Keezhvelur Kediliappar Temple – Legends
Lord
Muruga penance on Lord Shiva:
Lord Muruga sought the blessings of Lord Shiva to
cleanse himself of the sin he incurred for killing demon Soorapadman in
Tiruchendur. Lord Shiva advised the Son to create a spring in Keezha
Velur and worship him to accomplish the purpose. Lord Muruga reached this
place with his Nava-Nine commanders. To begin the worship, first, Lord
Muruga made a Vinayaka with turmeric (Manjal in Tamil) powder. That place
near Velur is now called Manjadi. With the help of Maya the divine
sculptor, he built a beautiful Shiva Temple with a Vimana called Pushkala
Vimana.
Creating a spring with his Vel weapon on the east
entrance, he bathed in the water along with his commanders and all army
men. Completing all the preliminaries, Lord Muruga began an intense
penance on Lord Shiva. Evil spirits began to spoil the Lord’s
penance. He sought the help of Mother Parvathi, who in the name of Anju
Vattathu Amman – Mother covering five circles – four directions and the sky –
appeared there and protected Lord Muruga and his penance.
Agasthya
cursed a king of the forest to become donkey:
Agasthiyar was penancing at Vindhya Parvatham. Here
there was a king of the forest who was disturbing the people who visit to
Agasthiyar place. Agasthiyar cursed him to become a donkey. In their next birth
the two donkeys were in a business man’s house. He used them to transport commodities.
Once they came to this temple with their master and drank the water in the
Brahma Pushkarani, and they were able to look into their previous birth and
started conversing among them. The master was afraid at the donkeys speaking
like human beings and he left them. They went around the temple and heard a
voice asking them to take bath, worship Lord Siva on Full moon day of Adi
(July) for four days and drink the Water of Brahma
People
worshipped Lord Shiva here:
Lords Vishnu and Brahmma, Indira, Agni, Yama, Chandra
the Moon, Vayu, Sages Vashista, Sage Markandeya, Dhunmathi and Chandra Gupta
had worshipped Lord in this temple
Lord
Shiva danced for Agasthya:
Shiva is said to have danced with his right foot raised,
for Agasthiar.
Guberan
helped a devotee here:
Guberan came here to help out a poor devotee by name
Chandragupta.
