Perur
Patteeswara Swamy temple
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Perur
Patteeswara Swamy temple is
the most popular temple in the city. Built by the King Karikala
Cholan, this temple is situated 7 kms west of Coimbatore near river
Noyyal.The
presiding deity is Shiva and the 'Swayambu Lingam' is the idol
worshipped here. This
sanctum is the joint effort of the Chola, Hoysala and Vijayanagara
rulers during their reign. The greatest attraction of the temple is the 'Kanaka
Saba' or the golden hall which is adorned by a gold plated statue of Nataraja
bestowing blessings upon the two sages - Gowmuni and Pattimuni. The gopurams
and pillars of the hall are exquisitely carved out sculptures highlighting
Dravidian architecture.The significance of Perur temple in earlier days are
unfolded in
the poetic creations of Arunagiri Nather and Kachiappa Munivar. The temple
stands on the banks of the holy river Noyyal called 'Kanchi Manadi' by the
locals. Pilgrims
from all over visit this spot to pay homage to their ancestors. It is believed
that the
mortal remains of the dead turn into white stones after about 144 days.
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About
12 Kilometers away from Coimbatore Railway Station is the Marudhamalai
temple of Lord Muruga. As the name suggests, the temple is situated
on a hillock and the presiding deity is called Dhandayuthapani. The
celebrations of this temple are ' Thaipoosam' and ' Thirukarthigai '
in January and February. Pollachi, an important commercial centre
about 40 Kms away from Coimbatore, is famous for it's Mariyamman and
Subramanya temples.The South Banaras or Avanashi Temple is the biggest
temple in the district famous for it's exquisite carvings & sculptures.
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| Dhyanalinga
Multi - Religious Temple |
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The
Dhyanalinga Multi - Religious Temple situated at Vellingiri foothills
about 30kms from Coimbatore is very much a part of this glorious
tradition. Dhyanalinga was consecrated by Sadhguru Jaggi, Vasudev,
a realized Master, Mystic and Yogi, after three years of intense
process of prana prathista. Measuring 13' 9'', Dhyanalingam is
the largest mercury based live Linga in the world. It does not
require minutes within the sphere of Dhyanalinga is enough to
make even those unaware of meditation to experience a state of
deep meditativeness and feel the divine energy that overflows
from this glorious form. The free spanning dome that enshrines
the Dhyanalingam measures 77' in diameter and is the largest
of its kind in the world. This divine instrument radiates seven
different qualities on seven different days of the week by which
one can derive various benefits.
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| Arulmigu AranganathaSwamy Thirukoil - Karamadai |
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At
Karamadai, a place near Mettupalayam there lived people by the name "
Thottiyars ". One of the Thottiya had a (Karai Pasu) cow. All off a
sudden, for a few days the cow did not give him milk.
Filled with anger the thottiya followed the cow and found his cow
shedding milk to a Kaarai bush, the thottiya became very furious and
with his knife banged the bush and a sound exploded from the bush and
blood started gushing out of the bush, people knowing this rushed to
the spot and found a Suyambu Lingam inside the bush, the same night the
God appeared in the dream of thottiya and ordered the thottiya to
glorify him with " Chandana Kaapu ", So did the thottiya and found that
it was a beautiful Ranganathar Suyambu (which is said to be growing in
size every year).
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| Arulmigu Poondi Velliyangiriandavar Thirukoil - Poondi |
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Velliyangiri
is a beautiful temple situated in one amongst the five hills of
historical importance. The five hills symbolically represents the five
different faces of Lord Shiva. This is the only temple where
PanchaLinga can be seen. Lord Brahma was fast asleep and lacked in his
duty. So to overcome his sin he started meditating at Himalayas where
he got Shiva Dharisanam and was guided to continue his meditation in
the name of Pattimuni at perur.
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| Arulmigu Poondi Velliyangiriandavar Thirukoil - Poondi |
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Aanaimalai,
a place near Pollachi was earlier ruled by a king called Naanan. He had
a very special mango tree in his farm on the riverside of Aaliyar,
which he was so fond of. He was so particular that nobody was allowed
to use neither the mangoes nor its leaves.
Once, a group of girls
were having their bathe in the Aaliyar river and saw a mango floating
on the river which belonged to nanans tree, on anxiety one of the girl
picked the mango and ate it, even after several pleadings made by her
father, the king sentenced her to death. After some time the villagers
in that particular area formed a female figure in lying state in
remembrance of the innocent girl on the graveyard sand and started
worshipping her. In due course she was worshipped by the name "Maasani"
Later Kozhinkhosargal defeated king Naanan and destroyed that
particular mango trees. It is believed that Lord Rama on his way in
search of Seetha, was absorbed by the power of this temple, stopped
here and performed his meditation adding glory to this temple. |
| Arulmigu
Eachanari Vinayagar Temple |
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This
temple is located at 10 kms from Coimbatore on Pollachi road. It is one
of the oldest temple in Coimbatore and dates to 1500 A.D. The Moolavar
at this temple was actually meant for Perur Patteshwarar temple and since
it got stuck on its way from Madurai, Eachanari became the blessed place.
The deity's height is 6 feet and the width is 3 feet and is one of the
biggest in South India. |
