Salem-Sri Sugavaneswara Swamy Temple-2

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                        Salem-Sri Sugavaneswara Swamy Temple                           

        Salem-Sri Sugavaneswara Swamy Temple-2
           sri.s.v.varadarajan 

            The Sugavaneswarar Swamy temple at the centre of salem town is one of the main visiting places for devotees on relegious tour.The town is on the Jolarpet -Erode rail route.We can reach the town by train from Vridhachalam also.Bus facility is available to reach here from all district head headquarters. There are a few places in Tanjore District also with similar names like Papanasam,Patteswaram and Nageswaram but they are not connected with the temples of Salem.Salem had the name as "Mummudithala Voil" as the king of three dynasties,Chera,Chola and Pandya kingdoms together got the township erected and worshipped the deity.It is also believed that the celestials representing the fourVedas worshipped the Almighty here and so this place got the name as 'Chaturvedamangalam'. The nearby  mountain Shervarayan hills was earlier known as "Chera Rajan Mountain'. Salem town is located in a nice terrain surrounded by mountains on all sides and Lord Sugavaneswara enshrined in the temple at the at the center of the town graciously blesses the devotees. The temple is famous for its shrine, location and holy tank there.The saint with Parrot-like features, Sukha Muni worshipped Lord Siva and got Mukthi and hence his figure appears in the temple as Urchavamurthy. The Lord also is worshipped as Sugavaneswara.


    The river called 'Manimuthar' is believed to be a confluence of many water sources.The well in the temple is known as 'Amanduka Theertham' meaning thereby that there are no frogs in this well. The well had different names in different yugas namely Papanasa Theertham,Dhenu Theertham,Manusaaranai Theertham and Manaseeka theertham.


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Salem-Sri Sugavaneswara Swamy Temple-1

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salem sri sugavaneswarar temple  

                               

     Salem-Sri Sugavaneswara Swamy Temple-1
           sri.s.v.varadarajan
    Lord Siva is described as the Almighty without any origin or end.He is present in the five prime elements viz.Earth,Water,Fire,Air andAakash(open space above). God resides in the temples,as we all know.He also resides in the hearts and soul of the devotees who sincerely worship Him. This is the old saying which we come across in any scriptural test also.


    Lord Sugavaneswrar is enshrined in the famous temple at salem town where it is centrally located.Salem had many names in ancient times.It is located in the ancient Chola Kingdom.In the Kritha Yuga , this place was known as "Papanasam' as the Lord known as "Papanasar" was believed to wash off the sins of the devotees. The place was also known as 'Patteswararam' and the Lord as Patteswarar as a cow was worshipping the deity from from here; in Dwapara Yuga, the name of this place was Nageswaram as a snake named Adisesha worshipped the deity from this area, and the deity was known as Nageswarar; in the Kaliyuga,it got the name as 'Sugavanam'. Since a sage who was having a parrot's figure worshipped Lord Siva from this holy place, the shrine was named as Sugavaneswarar. The place has various names like Sugavaneswaram, Killiaivanam,Sukaranyam,Mummudithalai Koil etc. 


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