Thepperumalnallur Sivan Temple is situated near Thirunageswaram railway station
near to Kumbakonam on Kumbakonam-Mayavaram route. This temple is more than 500
years old. Here Vedhanthanayagi [Sakthi] with Viswanathaswamy [Siva] are the
main Deities.
Speciality of the Temple
- There
is a siva linga in whose Avudiyar a maragada is fixed inside on which
sunlight falls everyday. The Power of this linga is said to be the
combination of all the 12 jothirlingas in India and therefore unique.
- The
Dakshinamurthy Idol is unique and is considered more powerful and boon
bestowing than Alangudi or anywherelse.
- A
huge serpent visits the temple almost every day wounds round the Bhairavar
statue inside the temple and also on the Linga and two shedded skins of
the cobras have been collected and kept safely.
- The
Ambal is called Vedantanayaki and swami as Viswanathar. There is a
rudraksha kavacha on the sivalinga.
- This
is the only temple where archana to siva is done with rudraksha – archana
with eka mukha to 12 mukha rudrakshas provides boons and purusharthas as
the devotees require.
- There
is vigneswara, Shanmuga, navagraha sannathis and also a temple tank on the
eastern side.
- The
power of the temple is such that Rahu/Kethu doshas are removed, childless
couples bestowed with divine child and there are many more plus to benefit
the devotee
Miracle in the Temple
Large numbers of devotees also have witnessed a miracle of a Cobra doing
Archana for Siva Lingam with Vilvam leaves. In this Temple, it has been
customary to do archana with Rudhraksha only. On 15th January 2010 morning,
just before Solar Eclipse, at about 10:30 AM Sivachariar, priest of the Temple,
noticed a Cobra lying on top of the Siva Linga. The snake slowly descended from
there and went towards the Vilvam tree which is the Sthala Viruksham- Holy tree
of the temple. It climbed the tree and picked a Vilvam leaf and came back and
entered the Sannadhi. It hissed at any devotee trying to get near it. It
climbed onto the Siva Linga and opened it hood and dropped the Vilvam Leaf.
This miracle was witnessed by all devotees who were presnt there. Then the
Cobra went again and again to do the same repeated two or three times. As the
news spread all over the village, hundreds of villagers rushed to the Temple to
have the Dharshan of this event of Cobra with Siva. The Priest explained
"It is doing the archana during the Solar Eclipse time to wash off its
sins".
This incident has also been published in local dailies. It worth visiting the
temple which has such an enormous religious power.
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