About trip

About Temple: This is one of the 276 Devara Paadal Petra Shiva Sthalams and 71st Shiva Sthalam on the Southern bank of the river Cauveri in Chozha Nadu (Thenkarai).Lord Shiva in this temple is a Swayambumurthi (self-manifested).
This temple is counted as one of the Maadak Koils built by Chola King Kochenganan.

• Moolavar:Sri Madhuvaneswarar, Sri Brahatheeswarar,Sri Devaranyeswarar, Sri Prakasa Nathar.
• Ambal:Sri Madhu Vana Nayaki, Sri Periya Nayaki,Sri Deva Kaanthara Nayaki.
• Theertham (Holy water):Brahma Theertham, Sula Theertham, Deva Theertham.
• Sthala Vriksham (Sacred Tree):Vilvam.
• Pathigam (Hymn) rendered by :Saint Sundaramurthy (Sundarar)-1.
• Location:Nannilathu Perungkoil (Nannilam),Thiruvarur, Tamil Nadu.

History:

• This east facing temple’s main tower is not tiered. In place of the Gopuram, there is a beautiful sculpture depicting Lord Shiva and Goddess Parvathy.
• The last consecration ceremony (Maha Kumbabishekam) took place on 14.09.2008 and prior to that on 15.09.1996.
• The historical names of this place are Sundaravani, Madhuvanam, Devaranyam, Sundaravanam and Bruhathpuram.
• This place is surrounded by fertile agricultural land; hence it gets the name Nannilam (“Nalla” means good and “nilam” means land in Tamil).
• This ancient temple is located on the southern bank of the river Mudikondan. This place is referred as Nannilam and the temple is known as “Perungkoil” (big temple).
• As per stone inscriptions in this temple, the temple was built in the 9th century by Chola King Kochenganan.
• Other than the shrines of Lord Shiva and Goddess Parvathy, shrines and idols of Sidhi vinayakar, Vinayakar, Nagar, Murugan with his consorts, Mahalakshmi, Bairavar, Suryan, Saneeswarar, Chithra Guptha, Navagraham and Chandikeswarar can be seen in the corridors.
• In the “koshtam” (place surrounding the sanctum sanctorum), idols of Narthana Vinayakar, Dakshinamurthy, Lingothbavar, Brahma and Durgai can be seen.
• Shivalingams worshiped by Lord Brahma (Sri Mahadeva lingam) and Sage Agasthiyar (Sri Agastheeswarar lingam) are in the corridor.
• The Shivalingams worshiped by lords Yama, Varuna, Indran and Guberan are also present in the corridors.
• It is believed that worshiping the lord here will cure one from all kinds of nervous ailments.
• It is also believed that one can get salvation by worshiping the lord here during “Ekadasi” (11th day of full moon or new moon days) and “Pradosham” (13th day of full moon or new moon days).

Itinerary

Day 1 - Thiruvarur Sightseeing

Pick up from Theni/Dindigul. Proceeding towards Thiruvarur Hotel Check in. Then proceed to visit Veerataneswarar Temple, Thiruvirkudi, Arulmigu Abathsahyeswarar Temple. Arulmigu Saraswathi Temple. Come back to Hotel. Overnight stay at Hotel.

Day 2 - Thiruvarur Sightseeing

After Refreshment and Breakfast at Hotel. Check out from Hotel. Then proceed to visit Sri Madhuvaneswarar Temple at Nannilathu Perungkoil (Nannilam) Sri Agnieeswarar Temple sri Seshapureeswarar Temple. Then Starting Our Journey Towards Theni/Dindigul.