This
temple was established in between 205-2015 A.D by Adicha Mutharasan during the
time of the migration of Araya Community from Chengannur to the coastal region
of Alappadu of karunagappally in kollam district. This temple runs under the
administration of Araya Vamsa Paripalana Yogam, Cherizheeckal. “This temple has
been bearing a pair of beautifully carved “Dwara palakas” from a single rock
since its creation. This is an example for the temple architecture of great
king Mutharayars. This temple was named
in memory of a Siva temple at “Mutharasanallur village” of south belt of Kavery
River in Tamilnadu district. The Mutharasanallur Siva temple was established by
a king “Mutharasu”. This place is 7 kms from Trissinappally (Trichy). There are
three sanctums for Lord Siva and three sanctums for Goddess.
Main deity
is Siva lingam known as Ratnagireeswarar and Arala kesari Amman in different
sanctum. Engoinadhar and his consort Maragadha Valli Amman in different sanctum.
Kadamba vaneswarar and his consort Bala kujalambikai in separate sanctum.
Purana
says a king by name Muttarasu used to worship Siva in kulithalai in morning, Ratna
gireeswarar in Iyermalai in the noon, and Thiru engoi nadhar in the evening,
everyday. When he was old, he was not able to do the worship like before, he
was sad and praying. Siva wanted to help his devotee.
He came in the dream of
king and asked him to remove the three idols that are in the ground near the
Vanni maram and build temple there.
The king in the morning
found the idols of Siva and Goddess. He built the temple and installed all the
idols and the place was named after him.
Other deities seen in
the temple are Murukan with Valli and Devayani, Dakshinamoorthy, Ganapathy,
Chandeeswarar, Navagraha, Bhairava, Sani, and Surya.
It is believed that the
Mutharasanallur Siva temple and Sree Mutharasa Chery Mahadeva temple were
established by the same royal family members of Mutharasa clan.
No comments:
Post a Comment