A tall Gopuram welcomes one to this beautiful temple situated in the midst of the Mayiladuthurai town.
The temple has a beautiful pond as one approaches the temple.
This temple is very ancient and is a thevara sthalam.
This is the place where Lord Shiva appeared in front of Parvati when she was doing penance taking the form of pea cock to get rid of the curse she had incurred from Shiva. She did severe penance and pleased with her devotion Shiva too appeared in front of her as pea cock and performed a dance known as Mayura thandavam. Lord is known here as Mayuranathar.
Goddess is Abayambhigai Ambal and she blesses devotees from a separate shrine.This temple is closely associated with Mylapore temple, ( check the beautiful temple details in the link) Chennai where Parvati offered worship to Shiva first before proceeding to Mayiladuthurai where she was relieved from the curse.
More details here.
Goddess is Abayambhigai Ambal and she blesses devotees from a separate shrine.This temple is closely associated with Mylapore temple, ( check the beautiful temple details in the link) Chennai where Parvati offered worship to Shiva first before proceeding to Mayiladuthurai where she was relieved from the curse.
More details here.
Temple timing- 6 am- 12 .00 noon
4 pm-8 pm
4 pm-8 pm
Looks like a very beautiful temple. I haven't been there yet....
ReplyDeleteYes, a beautiful and huge temple Sridharan. One needs spend some time to go around the whole temple. We had a hurried visit as it was getting darker.
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