Hridayaleeswarar Temple
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Hirudhayaleeshwarar Temple | |
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Pallavas | |
Completed | 6th Century AD |
Sri Hirudhayaleeswarar sivan temple is a
.This temple has a HEREDITARY TRUSTEE which was formed in 1929 by a leading industrialist Mr.P.S.Sathappa Chettiar (late), son of Diwan Bahadur P. SOMASUNDARAM CHETTIAR (late), from Coimbatore. This trustee is maintained by his successors, with the current trustee being the great-grandson of Mr. P.S.Sathappa chettiar, Mr. Jagan Somasundaram Sathappan.
Legend
Poosalaar however was not deterred by the words of the people. His heart was large enough to house Shiva's temple and his love served to implement the task with ease. Meanwhile, Rajasimha Pallava, the King of Kanchi had undertaken the task of erecting a temple for Lord Shiva. On the completion of the task, the king wanted it to be named Rajasimeswaram and duly consecrated. Hence the king fixed a date for the consecration. The day before the assigned date the king's heart was brimming with pride of having erected a beautiful temple for the Lord as his eyes shut with his thoughts vanishing into his sleep. The Lord appeared in his dream and stated that He will not be able make present Himself in the consecration ceremony as He will be present in the consecration ceremony of another temple built by an ardent devotee, Poosalaar. Hence the king was asked by the Lord to choose another date to have Him installed ceremoniously on another day in the temple built by him.
The surprised king immediately commanded the culmination of the ceremonies associated with the temple consecration and proceeded to check out on the temple of Poosalaar. Coming to know that Poosalaar lived in a nearby town he set out towards
It was then that the king realized that the poor devotee had visualized his desire stage by stage within his heart, surrendering his will and wish to his beloved Lord. The pure devotion and the unconditional love for the Lord had led the almighty to be enshrined in his heart forever. The king then materialized the temple that Poosalaar had built in the cavern of his heart before having the temple built by him duly consecrated. He called the deity 'Irudhayaleeswarar', the one who abides in the heart. Poosalaar is one of the sixty three
Temple
The story of this temple states that the Lord surrenders to the ambit of a devotee's pure devotion and not extravaganza. The story symbolically represents the Vedic principle of seeking the lord within one's heart and to ultimately lose oneself in Him indivisibly which is what is realization. Poosalaar sought the Lord within Himself which led to His liberation from the cycle of birth and death. In the words of Ramana Maharshi, the greatest form of bakti or devotion is to find and identify Him within oneself to destroy even the least distance between Him and the one seeking to.
Temple Timings
The temple remains open daily from 6am to 12pm and 430pm to 830pm.[1]
References
- ^ "Visit Temples : Best Website for Visiting Temples in India". visittemples.com. Retrieved 2 April 2024.