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Nayanar was an ardent worshiper of Shiva and lighted temple lamps & incense sticks with his meager earning. Once he had no earning and the family was facing severe poverty. Kalaya's wife gave his gold ornament to sell for daily expenditure. Kalaya sold the gold and used the money for
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As per Hindu legend, Shiva is believed to have destroyed eight different demons and the eight Ashta
Veeratanam temples are built signifying each of his victories. The temple is counted one of the eight where Shiva is believed to have appeared as Kalasamharamurthy to save Markandeya from the death
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Brahmin sub-caste. The temple rituals are performed six times a day; Ushathkalam at 5:30 a.m., Kalasanthi at 8:00 a.m., Uchikalam at 10:00 a.m., Sayarakshai at 6:00 p.m., Irandamkalam at 8:00 p.m. and Ardha Jamam at 10:00 p.m. Each ritual comprises four
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Yama's extraordinary arrogance, Shiva kicked him and held him under his foot, making Yama inactive. Markandeya was blessed by Shiva to remain sixteen years old eternally. Shiva came to be known as "Kala-samhara" (Sanskrit: "Destroyer of Time") at this temple.
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Subramanian was mad, worshiping all women as the Divine Mother and showering them with flowers. However, another priest of the temple overheard this and corrected the man, saying that Subramanian was truly a saint and a great devotee of Mother Abhirami.
307:. The tallest is the eastern tower, with 11 stories and a height of 46 metres (151 ft). The temple has numerous shrines, with those of Amirthaghateswarar and Abhirami being the most prominent. The temple has six daily rituals at various times from
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450:, appealed to Shiva for help. Shiva, feeling compassionate for the earth-goddess, released Yama, allowing death to occur again. However, in order to remind Yama never to try to kill someone while they are worshiping Shiva again, the
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lighting the temple lamps. As he lighted more and more lamps, his house was filled with grains. A divine voice detailed his affinity towards the presiding deity resulted in the wealth. He came to be known as
Kungili Kalayanar (
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indicating stipulation of paddy to the temple by a merchant in return to offer of land to the temple offered. Another record in the temple indicates the record (ARE 242 of 1925) of a gift of paddy to the temple by
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or "Song to
Abhirami"), begging her to come to his rescue. While singing the seventy-ninth verse of his song, which states that the Divine Mother is an ocean of blessing without limit whose merciful eyes grant
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Meanwhile, with Yama being rendered inactive, there were no deaths on earth, but people were still being born. Burdened by the weight of so many people and unable to sustain their hunger, the earth-goddess,
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Standing in the pyre, with the flames rising all around him, Subramanian realized that only the Divine Mother could save him now. He began singing a song of one-hundred praises to
Abhirami (the so-called
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387:, who is to be worshiped before any great undertaking. Ganesha, hurt and offended at the unintentional slight by the devas, stole the pot of Amrita and hid it at Tirukkadaiyur. Ganesha created a
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temples that commemorate Shiva's eight acts of valour and fury where he became victorious over demons, heroes or divinities. and also as places where he is believed to have performed with fury.
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Based on the legend of Markandeya, it is believed that worshipping at this temple will give longevity to couples who have reached age sixty or eighty-one. A service called Sashtiaptha poorthi (
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have also sung of the glories of this shrine. All Siddhas visited this temple. Specially Siddhar Korakkar visited this temple and got the blessings of the goddess. As the temple is revered in
901:: "completion of sixty ") is celebrated in honor of a husband's sixtieth birthday and Sadhabishegam (Sanskrit: "Eighty-One") is celebrated in honor of his eighty-first birthday. The annual
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named Mrikandu and his wife Marudmati. They were both devotees of Shiva and worshiped him day and night for many years, asking to be graced with a child. After many years of
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999:(1st ed.). Kanniyakumari: Harikumar Arts. p. 37.
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1209:"Where Siva vanquished the sons of Tarakasura"
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266:(Thirukkadavur), 21 km East of
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246:as Abhirami. There is a Shrine for
224:Amrithakadeeswarar Abhirami Temple
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1211:. Chennai: The New Indian Express
1115:South Indian shrines: illustrated
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27:Shiva temple in Tamil Nadu, India
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1673:Kokkadicholai Thaanthonreeswaram
1377:Emarald/Rathinam, Thiruvalangadu
1061:Subramanian, Arundhathi (2014).
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35:Amritaghateswarar-Abirami Temple
1708:TribhuvanamÄhesvaram (Cambodia)
1134:"Sri Amirtha Kadeswarar temple"
809:The temple priests perform the
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1013:S.R., Balasubramanyam (1975).
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1113:P. V. Jagadisa Ayyar (1920).
522:The temple, in line with the
518:Temple tank behind the temple
1658:Kadhalishwaram ruins (China)
1090:108 Thennaga Shivasthalangal
1067:. Penguin UK. p. 175.
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2463:Thiruvaduthurai Adheenam
2232:Yoga Sutras of Patanjali
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1727:Hx thewalay kestr phiman
1693:Sivan temple (Singapore)
1663:Kethishwaram (Sri Lanka)
1638:Fire temple (Azerbaijan)
1155:P., Karthigayan (2016).
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625:Legend of Abirami Pattar
238:in his manifestation as
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1668:Koneshwaram (Sri Lanka)
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938:"Sambhantar tEvAram -2"
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1648:Iraivan temple (USA)
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