Sri
Kailasanathar-Prasanna Nayaki Temple, Nedungudi, Pudukkottai district.
During the Puranic Age, Nedungudi
was dense with Vilwa trees on a mount.
Two brothers, Perunjeevi and Chiranjeevi came to this place to worship
Lord Shiva. Perunjeevi asked the younger
brother Chiranjeevi to bring a Shivalinga for the penance from Kasi. As the younger brother could not reach
Nedungudi with a Linga from Kasi in time, Perunjeevi made a Linga himself and
began the worship. When Chiranjeevi
returned with the Shivalinga from Kasi, he begged his brother to do puja for
this Linga too but Perunjeevi refused to do so.
The younger brother began intense penance for the approval of his Linga.
Lord Shiva appeared before the
brothers and named Perunjeevi’s Linga as Kailasanathar and that of Chiranjeevi
as Kasinathar and told them that those worshipping both Lingas would gain the
benefit of praying at Kasi and Kailash.
The temple was renovated by the
Pandya kings in the 13th century.
The Giri Valam (going around the
mount) as practiced in Tiruvannamalai is followed in the Nedungudi temple too
on Poornima days. There is a river at
the foothills of the temple in the northeast called Paamparu and Sarpa Nadhi in
the Girivalam path. Bathing in this
river and worship the Lord bring all benefits to the devotee.
On Poornima (full moon day),
Amavasya (new moon day) and first of Tamil month days and Pradosham (13th
day either from new moon or full moon day) special pujas are performed to
Nandhi Bhagwan (the bull vehicle of Lord Shiva) with bhajans.
Those seeking child boon, have a dip
in the Sarpa river, stay in the temple for a day and go 5 rounds in the car
street. They perform, abishek and
archanas to Lord Kailasanathar and Mother Prasanna Nayaki to get a child. Women facing risk to their Mangal Sutras also
pray here with their parents.
Those mentally weak or retarded are
advised to sit on the Padma peeta in the mandap, the roof of which has the
zodiac chakra and chant “Om Namasivaya” mantra 108 times.
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