Vaipur Jambunathar Shiva Temple, Thiruvarur

Address

Vaipur, Thiruvarur circle,

Thiruvarur District,

Tamil Nadu 610101

Moolavar

Jambunathar

Amman

Akilandeswari

Introduction

Vaipur Jambunathar Temple is dedicated to Lord Shiva, located in the Vaipur village, Thiruvarur circle, Thiruvarur district, Tamil Nadu. vaipur village is 14 kms on Thiruvarur-Nagursalai road. The Vaipur Shiva temple is facing towards the east side of the village, but the main gate is to the south, with beautiful carvings. Only the Lord Sanctum to the east is a Chola period structure built of black stone. Here the Primary deity is called as Lord Jambunathar, east facing sanctum, and Mother is called as Akilandeswari has a south-facing sanctum.

Puranic Significance

Once upon a time there was a merchant in the village of vaipur who had seven daughters. His seventh daughter brought up with devotion to Shiva, finds out her father’s attitude and the son-in-law’s displeasure and decides to marry the son-in-law and leaves home with him. When both of them were staying in the temple to pray to Manikavannar in Thirumarugal, the boy was bitten by a snake and died. She cried and prayed to the Lord to help her.

Hearing the cry, the woman fell down at the feet of Sammandar and narrated what had happened. Seeing girl’s devotion and the high morals of both of them, Sambandar Manikkavannar sang a hymn to him and the merchant came back to life. The monk and the merchant son were very happy and praised the great mercy of Marugalnath and fell down at the feet of Sambandar. The next day, a group of volunteers congratulated Sammandar for the marriage. God gave a dance performance to Sammandar and others who gave life to the dead.

The Temple is believed to be 1300 years old. Karurai Kottam has Tenmugan, Lingotpavar, Brahman and Durgai. Prakaram has temples for both Vinayagar and Vallitheiwani samedha murugan. A separate temple for Ayyappan has been newly built behind Vinayaka sanctum. There is a Tirtha well in the north-east, a Navagraha in the separate mandapam, and a Bhairavar sani in the Long mandapam. There is a lingam and a nandi opposite to it. There is a gate in the east and there is a large pond in the east. The woman’s story has been painted on the wall of the temple.