About Temple:Thirumalpur Shri Manikanteshwara swamy temple near Kanchipuram. is a Village in Nemili Taluk in Vellore District of Tamil Nadu State. This is the 11th of the 32 ThevaramPaadal Petra Shiva Sthalam in Thondai Nadu.
Moolavar : Manikandeeswarar.
Amman / Thayar : Anjanakshi
Thala Virutcham : Vilwa
Theertham : Chakkara Theertham
Old year : 1000-2000 years old.
Historical Name : Harichakkarapuram, Tirumalperu.
Location:Tirumarper, Vellore,Tamil Nadu
History:
Once, a king by the name "Kuban" ruled this place and he was a devotee of Lord Vishnu. lived and he was against a Rishi named "Thutheesee". Thirumaal was along with Kuban and as requested by him, Thirumaal threw the chakkram towards the Rishi to kill him.
But, due to spiritual powers of the rishi the chakkram did not slice his body instead the edges of the chakkaram got damaged. Mahavishnu desired to get the Sudharshana Chakra from Shiva which He had used to slay the mighty asuraChalandran .
Thirumaal after realising his action, came to this Sthalam and worshipped Shiva Perumaan. He used to perform poojas, for the Perumaan by dedicating 1000 lotus flowers daily. Likewise, one day while doing the pooja, he could find only 999 flowers.
So, he finally plucks one of his beautiful eyes and dedicated to Shiva Perumaan offered it in the puja. After seeing this, Shiva Perumaan came infront of Him, showed his presence Pleased with his determination, Lord Siva restored his eye saying that “as you offered your eye for a lotus flower, you will have the eye with lotus beauty and you will be known as Senthamaraikkannan.
And gave the chakkram towards him. Since, Sri Hari (Thirumaal) got back his chakkram, this Sthalam is called as "HariChakkrapuram" and since, thirumaal got peru (the reason for which he worshipped the Perumaan is successful) it is called as "Thirumaalperu (Thirumaal + Peru) ". Since thirumaal dedicated his Netram (eyes), he is called as "SenthamaraiKannaperumal". Gnanasambhandhar in his DevaraPathigam explains the worship of Thirumaal and Chandran while singing about this Sthalam.
As per another legend, once Lord Shiva told his consort Parvati that the entire universe was operating due to him. Parvati wanted to test that and she suddenly closed the eyes of Shiva. The entire universe stopped operating for a moment. Parvati realized her mistake; in order to get rid of her sin, she came to this site and made Shiv Linga out of sand. She used to worship the idol daily.
She was so immersed in her poojas that she did not notice even when the Lord appeared. The Lord got angry due to this; he released the river Kaveri (not Ganga?) from his head to destroy his own sand idol.
The river once started flowing in this region was called as
'Palaru'. Parvati sought help of Lord Vishnu to protect the idol; Vishnu
lied down across the river as a bridge and protected the idol. As the
idol is made up of sand, even today, the priests do not touch the idol -
it is called as 'TheendaTirumeni' (the Lord who cannot be touched).
This lingam is the presiding deity in this temple, worshipped by both Parvathi and Vishnu. Here the pooja is done without touching the deity because the they say Siva here is Teendathirumenynadhar with kavacham always.
Another interesting feature is the presence of Nandi in the form of statue with a monkey face.
Once Ravana came to this temple to pray Shiva.While entering the temple Nandhi advised him saying Lord is taking rest, to visit after some Nandi and Ravana had a quarrel once when the latter insulted both Shiva and Nandi.
Enraged by the insult, Nandi cursed Ravana that his destruction will be accelerated by an army of monkeys. This curse later supported Rama to slay Ravana.
Lord Shiva further added that those who chanted his 1000 names or a few of them chanted by Lord Vishnu would be blessed with salvation. Lord Vishnu prayed to Lord Shiva that the benefit of praying in many temples should be granted to the devotees who pray here. Lord Shiva assured the boon to Lord Vishnu
Itinerary
Pick up From Theni/Dindigul.
Then Proceed towards Vellore.
Hotel Check in.
Then proceed to visit Vellore Fort.
St. John’s Church
Archeological Survey of India Museum.
Come back to Hotel.
Overnight stay at Hotel.
After Refreshment and Breakfast.
Then proceed to visit Sripuram Golden Temple.
Periyar Park.
Palamathi Hills .
Come back to Hotel.
Overnight stay at Hotel.
After Refreshment and Breakfast.
Check out the hotel.
Then proceed to visit Tipu Mahal and Hyder Mahal .
Punganoor Lake
Thirumalpur Shri Manikanteshwara swamy temple.
Then Starting Our Journey Towards Theni/Dindigul with Sweet Memories of Vellore.
What 's Included
We can provide stay for ( 2*, 3*, 5*, 7* )
1.Solo Traveler
2.Double sharing Rooms
3.Suite Rooms
4.Deluxe Rooms
5.Royal Suite Rooms
6.Home stay
( as per requirement )
From Trip start to till end the Tour Guide will be take care
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