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Piranmalai
Location in Tamil Nadu
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| Country: | India |
| State: | Tamil Nadu |
| District: | Sivaganga |
| Location: | Tamilnadu, India |
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| Primary Deity: | Kodunkundranathar(Shiva) |
| Consort: | Kuyilamritanayaki(Parvathi) |
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| Architectural styles: | Dravidian architecture |
This Shiva temple, located near Tirupputtur, is now called as piranmalai. This is a vast hill temple reached by a flight of steps in the Pandya Kingdom. The Marudu brothers of Sivagangai associated with Kaalaiyar Koyil have made several contributions to this temple.
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Piranmalai is said to have been ruled by Paari Vallal. Piraanmalai is said to be a block of Mount Meru, which got blown off during a fierce tussle between the serpent king Aadiseshan and the wind God Vaayu(as in Tiruchengode). Since this hill is in the form of a Sivalingam, it is also called Prachandragiri and Katoragiri. Bhrama, Saraswati, Subramanya and Nandi are believed to have worshipped Shiva here. Shiva is believed to have revealed a vision of his marriage with Parvati to Agasthya Muni here. Lord Shiva in this hill temple is known as Manggaibaakar and Goddess Parvati is known as Thenammal . In this hill , there is a natural stone carving that depicts the marriage of Lord Shiva and Goddess Parvati . It shows Lord Manggaibaakar is holding hands with Goddesss Thenammal .
This vast temple covering an area of about 30 acres (120,000 m2), with three prakarams(outer courtyard) has 5 beautiful vimanams and an attractive Rajagopuram. There is a Mandapam called as Devasaba mandapam. There are 3 shrines in this temple representing the states of Bhumi, Antariksham and Swargam. The presiding deity lord shiva is called as Kodunkunranathar, Ugragireeswarar and the Ambal his consort mother Parvathy is called as Kuyilamritanayaki. There are separate sanctums for Nallamangaipaagaswamy (kalyana kolam) and Viswanathar here. The sthala vriksham is Urangaappuli and the Theertham is Madhu Pushkarini, there are also 57 Theerthams in this temple.
Sambandar composed the thevara pathigam here.
The grand Bhrammotsavam is celebrated in the tamil month of Chittirai. The Ugra Bhairavar Shrine here witnesses a special festival in the month of Thai. Other festivals here include Kartikai Deepam, Arudra Darisanam, Vinayaka Chaturthi and Navaratri.
The bus service to Ponnamaravathi from Madurai Anna bus stand goes via Piranmalai. This temple is located 20 km from Tirupputtur.
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