Palaiyur Yamanatheeswarar Shiva Temple, Nagapattinam

Address

Palaiyur, Nagai circle,

Nagapattinam District,

Tamil Nadu 611108

Moolavar

Yamanatheeswarar

Amman

Dharmasamvardini

Introduction

Palaiyur Yamanatheeswarar Temple is dedicated to Lord Shiva, Located in the Palaiyur village, Nagai circle, Nagapattinam district, Tamil Nadu. Usually, during the festival, Swami walks around the streets and returns to the temple. But, from the great temple of Nagai, Swami goes to the seven towns around Nagai and returns to the temple. After Shiva pooja performed, Lord Shiva appeared here. Palaiyur is fourth in this list. Here the Presiding deity is called as Yamanatheeswarar and Mother is called as Dharmasamvardini.

Puranic Significance

The Temple is believed to be 1000 years old. This east-facing temple has a three-tiered Rajagopuram on the facade with high black stone walls. The main hall in front of the temple can be reached through a long porch. Lord is towards the East side and Mother is towards the South side. It is said that he is called Yamanatheeswarar because of the benefits of Yama worship. The temple is like black stonework, a masterpiece of the city. However, there is no reference to this.

In the Mukhamandapam, there are decorative lamps at the gate of the sanctum sanctorum and decorative couches on both sides where the Utsavamurthys are placed, but there are no murtis. The Lord is a Lingamurthy of small size. On the two pillars are Ganesha and Dandayudhapandi. A Nandi is before the Lord. Karurai include Thenmugan, Lingobhava and durgai. In the south-west of the main hall is the Vinayagar shrine, which has the distinction of having Lakshminarayan along with Vinayaka. There is also a Murugan/Valli/Theivanai shrine in the north-west side of the temple. In the north-east there is a well, a navagraha and a long hall. Today there are no people to come and worshipped here.

“With the kind permission of Sri Kadambur K. Vijayan, these are extracted from his posts”.