An Insight view of Ancient Temples

        Shri Valeeswarar Temple is dedicated to Lord Shiva located at Valikandapuram near Perambalur Town in Perambalur District of Tamil Nadu.        Presiding Deity is called as Vaaleeswarar / Brahmapureeswarar and Ambal is called as Valambigai / Bhrihannayaki . The Temple is situated on eastern banks of Koneri River. Arunagirinathar (15th century CE) has sung the praise of Lord Muruga of this Temple in his Thirupugazh Hymns. (Arunagirinathar (15th century CE) has sung the praise of Lord Muruga of this Temple in his Thirupugazh Hymns).                Valikandapuram is an important city in the Chola Kingdom. The temple was built by the Cholas before the construction of Tanjore Brihadeeswarar Temple popular known as Thanjai Periya Kovil. The Temple has about 130 stone inscriptions including ones from the Chola period relating to Aditya Chola I, Parantaka Chola and Rajaraja Chola. Krishnadevaraya has contributed to the development of this temple. Imperial Cholas allowed the popu

Sri Margabandeeswarar Temple, Virinjipuram, is located in Virinjipuram Village near Vellore.. Situated on the southern bank of Palar River, the temple owes the beautiful artistic stonework on its walls and its palatial Dravidian architecture to the rulers of Chola Dynasty.             The main deity of this temple is Swayambu Lingam known as Margabandeeswarar . The Siva Lingam is slightly leaning to North East direction. The Goddess of the temple is Maragadambal . Other deities seen in the temple are Ganapathy, Subramanya, Chandra Mouleeswara, Pancha Mukha Lingam, Saptha Matrukas, Lakshmi, Saraswathy & Durga. In this temple Lord Brahma is worshiped as Virinjan. He worshipped Lord Shiva at this place and hence it got the name Virinjipuram.             The  sthala vruksham  of the Virinjipuram Temple is the Palm tree which is planted in the  prakaram  (in the inner corridor of the Temple). The tree is said to bear black fruits every consecutive year. The temple also has a  Simh

  Thirupanjali Arulmigu Gneelivaneswarar Temple is one among the 275 Paadal Petra Sthalams and is popularly called as ' South Kailash ' and ' Melai Chidambaram ' by the devotees of Lord Shiva. This holy abode of Lord Shiva is intricately glorified by the Saiva poet-saints Thirugyana Sambandar, Appar Tirunavukkarasar Nayanar and Sundarar in their divine literary compositions. The Thirupanjali Temple is the 61st sivalayam, situated on the southerly bank of River Cauvery that is named in the Saiva devotional verse of Tevaram. Arulmigu Gneelivaneswarar (Lord Shiva), the presiding deity of this temple is a Swayambhu Murthy (self-manifested) deity and is called by several names which include ·          Gneelivaneswarar (most common name) ·          Paramasambu ·          Aaraniya Vallaver ·          Kathali Vasanthar ·          Eluthariya Peruman       ·          Sorudiya Eswarar Moolavar Sri Gneelivaneswarar, Sri Chottrudaya Easwarar,

Sri Brahmapureeswarar Temple, Thirupattur             Sri Brahmapureeswarar Temple, in Tirupattur village,   is the only Brahman Sthalam in the region. Moolavar (Presiding Deity): Sri Brahmapureeswarar Amman/Thayar (Goddess): Devi Brahma Sampath Gowri/Brahmanayaki Thala Virutcham (Temple Tree): Mazhila maram Theertham (Temple Tank): Brahma Theertham                The vast Hindu mythology passes on a unique connection between the Tirupattur Sri Brahmapureeswarar Temple and Lord Brahma, one of the Trimurthi and the God of Creation, losing his fifth head! Legend has it that Lord Brahma regarded himself as the supreme power and took pride against Lord Vishnu and Lord Shiva for being the creator of the universe. The manifestation of Lord Brahma's pride kindled the emotions of Lord Shiva, which led him to chop off his fifth head and condemned him to eternal punishment to roam in the Earth as well. Having realized his demerits, Lord Brahma sought to get the blessings from Lord

                This is a very unique Kshetram with the presence of the Trimurtis (the only other Kshetram with Trimurthis is Thirukandiyur)!  Here They are present with their consorts.  This is the only Divyadesam ( as per Vaishnavite tradition ) where the Trimurthis are worshippd.                 It is basically a temple of Vishnu and He is called Uttamar and hence the place is called Uttamarkoil.  Since Shiva is also present in the form of a mendicant, it is called Bhikshandar Koil ( one who survives on alms ).  As per legend, Brahma thought He was superior to the other two Trimurtis with His five heads and the power of creation.  When He visited Kailash, Parvathi mistook Him for Shiva ( who is also having five faces ) and started performing Padha Pooja.  When Shiva came there, He understood the confusion caused by the fifth head and removed the middle head of Brahma with His hand.  From that time onwards, Brahma is having only four heads.               The head that was remove