KALLAZAGAR-4

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 KALLAHGAR

                        

                    KALLAZHAGAR-4 
          Sri S.V.Varadarajan
                  


   Here Bhiravar with long tusks,protruding teeth and trisula appears seated on a dog as vahana. In the script of Vrishabadri Mahatmiyam it is mentioned that Lord Siva came to this temple as kshetra palaka and did penance towards Lord Vishnu.The Sannadhi of this form of Siva is called 'Munaya thrayam thirumandapam' 


    We have a quite a few more Samadhis for deities like Sri Kalyana Sundharavalli, Sri Andal, Sri Sudarhan, Yoga Narasimhar, Parthasarathy, Manduka Maharishi, Ashtabuja Krishna, Nardana Krishna, Saraswathi Devi,Dasavatharam,Thiruppaliyarai Nachiar,Azhwars,Ramanujar etc and all of them bless the devotees with kind grace.


    The important event in this temple is the 'Saligrama Darsanam' which should not be missed by a devotee.There are hundreds of Saligramams here and the abisheka water is distributed as prasadham to the devotees. The 'Karuppannasamy'  in the eighteenth step in the Azhagar mountain is another noteworthy shrine.There is actually no idol for this deity but it is the strong relegious belief that this entity i is guarding the whole area sitting in this step. The main entrance at the Raja Gopuram remains closed always and we have to enter through the entrance on the north side of the Karuppanna Sannadhi.


     The festival of this Azhagar temple lasts for nine days. The glorious celebration of the event in which Azhagar steps into the Vaigai river is a very important function for which the Madurai City is famous. For knowing the Significance of this event, we should have in our mind the story of pandya queen Meenakshi's marriage at Madurai.


To be continued