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Thiruchitrambalam Nadanapureeswara Shiva Temple, Mayiladuthurai

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Address

Thiruchitrambalam, Mayiladuthurai Circle,

Mayiladuthurai District,

Tamil Nadu 609204

Moolavar

Nadanapureeswara

Amman

Sivakamasundari

Introduction

Thiruchitrambalam Nadanapureeswara Temple is dedicated to Lord Shiva, located in the Thirchitrambalam town, Mayiladuthurai district, Tamil Nadu. Here the lord has the names Kusreenadanapureeswar, Srivilvavaneswarar, Srichandraswarar, Sriparasareswarar. And Mother is called as Sivakamasundari. There are shrines of Goddess Vishundaranayake, Perumal Sridevi, Ganesha, Murugan, Durga, Dakshinamurthy, Navagraha, and Nataraja shrine.

Puranic Significance

In 1978, the black stone temple was repaired and Kumbabhishekam was performed. In this place which used to be a forest of bows, if the Lord appears under the bow tree, he is called Bow Varanyeswarar. The east facing temple, the lord is facing south side. The temple is said to be more than 1000 years old.

Chandar, who was afflicted with illness, left the lingam brought here and came back to worship Lord Brahmapuriswar and was unable to take the lingam. Lord Shiva’s abode. As Chandran Parasara Mahakarishma reached the mirage and worshiped here and was healed, according to the rules of Sindhu Maharishi’s tradition of Parasarasvara, he bathed in dhanushkodi and visited Kashi Vishwanath. Heavy rain that day. He couldn’t go on the runway. On the way to Thilla, he could not stay here for the night and was unable to perform according to the rules. In the morning, when he tried to enter and revive himself with a torch, he was captured by Natarajar, hence he is known as the Nadanapureeswarar.