INTRODUCTION
Thirumancheri temple is famous for marriage related blessings. Those who do not get married or marriage gets delayed due to any reason, they can visit this temple and pray, they will get their marriage finished quickly due to the grace of Lord Shiva and Parvati.
According to legend, once parvathi tells her wish to Lord Shiva that she wants to have a wedding with the Lord in the earth. Parvathi then left Kailasa and lived as the daughter of the great sage Sree Bharata. After some time, Sage Bharata contacted Lord Shiva to get married with Parvathi.
Here the bridegroom Lord Udhvaganathar also known as Kalyanasundarar and Goddess Kokilambal got married before several thousands of years.
The temple attracts large number of crowd especially on Friday. Unmarried males and females must visit this temple and offer flower garlands and perform pujas and abhishekhams to the god and the goddess. After their prayer get answered, again they have to come here for thanking the divine deities.
This temple was visited by Thirugnanasambandar,Thirunavukkarasar and Sundarar they all sung in praise of Lord Shiva.
This temple is located 6 Kms from Kutthalam. Thirumanancheri is one of the important temples of Lord Shiva. This temple is constructed by Chola Queen Sembiyanmadevi.
It is a holy place where the wedding of the divine deities took place.
OTHER DEITIES IN THIS TEMPLE
- Durgai Amman
- Raghu Bhagavan
- Lord Vinayaka
- Natarajar
- Appar
- Sundarar
- Sambandar
- Manickavasagar
- Vishnu
- Lakshmi
- Bharatha Maharishi
- Saneeswarar
- Rudravaneswarar
- Rudravaneswari
Poojas and Festivals
- Daily Pooja
- Weekly Poojas
- Monthly Poojas
- Annual Poojas
During Navarathiri, Vijayadasami, Karthigai and Aruda Dharshanam, Temple Festivals takes place. Every year during Tamil month ‘Chithirai’ Thirukkalyanam Festival will be celebrated in a grand manner.
Let us worship the divine god and goddess and be blessed.
“OM SREE SHIVAYA NAMAHA”
“OM SREE PARVATHI ANNAIYE NAMAHA”
WRITTEN BY R.HARISHANKAR
