THIRUVIDAIMARUDHUR
I want to write a detail description about my native place,Thiruvidaimarudhur which is in Tanjore district.It is a very big kshetra in TamilNadu.The deity Mahalingaswamy,is called Madyarjunam.From Kumbakonam to Myladuthurai place if you travel it is in 12km distance on that way.
Just like we say the beauty of temple chariot in Thiruvaroor temple.Hence we say the streets of Thiruvidaimarudhur is beauty.In this temple there are 3 prakaras.The first ashvamedha prakara.People who have depressed mind go round this prakara and get cured.Second is Kodumudi prakara and if we go round this prakara we get the result of getting into kailasa.The third one is Pranava prakara.It is near the garba graha.Hence there are many holes on the wall.If we keep our ears on those holes we hear the sound "OM".
Swami Mhalingeshwarar is called Marudhavaneshwarar since Maruda tree is sthala vriksha.Ambal name is Brihat Sundara Grijambika.Varaguna pandiya got rid of his Bramhahathi dosham in this temple.This bramhahathi is situated at the East Gopura Vasal.So people after the darshan while going out will not come that because they might get this bramhahathi dosham.
Always in Siva temple we see Vinayaka in Kanni corner,West-subrahmanya,north-Chandeshwar,South-Dakshinamoorthy,Agni corner-Somas skandhar,Isana-Natraja,Bairava.
Like that order Vinayaka of Thiruvalanchuzhi,Subrahmanya of Swamimalai,in south Dakshinamoorthy of Aalangudi,North-Chandeshwar of Thirucheinalur,South-Nandhikeshwarar of Thiruvavaduthurai,Somaskandhar of Thiruvaroor,Vanadurga of Patteeshwaram,Natraja of Thillai,Bhairava of Seerkazhi are situated.Pattinathar and Badragiriyar made poems about these temples.
Thai poosam is celebrated here in grand scale.In 2010 very big chariot festival will be celebrated there.We all contributed for it who all wishes can send MO.
Mahaperiyaval used to celebrate Sivarathri here only.It is next to Kasi kshethra.Smt.MS.Subbulakshmi used to give concert on Sivarathri days.VeerSami pillai Nadharswana vidhwan was born here.Mentally challenged people go round the Ashwamedha prahara number of times after taking bath in kaveri to get cured.Whenever people travel to TamilNadu visit this temple get good results equivalent to that we get in Kasi.Legends proclaim that Siva worshipped himself here and hence he is called Mahalingam.The nectar pot when broken one part fell in this place(Thiruvidaimarudhur).
Other specialities of this temple
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The Vinayakar idol in the form of pranava is called pranava vinayakar.There are no Dwara Balakas for this temple.Instead there are vishnu and Muruga.Though we associate Vinayaka with trees,here we find Chandrasekara under the tree.Here a sacred well is in the form of lion.
Some rare features
There are many theerthams in this town called Kanyamithra Theertham,Bhana Theertham,Parashara Theertham,Soma theertham and Rudra theertham.Kalyana theertham is in the river kaveri,where in "thai poosam" idols are bathed.This temple plays an important role in fine arts.We can see all dance poses in one prakara.Near the garba graha there is one idol of Ravana lifting the Himalayan mountain where Siva and Parvathi were in sitting pose.Outside that wall in the other prakara if you keep your ears one can hear the tuning of veens played by Ravana.
This temple built by Cholas where kaveri and veerachola river runs for six months.Each and everyone should visit this temple and get the blessings.