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News
About Tiruporur Temple
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Tiruporur
Temple Gopuram |
Tiruporur
Temple Gopuram with Tank |
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The
History of Thiruporur start with the battle of
Thiruporur was fought against “Thalayaya
Asuran” in ether or Air and connotes
the vanquishing of "arrogance or
pride". The conflict between good and
evil has always fascinated mankind. The places
where such battles were waged have attained
historical immortality. Legend has it that
Lord Muruga |
fought with Thaaraga in this place
and slayed him. Hence the name Porur. 'Por' in
Tamil means war. Stone inscriptions state the
names as 'Samarapuri' and 'Yudhapuri', which
are synonymous. When Lord Muruga's spear
pierced the earth, water came gushing out and
that is the 'Vallaiyaar odai', the holy tank. Thiruporur
is an ancient little hamlet nestling around
the imposing "Arulmigu Kandaswamy
Thirukoil".
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Tiruporur
Temple Tank |
It
was over 450 years ago, the founding guru
of Thiruporur Adhinam Srimad Chidambara
Swamy who was an ardent worshipper of
"Madurai Meenakshi Amman" had a
vision of the Goddess bidding him to build
a temple for Lord Muruga at Thirupporur.
This happened when the savant challenged
the Goddess that he would not eat until
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him with her vision. Many days
passed and Chidambaraswamy was almost in a
coma. Suddenly he could hear the anklets
of the Goddess Meenakshi and when he
opened his eyes slightly he got a
magnificent glimpse of the divine feet.
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Tiruporur
Temple Kodi Maram |
The Goddess then raised the swamy to his
feet and as her hands touched him, his
skin turned golden. She told him that six
earlier attempts to establish the temple
had failed. Chidambaraswamy reached
Thiruporur to find it was a dense forest
full of palm trees. He could hardly make
out where the attempts to build the temple
had been made. When he had despaired of
locating the site, Lord Muruga himself
appeared as a small boy and gave him the
vision of the sanctum sanctorum.
Thereafter, Chidambaraswamy unearthed the
Swayambu Moortis of Lord Muruga with his
consorts and established the temple. Those
days Thiruporur was one of the hamlets
under the reign of a minor Muslim ruler.
When the Muslim ruler's daughter was
afflicted with a form of virtigo, his
minister "the dubash" suggested
that the ruler seek the blessings of
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the
nearby Chidambaraswamy as all other
efforts to cure his young daughter had
proved unfruitful. The Muslim ruler
accepted the suggestion and prostrated,
along with his daughter before Shri
Chidambaraswamy. When Sri Chidambaraswamy
applied the sacred ash to his daughter's
body, she was cured instantly.
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Inside
the Tiruporur Temple |
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Inside
the Tiruporur Temple |
In
his unbounded happiness, the ruler gifted
the entire land to the Kandaswami Adhinam
and built a shrine to Devayanai in the
temple. Shri Chidambaraswamy established
the "Satakshra Yanthram" in the
temple and pleaded to Lord Muruga to
empower it.
Today people who pray in this
temple are blessed with their daughter's
marriage,
victory in legal |
suits, and
recuperation after long illnesses”.
Northwest of the temple is a small hillock
where Lord Siva as "Kailasanatha"
and Parvati as "Balambiga" are
present. It is believed that sage Kanva
worshipped in this place, which is much
more ancient than the Kandaswamy temple.
The Visaka utsavam in Vaikasi month is
very elaborately celebrated in this temple
and the entire village partakes of the
annadanam on that particular day. A fast
undertaken on the "Vaikasi Visakam"
is said to take one close to spiritualism.
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Inside
the Tiruporur Temple |
This
shrine is indeed very special for Lord
Shiva as He lives along with His family in
this shrine. Lord Shiva is called as
Vanmeega Nathar and the Goddess is
Punniyakaarani. The holy tree of this
place is the Vanni tree. Pictures
depicting the life of Chidambaram Swamigal
can be seen in the temple.
Chidambaram
Swamigal was actually a very proud person.
He installed two chakras, one in the
sanctum sanctorum and the next on a
platform in an exclusive sanctum
sanctorum. Daily poojas are conducted for
these chakras. And in the second one
images of Vinayaka. Muruga, Valli,
Devasena and various
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other
gods have been
engraved. It is believed that any prayers
to this chakra will be heard.
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Temple
Ther |
A rare
vibration can be felt while we are in the
sannidhi, which is believed to be due to
the power of the chakra. Chidambaram
Swamigal is believed to have stayed in
this temple from the year 1645-1659 and
involved himself in the temple activities.
This
temple attracts lots of devotees during
days of Visakam, Krithigai and
Thiruvaathirai and on sashti. The 'Soorasamhara'
festival, the day on which Lord Muruga
slayed the asura Soorapadman, is
celebrated with great fervor.
Apart from
this, the spring festival (from mid April
to mid May)
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and the Navarathri festival
(during September and October) are also
celebrated with great pomp and splendor.
Worshipping Kandaswami of this place is
believed to be as effective as worshipping
Lord Muruga in 'Aarupadai Veedu'.
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Tiruporur Temple
Tank |
This
tank has never dried so far; at least no
one has ever heard of it has 9 wells in
it. It is so much attractive that people
are tempted to have bath / swim. As it is
highly slippery due to fungus on the steps
of the tank, it is advised that people
observe a lot more care while take bath /
wash in this tank. The temple tank has a
shrine of Ganga Vinayaka and brims with
water.
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