SUCHINDRAM TEMPLE-7

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           THAANUMAALAYAN- SUCHINDRAM

SUCHINDRAM TEMPLE-7

    SRI.S.V.VARADHARAJAN




  There is also another puranic story in Puranas about this area. This is the place where Indra, the celestial head washed off his sins. Once Indra was very much attracted and fell in love with Agalya, wife of the great sage Goutama.He waited for an opportunity to get near her. One day in themid night time, he reached the Sage's Asram and began crowing like a cock there. Thinking tht it was dawn, the Sage went out to the river for taking bath. Indra, taking advantage of this, got into the form of the Sage and entered the Asramam.Goutama however on reaching the riverfound that was not really dawn, got angryand immediatly returned to his Asramam and found Indra and Agalya together. His eyes turned turned red with anger. He cursed Agalya to get converted into a stone. He threw a severe curse on Indra by which Indra's body was having eyes everywhere, which made him an ugly figure. Feeling highly ashamed of his action,Indra did penance for a long period and reached Gnanaranya and took a dip in the tank there and worshipped the Deity Thanumalaya there. By this he got rid of his curse.Being extremly happy with this, Indra created a temple for the three prime Deities in Gnanaranyam.


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