Thonda Nadu Temple 12. Thiruvooral ( Thakkolam )

SIVAYA NAMA




THIRUVURAL (THAKKOLAM)



Raja Gopuram



Location:

Thiruvural (Thakkolam) is 13KM Southeast of Arakkonam. It is on the rail route of Kanchipuram to Arakkonam. The temple is 5 KM from the Thakkolam Railway station. There are frequent buses from Chennai, Thiruvallur, Kanjipuram and Arakkonam.



Reason for the name:

As water keep pouring from the Nandigeswarar's mouth of this temple and water spring from the feet of the moolavar,  this place is called as Thiruvural. As the sthala viruksham is thakkolam, this place is also known as Thakkolam. One another reason was as Dakshan (Thakkan) cried loudly for the punishment he suffered for conducting a yagna in an unorthodox manner (Thakkan’s Olam – crying) in this place.



Swamy -      Arulmighu Salanatheeswarar

Ambal  -     Arulmighu Giriraja Kannikambal

Arulmigu Giriraja Kannikambal

Theertham -     Parvathi Theertham, Sathya Gangai,              Kusathalai river

Sthala Viruksham - Thakkolam

Arulmigu Salanatheeswarar

Temple:

This temple is on the banks of Kusathalai (Kallaru) river. It is built in 5.83 acre land with two pragarams facing west with three tier kopuram. Swamy is suyambu lingam facing east . Ambal sannithi ts facing north.
In the inner pragaram Pancha Lingams, Dakshanamurthy ( Very rare Thirukkola Dhakshnamurthy ), Murugan, Mahalakshmi, Sandikeswarar, Bairavar, Thirumal, Suriyan, Chandran, sabtha mathars Natarajar, Navagrahams and Iyappan are there.

In the second pragaram Ambal sannithi, Murugan, Sakthi Vinayaker, Nandhi, Bali Peedam, Kodimaram and Thirukkulam are there.



Vinayagar

Sthala Pooranam:
 

Theerkadar was born to Sage Udhadhi the brother of Viyazhan (Guru) and Mamatha.  One day Theerkadar saw divine cow Kamadenu near his hermitage.  He requested the cow to be with him for conducting a yagna and to take care of the invitees.  Kamadenu said that it could not oblige him without the permission of Lord Indira.  The sage got angry and cursed the cow to become an ordinary and average animal losing its super powers.  The cow in turn cursed the Theerkadar to be engaged in menial jobs (Sandalar).

Sage Udhathi was sad to see his son doing menial jobs.  He came to this place as advised by Maharshi Naradhar and worshipped Lord Siva.  Lord Siva advised Sage Udhathi to perform penance on Nandhi and perform abishekam to him with the Ganga water springing from Nandhi.  The sage got relieved his son Theerkadar from the curse.

Kamadenu too worshipped here by pouring the milk on the Lord and was restored to its original form and power. On hearing this Lord Indira also came here and worshipped Lord Siva.

The Lingam worshipped by the Sage Udhadhi is in the northern side of the temple as Gangatheeswarar temple and opposite to the temple is Ganga theertha kulam.

Thakkan gave all his 27 daughters to marry Chandran. After marriage he showed interest to only one wife Rohini and the rest he ignored. Thakkan got wild and cursed Chandran with deadly skin disease. Chandran worshipped in this temple and after taking bath in the Ganga Theertha kulam he was relieved out of the curse.


This temple is one of the important Guru Parihara Sthalam in Tamilnadu and near Chennai.



Dhakshinamurthy

Thevara Pathigam :



Thirugnanasambandar sung pathigam on this temple.

மாறில் அவுணரரணம் மவைமாயவோர் வெங்கணையா லன்று

நீறெழ எய்தவெங்கள் நிமலன் இடம்வினவில்

தேறல் இரும்பொழிலும் திகழ்செங்கயல் பாய்வயலுஞ் சூழ்ந்த

ஊறல் அமர்ந்தபிரான் ஒலியார்கழல் உள்குதுமே.                    ------ 1st Thirumurai

                                                                                                     .............Thirugnanasambanthar

Thirunavukkarasar and Sundarar in a Thanipathigam mentioned about this temple.


Timings:

Morning -  8.00 AM to 12.00 PM
Evening -   4.30 PM to 8.00 PM

Contact:

K. Sambantha Murthy Sivachariar - 04177-246427
K. Babu Sivachariyar

Inner Pragaram

Thiruchitrambalam