sree sudhdha rathneswarar temple, oottathur, oottathoor (Thiru oottathur)

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TVT043 - sree akilalandeswari sametha sree sutharathinEswarar temple,oottrathur or ootrathoor is 43rd thEvAra vaippu temple.Temples which are not get separate thaevaara holy hymns, but mentioned in that hymns are called as "TVT-thEvAra vaipputh thalangaL (temples)".There are about 301 thevara vaippu temples are alphabetically sorted as per shaivam.org. The numbers given for thevara vaippu temples here are based on that sequence. shaivam.org/siddhanta/spvtalam.htm SrPT - in oottathoor soorya poojA to sree suththa or sutha rathinEswarar on palguni month.Temple's uniqueness - the rarest uniqueness of this temple is,, Nandhi river flowing in this region started from the mouth of Nandhi in this temple, and rarest stone natarajar also here.PT Wealth - PT diabetes/sugar - parikara(curing) temple for all kind of disease diabetes, the holy theerth(water) prasth here removes the sugar disease. NgPT - navagraga parikAra temple means curing temple and BStrT - birth star temple, On the roof we can see the Gods of 27 stars and 12 rasis. It is said that this place is good for worship of stars.
The temple is very big and old.Main Deity: Sundravaneyswarar/ Akilandeswari Suttha Rathneswarar as Swayambu lingam with Akhilandeswari.
Once Shiva here adjudged Ganges as the supreme among them and so ordered his vahana Nandhi to face her side instead of facing Him.
Temple: This is an early Chola temple constructed by Rajaraja Chola and occupies an area of 5 acres. The gopuram and a few mandapams have been constructed by Nayaks. We can see a huge Nandhi facing East when we enter the temple.Nataraja and Sivakami ammai stone idols are made of one single stone. The Brahma Theertham well lies in between the main deity and Nandhi devar, which is very sacred. The wooden temple car has exquisite sculptures.
Theertham: Brahma Theertham
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Location:uttathur is located near siruvachur mathurakaliyamman temple about 10kms south on the way to trichy.