Tiruppartanpalli Perumal Temple

Overview

This place is one of the Thirunaangur Divyadesam and is in Thirunaangur in Tanjore area in Tamil Nadu. It's about 5 miles away from Seerkazhi. Lord Indra and the Rudhirar has the Lords dharsan, the pond here is known as Indra Pushkarani and Rudira here vibrates every one of his forces as Pranava without like a Nanda vilakku the Vimaanam here is Pranava 11 Divyadesams of Thirunaangur was made to get Lord Shiva from his Brahma hati consistently after Thai Amavasai, all the Perumals of the eleven Thriunaangur Thirupathis come here to Manimaaada Kovil in their in Garuda Vahanams. On that event Thirumangai Alwar with his wife Kumudhavalli would descend from Thirunagari alongside the gods he revere. At that time, the 11 Thirunaangur Divyadesa Perumals are lauded with the Paasurams Mangalasasanam made by him are sung. Lastly the Thiru Andikaapu alwar acknowledges the festoons and respect each perumal and all would set into an amazing parade.

About the Temple

As Arjuna - Parth got to see Lord Narayana here and it is said that significance of the Sharma shloka and the Gota shloka, the Perumal got the name Parthasarathy. Moolavar and Utsavar are found alongside Periya Pirati, Bhoomi piratti and Neeladevi. Lord Ekadasa Rudhiran got dharsan of the Lord in this place. The Pushkarani is known as Ganga Theertham ; as an honour to Lord Shiva to Ganga who is in the Shiva's head. In this temple itself there is a utsavar idol of Kolavalli Raman who has (shell) Shangu, (wheel) Chakram, (a weapon) Ghadai, (bow) Vill and (Arrow) Ambu in his hands. The Moolavar of this temple is found in a Tamarind Orchard near the temple. It is said that meaning of the Sharma sloga, the Gota slogam ("Sharva dharman") was gotten at this place only.

Mangalasasanam

Thirumangaialwar – 12 Paasurams.
Total – 12 Paasurams.

Pushkarani

iIndra Pushkarani, Rudhira Pushkarani.

Vimanam

Pranava Vimaanam.

About the Deity

The presiding deity of this place is Sri Narayanan. He is also known as Nanda Vilakku. The Moolavar is in the Irundha (Sitting) Thirukkolam facing his thirumugham towards east direction. Prathyaksham for Lord Indra and Ekadasa Rudhirar. The Thaayar of this sthalam is Pundariga Valli Thaayar. The Utsavar found in this sthalam is Narayanan. He is also Known as Alatharku Ariyan.

Legend and Stories

Nanda Vilakku implies the constant light. Here the perumal stands as Nanda Vilakku giving the Pranava Gyana oli ie "Om" which is the key sound of the entire universe. Ajaykapathan, Aahirputheyar, Binanai, Roodhar, Pithuroopar, Thriyambakar, Maheswarar, Virushakabi, Shambuvahanar, Easwarar all the above 10 are known as Ekadasa Rudhirar. Ajaykapathan was at one time the bearer of Lord Shiva who was having 4 mouths, 1000 shoulders, Karala Vadhanam, ears with shell studs and 100 legs. Aahirputheyan is the child of Maharishi Boothan and Surabi. Binaki was a bow which was framed by Lord Indra.

Once Kanva Maharishi who raised shakuntala was in a profound request to God and was secured by Sand hills. Bamboo trees began to develop on the top and seeing the finest nature of these Bamboo's, Lord Indra made 3 bows out of them. He named the first as Kandibam and kept it for himself. The other one was named Shargam and was given to Lord Narayana and the third one was named Binaki and was given to Lord shiva. Maheswarar has the body and a trimming as Lord Shiva however is of white shading. As Lord Narayana gave his dharsan to Lord Shiva who was gotten from the transgression of slaughtering Lord Brahma. Narayana gave these Ekadasa Rudhirar's, excessively his uncommon dharsan. When holy person Dhurvasan gave a laurel which was utilized as a part of the love of Goddess Lakshmi to Lord Indira. Be that as it may, he took the wreath indiscreetly and put it on his Elephant Iravadham. The festoon was crushed under the feet of this Elephant. The holy person got irate and reviled Lord Indra that all his riches would vanish in the ocean. One day all the Devaas churned the ocean and the following day they got Godess Lakshmi's favors. So that specific day of agitating was named as Ekadasi and the day next as Dhuvadasi. So in the wake of recapturing his riches, Lord Indra got the dharsan of Lord Narayana at this spot. It's been said that in a war between Lord Shiva and Lord Vishnu.

Master Shiva throwed his Tirisoolam (his weapon) on Lord vishnu and he took it as his Thiruman (Symbol in his brow) and Lord Vishnu once held Lord Shiva's neck firmly (while he drank the toxic substance which originated from the Thriuparkadal) and the toxin remained there and Lord Shiva was named Neelakandan from that point. By revering Lord Shiva his dark throat takes after Lord Krishna's shading keeping in mind loving Lord Vishnu the Thiruman remains as image for Lord Shiva and in this way these Lords are demanding solidarity among us. Nara Narayanar, is the type of Lord who turned into an understudy himself and an educator himself, instructing Gnana to himself just like an understudy and instructor at the same time. Ruler Naryanan of Manimaada Kovil remains as a light which spreads Gnana to the world and Nara Narayana of Bhadrinath who taught Gnana to himself and subsequently both are proportionate as far as Gnana. The above correlation was made by Thirumangai alwar in his paasuram

Accessibility

Airport

The nearest airports are at Chennai and Tricy.

Railways

No flights are available between Chennai to Sirkazhi but there are 11 direct trains from Chennai to Sirkazhi. These trains are Tiruchendur Exp (16735), Rameswaram Exp (16701), Tiruchy Exp (06801), Trichy Express (16853), Karaikal Exp (16175). The minimum time a train takes to reach Sirkazhi from Chennai is 3h 52m. The economical route to reach Sirkazhi from Chennai is to take Rameswaram Exp from Chennai to Sirkazhi.

Road

Direct bus between Chennai and Sirkazhi is available.

Temple Address

Tiruppartanpalli Perumal Temple,
Tiruppartanpalli (Sirkali), Nagapattinam,
Tamil Nadu, India.