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Published: January 14th 2020
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Tirunelveli 27th Dec 2019
Yesterday was a day for rest. Took rest at Tanjore. My train 12637 Nagarcoil Express starts from Egmore Chennai and expected to reach Trichi by 20 minutes past midnight came 1 hour late. Reached Tirunelveli by 6 am today (Scheduled time 5.40 am)
It is difficult to cover Tirulveli temples by bus as to many temple routes bus is not available frequently so engaged autorickshaw
Nellaiappar Temple &
Gandhimathi Amman Temple (http://www.kanthimathinellaiappar.tnhrce.in/) (https://tirunelveli.nic.in/arulmigu-nellaiyappar-arultharum-gandhimathi-amman-temple-tirunelveli-town/)
Nellaiappar Temple is a Hindu temple dedicated to the deity Shiva, located in Tirunelveli, a city in the South Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Shiva is worshipped as Nellaiappar (also called Venuvananathar) represented by the lingam and his consort Parvati is depicted as Kanthimathi Amman. The temple is located on the northern banks of Thamirabarani River in Tirunelveli district. The presiding deity is revered in the 7th century Tamil Saiva canonical work, the Tevaram, written by Tamil saint poets known as the nayanmars and classified as Paadal Petra Sthalam.
The temple complex covers an area of fourteen and a half acres and all its shrines are enclosed with concentric rectangular walls. The temple has a number of shrines, with
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Nellaiappar Temple. Tirunelveli those of Swamy Nellaiappar and his consort Sri Kanthimathi Ambal being the most prominent.
Brahmotsavam festival during the Tamil month of Aani (June–July) is the most prominent festival celebrated in the temple.
The original complex is believed to have been built by Pandyas, while the present masonry structure was added by Cholas, Pallavas, Cheras, and Madurai Nayaks. In modern times, the temple is maintained and administered by the Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments Department of the Government of Tamil Nadu.
History Tirunelveli is one of the many temple towns in the state which is named after the grooves, clusters or forests dominated by a particular variety of a tree or shrub and the same variety of tree or shrub sheltering the presiding deity. The region is believed to have been covered with Venu forest and hence called Venuvanam
The original complex is believed to have been built by Pandyas, while the present masonry structure was added by Cholas, Pallavas, Cheras, and Madurai Nayaks. The sanctums of the temple and the gopurams were constructed by Nindraseer Nedumaran (Koon Pandian) who reigned in the 7th century AD. The mani mandapam with its famous musical pillar was also
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Nellaiappar Temple. Tirunelveli likely built by Nindraseer Nedumaran. The flag stand near the Nandi was set up in 1155. Later Pandya, Kulasekara Pandyan I built the outer wall of the Thirunelveli Nellaiappar temple, in 13th century.
Originally, the Nellaiappar and Kanthimathi temples were two independent structures with spaces in between. It was in 1647 that Thiru Vadamalaiappa Pillaiyan, a great devotee of Siva linked the two temples by building the "Chain mandapam" (In Tamil Sangili Mandapam). In the centre of the Flower Garden is a square vasantha mandapam with 100 pillars. The Nandi mandapam is said to have been built by Sivanthiappa Nayak in 1654. To the western portion of the chain mandapam is the flower garden that was set up in 1756 by Thiruvengadakrishna Mudaliar.
There are a number of stone inscriptions in the temple. The most important of them are those Veerapandiyan who regained about 950 and those of Rajendran I and Kulothunga Chola I. The inscriptions of Maravarman Sundara Pandyan refer to the Lord as "Woodayar" and "Wodeyanayanar" and the Goddess as "Nachiar". From the inscriptions of Kulasekkara Pandiyan we learn that he defeated the Chera, Chola and Hoysala kings and built the outer walls of the temple
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Nellaiappar Temple. Tirunelveli with the war booty
Legend Tirunelveli was originally called Tinnevelly during the British Era. During Puranic times, the place was called Venuvana, a forest of bamboos. The deity in the current temple was believed have appeared inside the bamboo forest. Vishnu is believed to have witnessed the marriage between Shiva and Parvathi at this place. There is an image of Vishnu with a metallic Gindi, a vessel with a spout, in the temple depicting the legend
Kurukkuthurai Murugan temple Tirunelveli (https://tamilnadu-favtourism.blogspot.com/2017/04/murugan-temple-kurukkuthurai.html)
This temple is unique in many ways. It is rock cut (cave) - kudavarai in Tamil. The temple is cut out of a rock that sits on the Tamraparani river bed. There is a bathing ghat that can be reached by walking over a wall connecting the temple to the river bank. Temple is 9 Km from Tirunelveli town
Then Venkatachalapathy temple, Mela Tiruvengadanatha Puram The structure of the temple resembles Tirupati, this is called Then (South) Tirupati. Lord Srinivasa is on a hill of white stones.As Akasha Ganga falls in Tirupati, it is river Tambiraparani falls here.
Get Well Anjaneya temple Get Well Anjaneya temple is a small but very
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Nellaiappar Temple. Tirunelveli famous temple in Tirunelveli. The temple was built inside a hospital 'Get Well hospital' for the benefit of the patients who could seek His blessings. But the Anjaneya became so popular here. The idol here thus came to be known as Get Well Anjaneya.
The idol here is just 2-3 feet high. It is made of Saligrama stone. The eyes sparkle and one can really feel the positive vibrations inside the temple. The idol is decked with various Alakarams. These alakarams are made with silk,butter, sandal paste, Vadamalai, fruits
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