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The temple celebrates with elaborate grandeur Aipasi Skanda Sashti in October-November lasting six days. 108 Milk pot abishek is offered to Lord Muruga on the Panguni Uthiram festival in March-April. Mango Archana is dedicated to Lord on the Vaikasi Visakam star day in May - June, and the fruits are offered as Prasad to devotees. Aval (Flakes) Payasam is the nivedhana to Lord on monthly Sashti days. Saravana Homa is performed on monthly Kruthika star days. |
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This is the only Muruga temple in Tamilnadu performing Archana to Lord with Mango fruits. The temple is facing west. |
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The temple is open from 6.00 a.m. to 10 a.m. and from 4.00 p.m. to 8.00 p.m. |
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Sri Kathirkama Baladandayuthapani Temple, Kaivilancheri – 609111, Sirkali, Nagapattinam District. |
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+91 98655 56488 | |
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Next to the colourful entrance of the temple, there lies
Mani Mandap and Mahamandap. Lord
Chintamani Vinayaka graces the devotees at the centre of the Maha Mandap adored
with a Prayer Deepa (Prarthana Deepa), Peeta and Peacock. Presiding deity Lord Kathirkama
Baladandayuthapani graces the devotees from the sanctum sanctorum accompanied
by Lord Chitrambala Vinayaka and Lord Perambala Vinayaka with all smile. Naalvar – celebrated four Saivite Saints,
Gnanasambandar, Tirunavukkarasar, Sundarar and Manickavasagar – and Arunagiri
Nathar are in their separate shrines. On
the northern side are the shrines of Lord Nataraja and Mother Sivakami and Lord
Venugopala Krishnan. Festival deity of
Lord Muruga is housed in a separate shrine.
The temple had been consecrated recently.
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Devotees pray to Lord
for wedding and child boon, success in court cases, opportunity for foreign
jobs and unity in families. | |
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Thanks giving: | |
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Realizing their wishes, devotees light 155 deepas in the peeta set in the Mahamandap. | |
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Greatness Of Temple: | |
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A Yantra is installed under the peeta of the presiding
deity. This is praised as Jal
Yantra. It is ever revolving.
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Places where great souls lived in penance with their
thoughts settled with the Supreme Being become sacred after their life
time. They offer boons to their
devotees. One such great saint was
Kathirkama Swamigal in Kaivilancheri in Sirkali. He had his initiation at the age of 12 from
His Holiness Gnananandagiri Swamigal, stayed with him in Kathirkamam in Sri Lanka for
quite a number of years. Returning to
Tamilnadu, he built this temple with the alms he got from devotees. He used the water of Uppu River
for the abishek of Lord which was very salty.
Surprisingly, the water became very sweet in due course after it began
to be used for the abishek of Lord Muruga.
The presiding deity is praised as Kathirkama Baladandayuthapani. The temple is a little off from the main road
facing west.
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Miracle Based:
This is the only Muruga temple in Tamilnadu that uses mangoes for the archana of Lord. The temple is facing west.
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