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Introduction and History
The great,ancient and unique temple is dedicated to Lord Shiva and Saint Umapathi Sivachariyar who use to pray Lord Shiva and got some words from Shiva in his dreams.
Umapathi Shivachariyar (13th century–14th century CE) was a Tamil poet and scholar. It is from his writings that details about earlier poets, chiefly Parimelalhagar, have become known.
Umapati Sivacharya celebrated the life of the Saivite saint Sekkizhar in his 1313 CE work called Sekkizhar Nayanar Puranam.In 1323 CE, he authored the work Sankarpa Nirakaranam. This is known by his indication of the year as Sagam 1235 within the work of Sankarpa Nirakaranam. This translates to 1323 CE in the modern Gregorian calendar.[2] In one of his venpa poetries named “Valluvar Seer”, he mentions about Parimelalhagar indicating his commentary of the Tirukkural.[3] This indicates that Parimelalhagar lived before Shivachariyar.
This great shaivite philosopher came in the tradition of the priests of thillai in chithambaram in thamiz land. He was a well learnt scholar in both Samskritam as well as thamiz. The chOza king realising his scholarhood gave him pearl palanquin, a drum band to go around him and a day torch light. In one of the days of the month vaikAsi he was returning after worshiping the Dancing Lord. That time the great shaiva sidhdhanthic philosopher maRaigyAnasamabandhar(1) was teaching his students the splendid philosophy. One of his students informed him about the passing of umApati shivAchchAriyar by the street. Then the teacher of sidhdhanthic wisdom remarked patta kattaiyil pagaRkurudan pOgiRAn pArungaL (On the dead wood goes there the day-blind, see!). These words kindled the thoughts of umApathi shivAchchAriyAr who was eagerly looking for a philosophical guide. He fell on the feet of maRaigyAna sambandhar. The later to accepted him as his disciple considering his maturity.
There happened one day an event that exhibited the marvelous devotion he had for his guru maRaigyAnasambandhar. They were walking across the weavers’ street. The master maRaigyanasambandhar took from one of them the cellulose (kanychi) kept for the cloths and drank it. While he was drinking it, some of it dripped through his elbow. The ardant disciple umApathi chivAchchAriyAr drank that, which was dripping through the master’s elbow. Everybody was surprised to see this devotion on guru. The priests of thillai excommunicated him from the priestly community since he drank the remains of what maRaigyAnasambandhar drank, as it is considered against the discipline of priestly people. From then on he started living outside thillai in a place called koRRavan kudi.
Like the deed of the Supreme Grace, Which gave a letter addressed to the king chEramAn perumAL(2) for the benefit of the devotee pANa baththiar, the Dancing Lord gave a letter addressed to this devotee for peRRAn chAmbAn asking him to initiate peRRan sAmbAn and liberate him. The devotee taking the order of the Lord on his head, gave peRRAn sAmbAn mukthi. Later in the presence of peRRAn chAmbAn’s wife and the king, he also gave mukthi to a muLLi plant. Once in the temple flag hoisting festival, when the flag was not rising, he sang kodikkavi and made it rise on the pole.
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This scholarly philosopher has written many sidhdhanthic scriptures. he has written eight of the fourteen reverand sidhdhanthic texts. They are
chivappirakAcham
thiruvarutpayan
vinA veNpA
pORRip paqRodai
kodikkavi
n^enychu vidu thUdhu
uNmai n^eRi viLakkam (There is an opinion that this is not this authors work.)
chaN^kaRpa n^irAkaraNam
Apart from these he has written thamiz books (These indicate the high reverance this devotee had on thirumuRais)
kOyil purANam
thirumuRai kaNda purANam
thiruththoNdar purANa varalARu
thiruththoNdar purANa chAram
chEkkizAr purANam
thiruppadhik kOvai
thiruppadhikak kOvai
thEvAra aruLmuRaith thiraTTu
nyAna AchAra sAththira panychakam
He has also written commentary in saMskRitam for the paushkarAgamam. Hailing the enchanting dance fo the Supreme Lord at thiruththillai he has composed two works in sanskrit namely naTarAja dvani mantra sthava and kuJNchitAghri sthavam.
From the verses of the chaNkaRpa nirAkaraNam, he has written it is found that his period was 14th century.
The temple is a beautiful sacred place decorated with gorgeous idols of deities, which leave the devotees spellbound. As the temple is built along the roadside, it attracts a number of devotees on a daily basis. Visiting the place one could feel a sacred haven, a tranquil space that helps one to get relief from the hustle of the fast city.
As a Temple concern, Morning and evening Aarti time are the moments when temple keeps full of devotees.
Visitors and devotees can see many statues of holy deities like LORD BRAHMA, LORD SHIVA ,LORD VISHNU AND MAA DURGA.
Devotees used to come to pray to Lord Ram, Maa Sita ,Laxmanji and Hanumanji also.
Although,Temple is small and placed on the road as it is so beautiful and clean.
Temple people used to follow all covid 19 protocols . Temple is surrounded by Lots of Trees and fresh air as far as the environment is concerned.
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Presiding Deity
Lord Shiva and Saint poet Umapathi Shivachariyar
Timings
Monday to Sunday – Open timing 6am–12pm & 2:00 PM–9PM.
The winter season is perfect to visit as it is so hot in summers in Tamil Nadu which can cause Illness,difficulties.
Festivals
Durga Pooja,Gayatri Pooja, Saraswati puja,Mahashivratri, Prahalad Jayant,Navratris,Krishna Janmashtami,Ram Navami,Diwali, Holi, Hanuman Jayanti, Dussehra
etc…
Basic services
Drinking Water Cooler , CCTV Security, Prashada Serving, Puja Samagri stalls etc..
