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Sri Gneelivaneswarar Temple, Thiruppaigneeli

 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 Meignana Neelakandeswarar

Ambal

Sri Visalakshi, Sri Neelnedungkanni

Theertham (Holy water)

8 Theerthams (Vimalaranya river, Visalakshi, Yama, Kalyana, Agni, Deva, Appar and Maniankarunai).

Sthala Vriksham (Sacred Tree)

Kalvazhai – Plantain trees

 

Other shrines and idols of lords Vasantha Vinayakar, Adhikaravallavar, Chotrudaya Easwarar, Vinayakar, Murugan, Natarajar, Somaskandar, Dakshinamurthy, Arthanareeswarar, Brahma, Durgai, Kasi Viswanathar, Mahavishnu, Mahalakshmi, Sabtha Mathakkal and Sudama Munivar in the corridors.

There are idols of guardian deities of Chinnandavar and Periyandavar in the corridors.

There is no Navagraham in this temple.

 The stone inscriptions available in this temple date back to the periods of Chola kings Rajendran, Rajathirajan, Rajarajan and Konerinmai Kondaan.

Lord Yama’s shrine is in the form of a cave (“Gunabaram”) and is said to have been constructed by King Mahendra Varma Pallava in 640 AD.

As the Sthala Viruksham of this temple is the “Gneeli” plant, this place gets the name “Thiru Paingneeli”. “Gneeli” is a variety of plantain and “Pain” means lush green. Other historical names of this place are – Kathalivanam, Arambaivanam, Vimalaaranyam, Muthumalai, Swethagiri and Viyakrapuri. 

 It is believed that Goddess Parvathy, Mahavishnu, Indiran, Kamadhenu, Adhiseshan, Vayu, Agni, Ram, Arjuna, Vashista, Sudhama Munivar, Sapta Rishis, King Musukunda Chola, King Kaliyugarama Pandiyan, Viyakirasuran, Sivamithiran, Padumakarpan, Sutharman and Ankamithiran have worshipped Lord Shiva in this temple.

Lord Yama

As per the sthala puranam, Lord Shiva reinstated Lord Yama here after he was vanquished in order to save Markendaya’s life in Thirukadaiyur. The legend is that after Lord Yama’s death, his work had stopped and there was no one to take care of the cycle of life and death. Lord Mahavishnu, Bramha, Bhoomadevi, and Devas came to this temple and urged Lord Shiva to give rebirth to Yama. Lord Shiva gave rebirth to Yama on the day of Thai Poosam and gave him the powers to restart his work. Hence the lord here is praised as “Sri Adhikaravallavar (“athikaram” means power in Tamil).

Inside Lord Adhikaravallavar’s shrine, Lord Shiva and Goddess Parvathi can be seen along with Murugan in between them as Somaskantha. Lord Yama can be seen in the form of a child under Lord Shiva’s feet. Near the ceiling, on either side of Lord Shiva’s idol, Suryan and Chandran can be seen fanning the lord with a “Samaram”. This shrine is known as “Yama Dharmaraja” temple.

  • Lord Shiva in this temple is a Swayambumurthi (self-manifested).
  • This is one of the 44 Paadal Petra Sthalams where the “Moovar” (the three saints - Saint Thirugnanasambanthar, Saint Thirunavukarasar (Appar) and Saint Sundaramurthy (Sundarar) had rendered their Pathigams.
  • Thiruppainjeeli is referred to as “South Kailash”.
  • The uniqueness of this temple is that there is a shrine for Lord Yama (Lord of death).
  • This is one of the “Saptha Sthana” temples of Thiruvanaikkaval.
  • This is one of the famous “parikara sthalams” for conducting poojas to remove obstacles from marriage proposals and to seek child boon.
  • This east facing temple’s main tower (Rajagopuram) is incomplete and its second tower has 3 tiers. This temple has four corridors.



















Location :: Thiruppaigneeli is situated at a distance of about 20 kms from Trichy.

From Trichy, first reach Mannachanallur (11kms) and then proceed to Thiruppaigneeli (8 kms).


Timings :: Morning 6.00 to 1.00 PM   Evening 4.00 to 8.30 PM

Worth visiting this temple for SRI  GNEELIVANESWARAR   Blessings

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Posted on 21/01/2022




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