Sri Seshapureeswarar temple

Sri Seshapureeswarar

As my exploring into mystic subject goes in depth, I have been exploring Rahu, maybe because i am running dasa, I have already written couple of article on Rahu and its effect

  I was reached by Mr ArunRaj of Sri Seshapureeswarar temple, he is the manager of the temple and was describing about the importance of the temple. I thought its would be nice to update the information here.

He told me Thiruppampuram is locted at a distance of about 3 kms from Karkathi. Karkathi is 28 kms away from Kumbakonam on the Kumbakonam to Karaikkal road. 

From Peralam, Thiruppampuram is about 9 kms. Peralam is about 15 kms from Mayiladuthurai on the Mayiladuthurai to Thiruvarur route.

 About the Temple Gods

Moolavar (God)	Sri Seshapureeswarar, Sri Pampuranathar
Ambal (Godess)	Sri Vanduserkuzhali Ammai, Sri Bramarambigai
Theertham (Holy water)	Adhishesha Theertham/ Naga theertham
Sthala Vriksham (Sacred Tree)	Vanni tree
Pathigam (Hymn) rendered by	Saint Thirugnanasambanthar

 He also said  Saints Appar, Sambandar and Sundarar mentioned in their Thevaram hymns.  This is the 59th Lord Shiva temple on the southern bank of Cauvery praised in hymns. 

Whats Special here

 Lord Shiva in the temple is a swayambumurthy(was found at its is). Planets Rahu and Ketu are here in a single body having Lord in their mind.

 This temple is dated around 1000 years old, The significance is that Raghu and Kethu worshiped the lord here intertwined with one another. They can be seen holding Lord Shiva near their chest.

The old story is that once Lord Ganapathy worshiped his father Lord Shiva in Mount Kailash. Vasuki, the king of snake, who can be seen on Lord Shiva’s neck thought that Ganapathy was worshiping him instead of Lord Shiva. On knowing this, Lord Shiva cursed the serpent for his arrogance. Due to his curse, the entire serpent community lost their strength and powers.

All the “Ashtamaha” serpents – the eight serpents- (Ananthan, Vasuki, Thatchakan, Karkodakan, Sankapalan, Kulikan, Padman and Mahapadman) prayed to Lord Shiva to seek forgiveness for the mistake committed by Vasuki. Lord Shiva advised them to go to earth and worship him on the night of Maha Shivratri. During Mahashivratri the night is divided into 4 parts (“kaalams”).

Serpents headed by Adhisheshan visited four different temples on that night in each of the 4 kaalams to worship Lord Shiva. These four temples are as follows:

Sri Nageswarar at Kumbakonam,

Sri Naganathar at Thirunageswarm,

Sri Sheshapureeswarar at Thiruppampuram and

Sri Naganathar at Nagore.

Address:

Sri Seshapureeswarar Temple,
Thiruppampuram Post,
Kudavasal Taluk,
Thiruvarur District,
Tamil Nadu – 612 203.

Temple is Open from from 07.00 AM to 12.00 Noon and 04.00 PM to 08.00 PM.

official website of Sri Seshapureeswarar temple