Activities
Open the Darbar gates of Presiding Diety and pay Prayers after Bhagwan Subrabhat Bhauj.
Morning Vedic enchanting and Nature’s welcome (ethnic way).
Vedic Yagya- To purify our inner self for realization and world peace.
Tribute to five basic elements i.e. Land, Water, Sky, Fire and Air.
Pay the last pray of the day in evening after Presiding God Bhauj.
THINGS TO DO
MEDITATION
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AYURVEDA
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ASTROLOGY
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ARADHANA and ARCHANA
Devotees and visitors come here to take experience of pure spiritualism and peace as they use to do visit every day and pray to
Lord Shiva and Saint poet Umapathi Shivachariyar
Pooja, Aartis and Timing
Basically the Aartis to be performed as per the Concern Shraddhas of devotees and Concern Deities.
Believing Aartis are :
Lord Brahma, Lord Vishnu & Lord Shiva at 5AM.
Sai Baba Aarti and Pooja at 5:40am
Shivalinga Pooja , Aarti at 5:50am
Lord Ram Maa Sita,Laxmanji and Hanuman ji Pooja at 6:00AM.
Dhyanam and “OM” Dhyanam at 6AM.
Note:The above timings are common but not accurate!
Nearby Famous Temples
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Mukkuruni Vinayagar Temple
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Sai Baba Temple
Pasupatheshwarar Temple etc..
Nearby Dharamshalas and Hotels
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Famous Markets
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Famous for Shopping in Chidambaram.
Restaurants
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Hospitals
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K.R.Hospital
THILLAI HOSPITAL
Chidambaram Government Hospital etc..
Concern Police Stations
Police Station
W Sannadhi St, Chidambaram, Tamil Nadu 608001
04144 222 377
Annamalai Nagar Police Station
9PP6+RF7, Annamalai Nagar, Chidambaram, Tamil Nadu 608002
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Miscellaneous information
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Legal information
The temple is situated on legal site taking care by Govt. and Mandir Community, there is no legal obligation on Temple Property or Temple Schedule, Criteria,Rules etc..
Samajik Sahayat,Goshalas, Sadhus, Sants, Mahants, Famous Dharmik Writers/ Musicians/Dancers/ Craftsmen around the Temple.
Initiattives like Pashu Sewa, Pakshi Sewa, Langar Sewa, Vedic Pathshalas etc Plannings in process.
There is a temple group of some devotees who use to role as band of temple as they do kirtans, Kathas and Narrating sewas time to time.
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Modes of Travel
Chidambaram is well connected to almost all the major cities in the country through its airways. Tiruchirappalli is the nearest airport to Chidambaram an is located at a distance of around 195 km. You can easily hire a taxi to reach the airport at easily affordable rent.
Chidambaram is well connected to almost all the major cities in the country through its airways. Tiruchirappalli is the nearest airport to Chidambaram an is located at a distance of around 195 km. You can easily hire a taxi to reach the airport at easily affordable rent.
It lies on the Chennai Trichy meter gauge line and is also well connected through rail to the temple towns of Rameswaram, Thanjavur and Kumbakonam.
By Air
Chidambaram is not well connected to other major cities of the country via regular flights. The nearest airport is in Tiruchirappally at a distance of 128kms.
Airports: Tiruchirapally Civil Airport Airport
By Road
The Chidambaram municipality maintains 64.12 km (39.84 mi) of road. The town has 8.44 km (5.24 mi) concrete roads and 48.69 km (30.25 mi) bituminous road. A total of 5 km (3.1 mi) of state highways is maintained by the State Highways Department and 6 km (3.7 mi) by the National Highways Department. It is located at a distance of 223 km (139 mi) from Chennai, 335 km (208 mi) from Madurai, 375 km (233 mi) from Rameswaram, 340 km (210 mi) from Bengaluru. The national highway NH- 32 (the Chennai- Villupuram-Puducherry-Cuddalore-Chidambaram-Nagapattinam- Thoothukudi Highway) passes through Chidambaram and NH81 connects Chidambaram with Coimbatore through Kattumannarkoil, Tiruchirapalli and Karur. The Cuddalore road, Pitchavaram Road, Sirkazhi Road, Kattumanarkoil road and Old Bhuvanagiri road are the five main district roads connecting Chidambaram to other cities of Tamil Nadu.
Minibus service operated by private companies cater to the local transport needs. The main bus stand is located in the heart of the town and has 46 bus bays. The Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation operates daily services connecting various cities such as Bengaluru, Madurai, Palani, Salem, Tindivanam, Kallakkurichi, Tiruvannamalai, Velankanni, Rameswaram, Tiruppur, Trichy, Perambalur, Karaikudi, Sivagangai, Paramakudi, Sayalkudi, Mudukulathoor, Panruti, Vriddhachalam, Erode, Mettur, Chennai, Puducherry, Viluppuram, Tirupathur and Neyveli with Chidambaram. The State Express Transport Corporation operates long-distance buses connecting the town to important cities like Chennai, Coimbatore, Trichy, Salem and Thoothukudi. Three wheelers, called autos, are also a common public transport system.
By Train
You can easily get regular trains to Chidambaram from other major cities of the country..
Railway Station(s): Chidambaram
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Address for Donation and visiting purpose
Umapathi Sivachariyar Temple
9PV4+J2W, Annamalai Nagar, Chidambaram, Tamil Nadu 608002
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