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Thirupurantheeswarar Temple, Palayamkottai, Thirunelveli

Thirupurantheeswarar Temple is a Hindu Temple dedicated to Lord Shiva located in Palayamkottai, a prominent neighbourhood in Tirunelveli City, in Palayamkottai Taluk in Thirunelveli District of Tamilnadu. Presiding Deity is called as Thirupurantheeswarar and Mother is called as Gomathi Amman. The Temple is considered as Thevara Vaippu Sthalam as Devaram hymns had a mention about this Temple. This Temple is one of the four Thirupuranthakar Thevara Vaippu Sthalams. The Temple was called as Thirupuranthakam in ancient times.

Legends

Thirupurantheeswarar:

The demon Taraka had three off-springs named Tarakaksha, Kamalaksha and Vidyunmali. These demon princes performed severe penance towards the creator-god Brahma and obtained the boon of immense power. Brahma, on being pleased with them, presented each of them with an aerial city revolving in the sky. The legend further states that these three cities or forts (Tripura) continued to revolve in the sky for hundreds of years. In the course of revolving, the three would converge very rarely. The boon granted them that they would live for a thousand years in the three invincible, moving cities. 

They would be destroyed only by an arrow that could merge the three forts into one and set them to fire. The demons, armed with this boon, wreaked havoc on the universe. The asuras well-entrenched in their aerial cities would mount attacks on the devas (gods) and the rishis (sages), and harass them. Ultimately, the gods and the sages approached Lord Shiva here and pleaded for his assistance in removing this menace. Lord Shiva agreed to help them and annihilated Tripura. From then, Lord Shiva came to be called as Thirupurantheeswarar.

Pandya King installed the Shiva Lingam here:

Once, Pandyan Kingdom was ruled Uthalan. One day, Uthalan along with his wife in balcony saw Sage Gautama walking in the street. He made fun of the sage. This behaviour angered the sage and he cursed him to become ugly. Realizing his mistake, he begged pardon. Sage Gautama advised him to install Shiva Lingam in Shenbaga Vanam in the banks of Thamirabarani River and start worship Lord Shiva to get back his original face.

Sage Gautama invited King and his wife and came to this Shenbaga Vanam. Sage Gautama decided to stay in this place for some time on seeing the beauty of this place. One day, Lord Shiva appeared in the dreams of King and instructed him to install Shiva Linga in the name of Thirupurantheeswarar. As per the divine instruction, he went to Kasi for a Shiva Linga and installed the Shiva Linga in this place. By doing so, they got back their original face. Subsequently, King built this Temple.

The Temple

This is an east facing Temple with three-tiered Rajagopuram. Nandi, Balipeedam and Dwajastambam can be found facing the sanctum. The Sanctum Sanctorum consists of Artha Mandapam, Maha Mandapam and Sanctum. Presiding Deity is called as Thirupurantheeswarar and is east facing. He is housed in the sanctum in the form of Lingam. Dakshinamoorthy, Lingodbhava and Jala Durga are the Koshta idols located around sanctum walls. 

Mother is called as Gomathi Amman. She is housed in a separate south facing shrine. Mother shrine can be entered through a separate small three-tiered Rajagopuram. There is a shrine for Vinayaga along with his consort Vallabhai in the circumbulatory path around Mother shrine. There is also a separate shrine for Tamil Poet Avvaiyar in the Temple premises.

There is a separate shrine for Lord Murugan in the Temple premises. He is gracing the devotees along with consort Valli & Deivanai. The Muruga idol placed here was originally made for Thiruchendur temple (after that idol was taken away by Dutch looters and later got back from sea). Veerabahu and Veera Mahendra can be seen at the entrance guarding the shrine.

There are shrines for Jwarahareswarar, Saptha Mathas, 63 Nayanmars, Maha Ganapathy, Gaja Lakshmi, Saraswathi, Saneeswarar, Nataraja with his consort Shivagami, Navagrahas, Kala Bhairavar, Chandran and Suryan in the Temple premises. Theertham associated with this Temple is Thamirabarani River. Sthala Vriksham is Vilwa tree.

Pooja Timings

The Temple follows six rituals per day;

·        Thirupalliyezhuchi – 06.30 AM

·        Kaala Santhi – 07.15 AM

·        Uchi Kalam – 12.00 Noon

·        Sayarakshai – 06.00 PM

·        Artha Jamam – 09.00 PM

Festivals

Chithira Brahmotsavam, Margazhi Thirupalliyezhuchi, Margazhi Thiruvadhirai, Thiru Karthigai, Aippasi Thirukalyanam, Kanda Sashti, Aadi Pooram, Thai Poosam and Monthly Pradoshams are celebrated here with much fanfare.

Literary Mention

The Temple is considered as Thevara Vaippu Sthalam as Devaram hymns sung by Appar had a mention about this Temple. The Temple is mentioned in 6^th Thirumurai in 7^th Patikam in 5^th Song.

செழுநீர்ப் புனற்கெடில வீரட்டமுந்

திரிபுராந் தகந்தென்னார் தேவீச்சரங்

கொழுநீர் புடைசுழிக்குங் கோட்டுக்காவுங்

குடமூக்குங் கோகரணங் கோலக்காவும்

பழிநீர்மை யில்லாப் பனங்காட்டூரும்

பனையூர் பயற்றூர் பராய்த்துறையுங்

கழுநீர் மதுவிரியுங் காளிங்கமுங்

கணபதீச் சரத்தார்தங் காப்புக்களே

Connectivity

The Temple is located at about 2 Kms from Palayamkottai Bus Stand, 3 Kms from Palayamkottai Railway Station, 3.5 Kms from Thirunelveli New Bus Stand, 4 Kms from Thirunelveli Old Bus Stand, 4 Kms from Thirunelveli Junction Railway Station and 157 Kms from Madurai Airport. Palayamkottai Bus Stand is a major stopover for all buses going to Kanyakumari and Nagercoil. There are also numerous connections between the local Palayamkottai bus-stops and Thirunelveli town. Thirunelveli New Bus Stand connects Palayamkottai and Tirunelveli in an extensive network of neighbouring towns, cities and also the major metropolitan cities of Chennai, Bangalore and Hyderabad. Palayamkottai also has a railway station on the Tirunelveli Junction to Tuticorin railway station and Thiruchendur Junction lines.  

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