Omampuliyur Thiru Pranavatheeswarar

Omampuliyur Thiru Pranavatheeswarar

Omampuliyur


Omampuliyur is 6 kms from Kattumannar Koil and from Chidambaram, Kattumannar koil is 23 kms.
The village Omampuliyur, is a pictureque beautiful village with its rice fields on either side of the road leading to Anaikkarai from kattumannar koil.    The village is also known as Pranavapuram.       The temple is nearer to the bus stop.      The temple is run by a trust and the Gurukkals also are on hereditary basis.   Shri Jagadeesa Gurukkal is presently performing the poojas and his house is adjoining the temple.   He is very helpful and darshan can be had at any time with his help.     Though a lady is selling flowers and other materials for the archanai, it is better to purchase them at Chidambaram.      

A stone image of Nataraja is seen on the niche reserved for Dakshinamurthy in the sanctum, while Dakshinamurthy occupies the grand Sabha, usually set for Natarajar.       A hunter who climbed the vilva tree as he was pursued by a tiger attained salvation here.         Vyagrapadar (the saint with tiger's claws and feet) is said to have worshipped here, as in Perumpuliyur, Erukkattampuliyur, Paatirippuliyur and Perumpatrappuliyur (Chidambaram).    It is said that Vyaghrapada Rishi wished to see the Ananda Thandava dance of Lord Nataraja. But the Lord directed him to go to Chidambaram where his desire would be fulfilled.        Hence the name Pranavavyaghrapureeswarar for the Lord.   
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   According to sthalapuranam, Goddess Pushpathalambigai prayed Lord Siva to teach her Pranava Mantram.         The idol of Goddess Saraswathi here (very rarely seen in the Siva temples) is said to have been worshipped by Goddess Parvathi before she commenced her prayers.    Siva assumed the form of Lord Dakshinamurti and performed the upadesam of Pranava mantram to Goddess Parvathi. Lord Dakshinamurthi who, legend says, does the upadesam to His disciples silently through mudras, is said to have taught the same verbally for the first time to Goddess Pushpathalambigai at Omampuliyur.          A unique practice followed in the procedure of abhishekam draws one's attention. Generally in all Siva temples, the abhishekam, archana etc. are performed to the presiding deities, viz., Siva and Parvathi — followed by the pragara deities which may include Natarajar, Dakshinamurthi, Subramaniar, Durga and Navagraha.     But in this temple after performing the abhishekam, archana, etc., to Lord Pranavavyaghrapureeswarar, the scene shifts to the shrine of Lord Dakshinamurthi (in the Mahamandapam) and then only to Goddess Pushpathalambigai. Here Lord Dakshinamurthi takes precedence as guru.


The Mahakumbabishekam of Sri Pushpalathambika samedha Sri Pranava Vyagrapuriswarar (Sri Thuyar Tirtha Nathar) temple at Omampuliyur took place on February 7, 9 of 2011.
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• மூலவர் சுயம்பு மூர்த்தி - சதுர பீடத்தில் உயர்ந்த பாணத்துடன் காட்சித் தருகிறார்.

·         இத்தலத்தில் தட்சிணாமூர்த்தி சிறப்புடையது; குருமூர்த்தத் தலம். உபதேசம் செய்த தட்சிணாமூர்த்திகோயிலுக்குள்ளேயே மூலமூர்த்தியாக உயர்ந்த பீடத்தில் சிலாரூபத்தில் காட்சித் தருகிறார்.

·         சந்நிதியின் ஒருபுறம் சலந்தரனை அழிக்கத் திருமாலுக்குச் சக்கரம் வழங்கிய சிற்பமும்; மறுபுறம் ஐந்து புலியூர்களில்வழிபடப்பட்ட ஐந்து சிவலிங்கங்களும் செதுக்கப்பட்டுள்ளன.

·         சோழர் காலக் கல்வெட்டு ஒன்றும், பல்லவர்கள் காலத்தவை ஐந்தும் ஆக ஆறு கல்வெட்டுக்கள் இக்கோயிலில்உள்ளன.

·         மூன்றாம் குலோத்துங்கன் காலத்திய கல்வெட்டில் இத்தலம் 'வடகரை விருதராசபயங்கர வளநாட்டு மேற்கா நாட்டுப்பிரமதேயம் ஓமாம்புலியூராகிய உலகளந்த சோழசதுர்வேத மங்கலம் ' என்றும்; இறைவன் பெயர் 'வடதளி உடையார் 'என்றும் குறிக்கப்பட்டுள்ளது.