Thirunilai Perandavar
and Angala Parameswari temple-Temple of Shiva in Human form
Compiled by
P,R.Ramachander
Thirunilai (Divine
stable point) is a temple near
Thirukazhu kundram in Tamil Nadu where
Lord Shiva is in the human form
There is a very interesting story about this temple.
It seems there was
an asura called Sundarabhadra who did
Thapas , pleased Lord Shiva and got a boon from him saying that he should be
killed only in Lord Shiva in human form.
Since Lord Shiva has only a divinf form he started terrorizing the world as well as Devas. They they prayed to Lord
Shiva.Lord Shiva then called the
Goddess Parameshwari and ordered her to
immediately start to the world .When she
did not respond, he cursed her to take birth as
a human being. Greatly upset she told the Lord that since he was half of her, he also would take a human form for 24 minutes sand loose your mind. Lord Shiva became a human being and started listlessly wander here and there He was also followed by Nandi in human form
.Due to abscence of Lord Shiva the entire world was
disturbed and they prayed to the
Goddess . Then she took the form of Angala
Parameswari and threw her Soola on to earth.It struck near a place near
Thirukazhukundram and 21 mud(sand) balls
came out of the earth and became 21 bootha Ganas. Meanwhile Lord Shiva
attracted by the light
of Soola came there and stood in
a stable human form there.The goddess Requested
him to become a God there and give boons of child birth to people. Since he was wandering as a huge human being m, he was called as Periya andavar(Big ruler)
Time
passed.One devotee and his wife who did not have children came to Thirukazhukundram temple and
were observing penance to get a child.
That night God came in their dream and requested them to come to Tirunilai and worship him as Periyandavar and told
them that he would guide them in the
form of a boar . Next day morning when they were going round the Thirukazhukundram, they saw a
boar. They followed the boar , which
went to the present location of the temple
and firmly stood there and disappeared and from that place a Shiva
Linga emerged, The couple were
soon blessed with a child and built a
small temple and maintained it. God
Shiva is worshipped in the temple
as Periyandavar
Just near the
entrance there is a Rudraksha tree and below it Lord shiva is
seen in the human form. The Lord is in the form of SWayambu Linga in this temple .Both sides of the linga there re foot steps of the God and goddess . Along
with him are Goddess Akhilandeswari as well as Goddess Angala Parameswari(called as Thirunilai
nayagi) . Seeing him outside the entrance is Vibhuthi Ganapathi as well as Nandikeswara in human form in the sixteen pillared happ
you can see the lOrd in the sitting
human form surrounded by the 21 Bhootha Ganas
as well as Angala Parameswari, There are also temples for
Dakshinamurthy as well as Ardha Nareeswara. There is a sacred water tank attached to the temple called
Sidhamrutha theertham,
The devotees who came to the temple are allowed to worship the God themselves, The
speciality of the worship of the temple
is Abhisheka of the Lord with 21 mud balls. On Sunday evenings there is
a special worship at the temple, ON every full moon day also there is special
worship. Normal Shiva frstivals are celeberated. September 12th is celebrated in a grand way as the consecration
day.
Couples who want
children tie a small stone in an
turmeric cloth and tie it in the vilwa tree
at the temple .They also take bath in the sidhamrutha theertha and light a
ghee lamp. It is mentioned that “After
taking a holy dip in the temple pond, Siddhamirdhakulam, they have to perform
poojas and Abishekams in their own hands. Atleast for six weeks they have to
continuously perform poojas in this manner. Afterwards to their surprise and
wonder, they get a miraculous result.”
There is a web site for the temple which
mentions that temple http://www.periyandavar.com/index_e.html
. It says that the old e temple was only recently rebuilt . You can see a video of the temple https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Ks1hSzyNQI
The contact particulars are
CONTACT INFORMATION
Mr. G. Egaseelan,
Aalaya Parambarai Nirvagi,
(Temple Trustee)
Periyandavar Temple
Thirunilai Village, Oragadam post,
Chengalpat Taluk.
Near Thirukkalukundram,
Kanchipuram District,
Pin 603 109
Cell No: 98427
40957
E Mail:
egaseeelan29@gmail.com
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20:30 (All days of the week (Evening))
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