.while suriya with his consorts shadevi and chayadevi is in the standing posture in the westward side . Theother graghas face suriya .
Starting from the month of chithirai to panguni a series festvals take place in that temple. Brahmaotsavam festival is conducted in vaikasi for 12 days.
for subramaniya swamy srishti festival in aani and in aippasi is conducted in that temple. These are the things which denote the power of muruga peruman.
RL.SRINIDHII
There are six abodes. One of the abode of God is located in Marutham in Tamil. It is rich for rice fields.
Another abode. God guided Arunagirinathar to compose sandhakkavithai. Lord Muruga saved Arunagirinathar from a suicidal fall and guided him in spiritual path in Tiruvannamalai temple where Arunagirinathar composed Tirupughal which is further guided by Lord Ganapathy famously called as Poyya Ganapathy. Out of hundred songs, only 18 songs were retrieved.
In the eastern direction, three raja gopurams and Dwajasthambam are located. One beautiful statue of Nandhi is also located. In the inside of the temple, there is a 200 years old vannimaram.Goddess temple is enclosured for Navagrahams. Going towards Garbagraha, One can see the hall one side partitioned room. In that place, bronze sculptures of Nataraja in Chatura Thandavam and Goddess Sivakami are kept. We can also see the idols of utsavar.
Legend a chola king whose headquarters are uraiyur and Trichy. Oneday when he went for hunting, he was very thirsty. He searched for water. He saw a three forked sugarcane. When he cut it, he said blood oozing out from it. He started digging continuously in its base. Suddenly he saw a sivalingam. He decided to built a temple in that place. In historical speaking, people said that it is built in ninth century. In that temple, the swayambu is Lord Shiva. He was called as Vidhangar in that place for coming from underground. The sannithi of Subramaniya Swamy is located in the South Praharam.
Besides the sannithi of Poyya Ganapathy and Adihnadhar there is a nice sculpture of Dhakshinamurthy.
Subramaniya Swamy is standing with Valli and Devasena alongwith his vahanam Peacock. Its head is turned towards Valli(Devapakkam). There is a separate niche for goddesslakshmi,goddessdurga and chadekeswarar adjoining the northern wall of Adhinadhar's shrine.
There are number of inscriptions of Devagoshtam of Adhinadhar which is referred to temple of Agneshwaram in the year 1936 they were copied and cataloged and reffered with spcial numbers from 138 to 157.That is during the chola rule Vayalur temple is also known as keralanthaka valanattil Vayalur kottarathu Vayalur and Thenkarai brahmadeyam nadhivarma mangalam written in the inscriptions. Presiding the deity also went by the names of vidhangaperuman mahadevan mirapilli and thirukatrali peruman in the inscriptions.
The king Raja Raja Cholan1, Rajendra1 and Kulothunga1 donated land , gold and ghee for the daily poojas and lightning the lamps of nandavanam.
There was a special mention for navagraha idols which is in the north eastern part in the main hall.while suriya with his consorts shadevi and chayadevi is in the standing posture in the westward side . Theother graghas face suriya .
Starting from the month of chithirai to panguni a series festvals take place in that temple. Brahmaotsavam festival is conducted in vaikasi for 12 days.
for subramaniya swamy srishti festival in aani and in aippasi is conducted in that temple. These are the things which denote the power of muruga peruman.
RL.SRINIDHII
Why is there a number one after all the kings' names?
ReplyDeleteIn the fourth paragraph, second line between the words one and day, there must be a gap
ReplyDeleteIn the last paragraph, the starting letter must be capital. You can use other adjectives to describe the sculptures instead of the words nice.
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