THIYAGARAJAR TEMPLE

Thiruvarur is the place where you can find more temples especially shivan temples this is the reason may be because of thiruvarur is under chola dynasty. Chola kings were given more importance to the lord shiva and architect. Thiruvarur  were also one of the five tradition capitals of the chola empire. Thiruvarur is mentioned as a capital town of manu neethi cholan who has killed his own son to provide justice to cow.

Special quote:

“ If the stone chariot moves

   If bull gives us milk

   Kamalayalayam tank goes dry

  And then only kamalambigai will get married”

In tamil they says

“kall theer odinal

 Kallai maadu pall karandhal

Kamalayalayam  vatrinal

Kamalambigai ku kalyanam”

Thiruvarur big temple or thiyagaraja temple which occupies 30 acres also the tank of the temple as same. At the centre of the tank temple is construted for lord shiva name. one of the aspect water will never go dry in this tank even if their is a continuous failure if rain and the water is not there in the cavery delta region. In this temple only the navagraga idols are placed towards south in the straight line where no other in the world. And the chariot  festival is important function in this temple. The chariot of the kind is big in asia an weighing more then 250 tonnes and 120 feet height this chariot come around the four main streets in city. The event is attended by lakhs of people all over tamilnadu and it will happen during a summer season (April-may). If thiayagara moves to chariot for a festival they use to take a god with a ajjabba  nadanam (kind of dance) which is specially for this god.

 And the temple has 18 own instruments e.g. panjamugavatthiyam, parinayanaam, tharisinnam, vangga, ekkalam, sitthamathallam, nattuvathanam, jallarri, sanggu, semangalam, veenai, pullangullal, perrigai, takka, thuttti, kombbu, tharrai, thapatai. These all are the instrument that will play during the pooja time.

As a folks we are not suppose to see the feet of the god. Only you can see the left feet on December (one day) and right on march (one day) they use to call this function as padha dharisanam. This function and showing the feet for god pathanjalli munivar.

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