Palvanna Nathar Temple, Karivalamvandanallur – Legends
Kari Valamvanda Nallur:
As per legend, when Kulasekara
Pandyan went for hunting expedition, he chased an elephant, it went inside the
Shiva temple and circumbulated Shiva Linga hidden in bushes. Suddenly, elephant
got transformed Bhooda Gana (Attendants of Lord Shiva). Since elephant
circumbulated Lord Shiva of this Temple, the place came to be called as Kari
(Elephant) Valam Vantha (Circumbulation) Nallur (Place).
Lord Shiva performed last rites to Pandya King here:
As per Myth, a king called
Varagunarama Pandiyan was ruling over this place. He had no sons. Lord Shiva
appeared in the dreams of the worried King and informed him that Lord himself
will do the last rites for the King. When King died, there were no persons to
do the last rites. At that time, Lord Shiva in form of Old Brahmin appeared and
performed the last rites for the King. Lord Shiva performed last rites to
humans only in two places. One was Thiruvannamalai where Lord Shiva performed
last rites to Vallala Maharaja. The Other was Karivalamvandanallur where Lord
Shiva performed last rites to Varagunarama Pandiyan.
Lakshmaneswarar:
Lakshmana got Brahma Hatti
Dosha for killing Indrajit, son of Ravana. To get rid of this sin, Lakshmana
came here and consecrated the Linga. He worshipped Lord Shiva and got his
relief from his sin. Lingam worshipped Lord Lakshmana can be found in the
Temple premises in the name of Lakshmaneswarar.
Devas Indran and Jayanthan got relieved of their curse here:
Devas Indran and Jayanthan got
curse to became Hunters and born in earth. They were called as Kari and Sathan.
They worshipped Lord Palvannanathar and got relief from their curse.
Parasakthi Peedam:
It was believed that Sage
Agasthya formed Parasakthi Peedam on three places namely; Kutralam, Vedaranyam
and Karivalamvandanallur.
People worshipped Lord Shiva here:
It was believed that Vishnu,
Brahma, Agasthya, Devas, Narada and Vasishta worshipped Lord Shiva here.
Lord Shiva performed his Nithya Thandava here:
It was believed that Lord
Shiva performed his Nithya Thandava in this place.