Monday, November 20, 2017

Thayumanaswami Temple, Rockfort – Literary Mention

Thayumanaswami Temple, Rockfort – Literary Mention
Thirugnana Sambandar, a 7th-century Tamil Saivite poet, venerated Thayumanavar in eleven verses in Thevaram, compiled as the First ThirumuraiAppar, a contemporary of Sambandar, also venerated Thayumanavar in 10 verses in Thevaram, compiled as the Fifth Thirumurai. As the temple is revered in Thevaram, it is classified as Paadal Petra Sthalam, one of the 276 temples that find mention in the Saiva canon. Muthukumaraswamy in the temple is revered in Thirupugazh, the hymns of Arunagirinathar, a 15th-century saint. Saint Arunagiriar praises the Lord as Darba Asana Vedhian-Brahmin on a Darba seat.
Thayumanavar (1705–1742), a Saiva Siddhantha saint has glorified the presiding deity in his verses. There is a mutt named after the saint in the South Street of Rockfort, which celebrates his annual birth anniversary. This is the 123rd Devaram Paadal Petra Shiva Sthalams and 6th Shiva Sthalam located on the southern bank of River Cauvery in Chozha Naadu. Child Saivite Saint Tirugnanasambandar has praised Lord Shiva of the temple as “One who has everything good, one has not anything that is not good, one who has the glittering white skinned Nandhi as his Vahana, Mother Uma sharing his half, all prosperity at his feet, having his abode at the hills of Shirappalli – my heart and mind enjoying the bliss when I praise his glory”.