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   Samanna (late) an ardent devotee of the Acharya and a prominent citizen of Satara gifted away an adequate plot of land for building the temple.  Temple info -2513 கோயில் தகவல் -2513 LANGUAGES INTERACT   Satara is a town located in the Satara District of Maharashtra. The town gets its name from the Seven (Sat) Hills(Taras) surrounding it. The Vyasa-puja of the year was performed at Satara on 27th of July, 1980. During His long camp at Satara,  His Holiness Pujyasri Sri Chandrasekarendra Saraswathi Mahaswamiji desired that a temple for Sri Nataraja on the model of the ancient Nataraja temple at Chidambaram should be constructed at Satara. Samanna (late) an ardent devotee of the Acharya and a prominent citizen of Satara gifted away an adequate plot of land for building the temple.  The foundation for the temple was laid on an auspicious day in May 1981. Because of the grace of the Mahaswami, by the financial assistance of the then governments of the States ...

 Temple info -1453  கோயில் தகவல் -1453 Nataraja Temple in Neyveli Neyveli is a cosmopolitan city with people from all religions living in that small township. There are temples for Lord Krishna, Lord, Ayappa, Lord Murugan, Lord Nataraja  in Neyveli. Of these, the Nataraja temple is well known for the metal statue of Lord Shiva as Nataraja, which is the biggest statue in the world. The temple is believed to find its place in the Guinness Book of Records as its height is 10 feet 1 inch with a base of 8 feet 4 inch and a weight of 2,420 kilograms. There is an idol of Godess Sivakami measuring 7 feet in height and 750 kilograms in weight. History of Neyveli Nataraja Temple It is said that Saint Manickavasagar sang his eminent Tiruvasagam in Chidambaram and this song is written on the hands by Lord Shiva himself in the disguise of a devotee. After this, he signed it stating “written to the transcription of Manickavasagam” as Azhagia Tiru Chittrambalam Udayan. The Godess Sivaka...

 Temple info -714 கோயில் தகவல் -714 Azhagiya Koothar Temple (Veera Pandiswarar Temple), Kattarimangalam, Thoothukudi Azhagiya Koothar Temple is a Hindu Temple dedicated to Lord Shiva located at Kattarimangalam Village in Sathankulam Taluk in Thoothukudi District of Tamilnadu. Presiding Deity is called as Veera Pandiswarar and Mother is called as Nalla Thavam Nachiyar. The Temple is also called as Veera Pandiswarar Temple. It is one of Pancha Natarajar Sthalams. Natarajar here is called as Azhagiya Koothar. The sthapathy who created the Chidambaram Nataraja moorthy is said to have created five Moorthies. Apart from Chidambaram, the other four moorthies are present in the following temples around Thirunelveli: Kari Soozhntha Mangalam, Kattarimangalam, Mela Karuvelankulam and Chepparai. Legends There was a king by name Singa Varman who ruled Uthiradhesam. Singa Varman was tyrant ruler and his people suffered a lot. Later he changed to be a good-hearted man and decided to go to forest ...

 Temple info -715 கோயில் தகவல் -715 Soundara Pandeeswar Temple (Natarajar Temple), Mela Karuvelankulam, Thirunelveli Soundara Pandeeswar Temple (Natarajar Temple) is dedicated to Hindu God Shiva located at Mela Karuvelankulam Village near Kalakkad in Thirunelveli District of Tamilnadu. It is located at around 2 kms North of Kalakkad. This is one of the popular Natarajar temples of Tamilnadu. This is located at the foot of the Pothigai hill. Legends This temple is believed to built by Jatavaraman Sundara Chola Pandya, the son of Rajendra Chola I. During his rule in Madurai, his daughter was affected with chronic illness. Despite treatment by the best physicians of madurai region, her illness was never cured. Once, a learned man visited his court and advised him to take his daughter around his kingdom. He also instructed when you saw a tank circumbulated by elephants, immediately stop and ask your daughter to bath in that tank. Her chronic illness will be cured once she took bath in ...

 Temple info -716 கோயில் தகவல் -716 Kanaga Sabapathy Temple, Karisulndamangalam, Thirunelveli Kanaga Sabapathy Temple is dedicated to Hindu God Shiva located at Karisulndamangalam Village near Cheranmahadevi in Thirunelveli District of Tamilnadu. This is one of the Pancha Natarajar Sthalams in Thirunelveli District. The sthapathy who created the Chidambaram Natarajar idol created five idols including this. The others are: Kattarimangalam, Mela Karuvelankulam and Chepparai. Legends Pancha Nataraja Sthalams: In Chola Nadu lived a sthapathy by name Namasivaya Muthu. He made five Nataraja idols and had them installed in 5 temples. Thus Lord Sri Nataraja’s ‘Ananda Dance’ has been represented through these five Pancha loka idols installed in Chidambaram, Chepparai, Kattarimangalam, Karisulndamangalam and Karuvelankulam.  Nataraja Abode in Karisulndamangalam: There is a story to the making of five Nataraja idols by one sthapathy. During that period, Kattarimangalam was ruled by Veera...