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Location:
Kanchipuram
(Tondai
Naadu)
Vishnu: Nilaattingal Tundattaan
Taayaar: Nilaattingal
Tundattaayaar
Theertham:Chandra Pushkarini
Paasuram :Tirumangaialwar
Vimaanam:Purushasookta Vimanam
Travel Base:Chennai. Kanchipuram
Description: This Divya Desam
is a small shrine in the innermost prakaram of the grand Ekambreswarar
Temple (Kachi Ekambam Shivastalam) at Kanchipuram (shown in the
image above).
Deities:
Nilattingal Tundattaan (Chandra Choota Perumaal) is the Moolavar in a
standing posture facing west, while Ner Oruvarillaa Valli is the name
of Taayaar here.
Legend
has it that Parvati meditated upon Shiva, in front of a Shivalingam fashioned
out of earth, under a mango tree. It is believed that the mango tree withered
unable to bear the scorching rays of Shiva's gaze, and that Vishnu the
brother of Parvati, caused waves of nectar to rejuvenate the tree.
The Temple:
This is a grand temple, dedicated to Shiva, enshrining Prithivi Lingam,
representing one of the five primordial elements - earth. Endowed with
a vast campus with several mandapams lined with pillars with interesting
sculptures, this is one of the well known temples of Tamilnadu.
In a verse referring
to Kachi Oorakam and Tiruvegkaa (both
in Kanchipuram) Tirumangaialwar refers to Neerakam,
Nilattingal Tundam, Kaarakam , Kaarvaanam
and Kalva(nur). Nilattingal Tundam is
a shrine in the Kanchi Ekambreswarar temple, Neerakam,
Kaarakam and Kaarvaanam are shrines in the Ulagalanda Perumaal
temple (Oorakam) . Kalvanoor is the name of the shrine to Vishnu
(Aadi Varaha Perumaal) in the Kanchi Kamakshi Amman temple.
The Divya Desams revered
by the Alwars in Vishnu Kanchi are Attigiri (the vast
Varadaraja Perumal temple), Ashtabuyakaram, Tiruttankaa, Tiruvelukkai
and Tiruvegkaa, while those in Shiva Kanchi are
Tiru Oorakam (Ulagalanda Perumaal Koyil) , Tiru
Neeragam, Tiruppaatakam, Nilaattingal Tundam, Tirukkaaragam, Tirukkaarvaanam,
Tirukkalvanur, Tiruppavalavannam and Parameswara Vinnagaram.
The vast Ekambreswarar temple(Prithvi Stalam) revered
by the Tevaram hymns, is located in Periya (Shiva) Kanchi, as are the
Kamakshiamman and the Kanda Kottam temples.
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