SUCHINDRAM TEMPLE-4

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        THANUMALAYAN-SUCHINDHRAM

    


SUCHINDRAM TEMPLE-4
    SRI.S.V.VARADARAJAN


     'Kondrayadi Nathar' is seated under the Kondrai tree which is also the temple tree here.This figure represents the three prime deities, Lord Siva, Vishnu and Brahma. We see three Lingas under this tree. They are always covered with golden frame.Therefore we can see the Linga's real forms only when Abishekam is performed.There is a puranic story for the appearance of the three deities together here.


   Once a sage named Athri was living in an Ashramam in this area called Gnanaranya at that time (now Suchindram) along with his wife Anusuya who was a chaste and devoted woman.At one time, the rains failed and there was famine everywhere.Therefore all the Rishis and other people approached the Sage in this Asramam for getting relief. The sage was away at Brahmalogam (the world of Brahma) for attending the yaga there.Therefore his wife Anasuya began worshipping varuna with the sacred used for cleaning her husband's feet.  Immediatly, there were torrential rains and the famine was wiped out.The people praised and bowed to Anasuya. On coming to know about this miracle, Sage Narada wanted to test the power of Anusuya's chastity and thought of a plan by which he wanted to worship all the three of the divine trinity in one place and at the same to put down the pride of the three goddesses, Saraswathi, Lakshmi and Parvathi.


To be continued