Kaleeswarar Temple, Villianallur, Mayiladuthurai
Kaleeswarar
Temple is dedicated to Hindu God Shiva located at Villianallur Village near
Mayiladuthurai in Nagapattinam District of Tamilnadu. Presiding Deity is called
as Kaleeswarar and Mother is called as Sivakamasundari. Holy Tree is Vilwa Tree
and Theertham is Homa Kulam.
Legends
Twin Vinayaga:
According
to this rule, Lord Vinayaka was already in existence even before the wedding of
Mother Parvathi with Lord Shiva in one Yuga. It is also said that Lord
Vinayaka was the purohit conducting the Shiva Parvathi wedding in the holy soil
of Tirumanjeri. Indeed, Vinayaka stayed in this place, performed
pujas as per Agama rules to Lord Shiva of this place - Villianallur
only. He took two forms, one as a purohit to conduct the divine wedding in
Tirumanjeri and one for stay in this place, thus, in his two forms; He is a
twin Vinayaka in this place. As desired by Mother Parvathi, He became the
eldest offspring of the divine couple.
Sivakama Sundari:
During
the preparations for the Wedding of Lord and Mother, Shiva-Parvathi, evil
powers tried to stop the event. Mother took the form of Vishwarupa
Kali and destroyed these malefic spirits. Yet, she was still
furious. Lord looked at her with all love. Ambica felt shy and
turned back to her original charming form. As Ambica belongs to the love
of Lord, She is worshipped as Sivakama Sundari.
Kaleeswarar:
As Lord
calmed down the fury of Kali, he is praised as Kaleeswarar.
Homa Kulam:
Lord
Vinayaka has his own temple near the Kaleeswarar temple on the way. The Kula – tank
was created Lord Ganapathi for water needs to conduct Homas, hence called Homa
Kulam.
Chandikeswara:
Lord
Chandikeswara in the Komukham of Mother Ambica in this temple is believed to
belong to Krutha Yuga when he had faces. He had three in Thretha Yuga, two
in Dwapara Yuga and one in the present Kali Yuga. This very fact is
evidence to the antiquity of the temple. Worshipping this Krutha
Yuga Chandikeswara relieves the devotees of their sins of generations of the
past.
The
Temple
Presiding
Deity is called as Kaleeswarar and Mother is called as Sivakamasundari. Holy
Tree is Vilwa Tree and Theertham is Homa Kulam. Lord Vinayaka has his own
temple near the Kaleeswarar temple on the way. The Kula – tank was created Lord
Ganapathi for water needs to conduct Homas, hence called Homa
Kulam. Lord Chandikeswara generally seen in the Komukham of Lord’s
shrine traditionally in other Shiva temples is in the Brahmmastham in Mother’s
shrine here. The temple has shrines for Lords Vinayaka, Dakshinamurthi,
Mahavishnu, Brahmma and Mother Durga in the prakara.
Temple
Opening Time
The
temple is open from 7.00 a.m. to 11.30 a.m. and from 5.00 p.m. to 8.00 p.m.
Festivals
Besides
monthly Pradoshams, the temple celebrates Maha Shivrathri devotionally in
February-March.
Prayers
People
believe that worshipping the Twin Vinayaka(s) in the temple would remove
obstacles in marriage conclusions. Devotees also pray here for
relief from the anger of departed ancestors, for wedding and child boons and
for a life free of diseases. Devotees perform abishek and Archanas to Lord and
Mother and offer vastras.
Connectivity
Villianallur
is about 2 km far from Kuttalam on the Thirumananjeri road in the
Mayiladuthurai Taluk in Nagapattinam district. Nearest Railway Station is
located at Mayiladuthurai and Nearest Airport is located at Trichy.