VAYALUR SUBRAMANYA SWAMI

SRI SUBRAMANYA SWAMI TEMPLE VAYALUR

           The Vayalur Murugan Temple is situated at 9 km west of Trichy in Tamil Nadu. The temple is also called by names like Adi vayalur, Kumara vayalur, Vanni vayalur and Agnishwaram. It was built around 1200 years back in the Chola period. The main deity of this temple is Lord Muruga, while the temple is also famous amongst the devotees of lord Shiva.There are many shrines dedicated to Lord Shiva present within the premises of this temple. These shrines include Nataraja and Sri Poiya Ganapati as well as consorts of Valli and Deivanai, depicting in a position of being seated in a peacock. The speciality of its Natarajar idol is that it has both its leg on the ground. To honour these idols, a festival is also held at this temple.  The location of this temple is also said to be the place where Lord Muruga blessed saint poet, Arunagiri Nathar wrote 18 verses (910-927) on Vayalur in the famous Tiruppukal. Lord Natarajar is in the Sadura Danda pose in this temple.The surroundings of this temple include green fields and Sakhti Theertaham on its opposite side.

 

History

               Vayalur attains great significance since the world famous hymns Tiruppukal was created by Śrī Arunagirināathar here.At Tiruvannamalai Lord Muruga blessed Śrī Arunagirinathar with the first few lines "Muthai Tiru". After writing these few lines Śrī Arunagirinathar goes back into deep meditation. Lord Muruga beckoned him to Vayalur and asked him to sing Tirppugal. Śrī Arunagirnathar was overwhelmed and requested the Lord to show him the mode of presentation. With Lord Muruga's blessings he initially wrote a verse on Śrī Poiya Ganapati Kaithala Nirai Kani and later the Tiruppukal verses. Thus Vayalur gains great importance as this is the place where Śrī 

             Arunagirinathar wrote Tiruppukal which is the main gospel for Muruga bhaktas.

Historically the Subramanyar temple at Kumaravayalur dates back to the period of the Cholas, as testified by the inscriptions seen here. The Chola kings who had Uraiyur as the capital in the 9th century built this temple. Later Śrī Kripananda Variyar contributed immensely towards the further development of this temple.