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.


To be continued