About trip

About Temple: This is one of the 276 Devara Paadal Petra Shiva Sthalams and 51st Shiva Sthalam on the Southern bank of the river Cauveri in Chozha Nadu (Thenkarai). 
Lord Shiva in this temple is a Swayambumurthi (self-manifested).

History:

• This east facing temple has a 5-tiered main tower (Rajagopuram) and it has two corridors.
• The last consecration ceremony (Maha Kumbabishekam) took place on 09.02.2017 and prior to that on 20.04.1969.
• This is the birth place of Saint Thiru Neelakanda Yazhpanar’s mother. Yazhpanar is one of the 63 Nayanmars. 
•  This is one of the 27 temples that comes under the administrative control of Dharumapuram Aadheenam.
• Other than the shrines of Lord Shiva and Goddess Parvathy, shrines and idols of lords Vinayakar, Murugan with his consorts, Somaskanthar, Lingothbavar, Mahavishnu, Brahma, Natarajar, Dakshinamurthy, Nalvars, Santhana Kuravars, 63-Nayanmars, Chandrasekarar, Kasi Viswanathar with Visalakshi, Mahalakshmi, Durgai, Chandikeswarar, Navagraham, Suryan, Chandiran and Bairavar can be seen in the corridors. 
•  The procession idol of Lord Yazhmurinathar depicts him with a Yazh in his hands and flanked by Thirugnanasambanthar and Yazhpanar.
• This along with Lord Yama’s procession idol are very beautiful.
• Those aspiring for excellence in music can worship Lord Shiva and Lord Dakshinamurthy here.
• Those facing “Puthra doshas” – problems related to child’s well-being can worship Goddess Durgai here on the days of the “Utharada” nakshatram. 

Itinerary

Day 1 - Puducherry Sightseeing

Morning Pick up from Theni/Dindigul. Then proceed to visit Sri Yazhmurinathar Temple at Dharumapuram. Arikamedu. The Pondicherry Botanical Garden. Pondicherry Museum. Come back to Hotel. Overnight stay at Hotel.

Day 2 - Puducherry Sightseeing

Morning Breakfast at Hotel. Check Out from Hotel. Then proceed to visit Auroville Beach. The Old Lighthouse. Mahatma Gandhi Statue. Arulmigu Manakula Vinayagar Temple . Sri Aurobindo Ashram. Then starting our Journey towards Theni/Dindigul.