Kadambar Koil Kadambanatha Swamy Temple

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TVT066 kadambai ilangOyil02 - sree aavudainayaki sametha sree kadambanathar temple,kadambarkoyil is also known as kadambai ilangoyil thevara vaippu temple.Temple equal to kashi kshethram.PT pithru dhOsha nivarthi - temples known for pithru tharpanam,This is one of the pithurmukthi sthalams and so famous for doing rituals for the ancestors.Temple related to thirumagaral sthala puranam.Lord sree muruga killed asruas at ilaiyanar veloor and worshipped the lord shiva here.Kadamban is one of the name of lord subramanya.
Location:Near vengacheri which on the way from kanchi to uthirameroor.


Highlights:

* Suyambu lingam
* The Cheyyar river which normally flows east-west, flows north-south at this place. Ganges also normally flows east-west but is considered holy only at places where it flows north-south.
* Considered holier than Kasi, a place to do all the rituals that are normally done at Kasi, a place for salvation.
* Small, beautiful and cleanly maintained without any great sculpture works.
* Sung by Thirugnana Sambandar and so should be more than 1300 years old

Legend:

When a Pandya brahmin called Gunaseelan was dead, as per his wish, his son Budhisenan brought his ash to immerse it in Kasi. When he was doing Sandhyandhanam here keeping the pot with ash in the bank, he smelt flowers’ smell from the pot. He was surprised to find that the bones got changed to flowers in the pot. At that time, a sacred voice was heard that this place is much holier than Kasi and so let the ashes be immersed here. He did the same in the river Cheyyar here so as to fulfill his father’s wish. So this is a place where one can do the rituals for the forefathers like in Kasi and to worship for salvation.

For a travelogue, visit:
shanthiraju.wordpress.com/2007/09/28/39/
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