As such a pond is found here called Jatayu Kundam pot of Jatayu having holy ash of Vibhuti. There is also a different version in which chevvai is the son of sage Bharathwaja and was brought up by Mother Earth.
In Macha purana, it is told that Veerabhadra who was created from the third eye of Lord Siva , destroyed the yaga of Daksha. The Devas were terrified of the havoc wrought by Veerabhadra who grew conscious of this fear, transformed himself into Chevvai.
The village is also known for palm leaf astrology called Naadi astrology in Tamil. Vaitheeswaran Kovil is opened from 6 AM to 1. The opening and closing timings may change during special pujas and festive occasions. Brahmotsavam annual festival is celebrated during the Tamil calendar months of Pankuni and Thai January—February.
Karthigai festival during November is also celebrated with pomp and glory. Kantha Sashti, a festive occasion for Subramanya, is celebrated in the shrine of Muthukumaraswamy. As Chevvai is attired in red colour, he is offered with Thoor dhal and red arali flowers during Poojas. Offerings of unrefined sugar are also placed here. Tuesdays are preferred for the worship of Angaraka. If one observes the fast on Tuesday for 21 times, the unlucky influence of Tuesday Mangal can be got relieved.
Generally, six worship services are offered daily. Devotees take a holy dip in the temple tank before worshipping Vaitheeswaran in the temple. It is also a local belief that dissolving jaggery Tamil:vellam in the waters cures skin diseases. Tonsure ceremony of getting children shaved for the first time to promote proper growth is a very common practise. Mavilaku ma litting lamp in rice cakes is a form of worship practised.
The practise of jamming salt and pepper in front of the temple mast and the pot near the temple tank is also followed. Unlike other temples in South India, where each shrine has a priest, each priest in the temple associates themselves with the devotees and performs worship on their behalf. The holy soil rounded with ash called Thiruchandu Urundai is treated as medicine and believed to cure all the diseases. Another medicine given is chandan sandalwood powder with saffron.
Devotees also donate carved silver plated body organs in the Hundi vessel for offering to cure the diseases. Here Shiva is worshipped only after the midnight pujas are offered to Muthukumarasamy. On the evenings of each Tuesday, Chevvai comes round the temple, seated up on the goat.
His consort is Thaiyalnaayaki ambal. Once, one of the nine planets, Angaraka Mars was suffering from leprosy and was cured by Lord Vaidhyanathaswamy. Hence, it is believed that a bath in the holy waters of the Siddhamirtham tank will cure all diseases.
Angaraka or Mangal Planet Mars worship is of great importance here and this is the uniqueness of this temple. Also known as Sevvai or Chevvai, the bronze image of Angaraka is placed in this shrine.
Chevvai Bhagavan has two wives; Malini and Susilini. Chevvai rids upon the Annam bird. He is of reddish form. They learn of past lives by obtaining the correct manuscript that matches their identity. Some of the lucky people who check their nadi readings, chance upon an ancient manuscript which correctly matches their identity. The match for a nadi and an individual occurs when factors like date, star of birth, name of mother and father, your age when you visit the nadi reader, and so on, all match with the details on the manuscript.
Once you have a nadi manuscript that matches your identity, your nadi astrologer or reader will help you with predictions for the future and readings about past lives. People travel thousands of kilometers praying for a cure from several body ailments, pimples, and scars.
It is the deity Thaiyalnayaki, who carries medicinal oil which her lord, Shiva, uses to cure Mars Angaraka of leprosy. The western tower houses the Shiva Lingam. For a few days, every year, the sun rays fall directly on the Lingam. The temple contains inscriptions of King Vikrama Chola from the 12th century. Also, it consists of inscriptions of the Nayaks in the 16th century and the Marathas in the 18th century are also present.
There is a shrine of Thaiyalnayaki, which holds the medicinal oil that cures the diseases of the devotees, present in the second enclosure which faces the south. So, the southern gateway of temple directly faces the Thaiyalnayaki shrine. Housing several significant deities in shrines, the Vaitheeswaran temple is a large place of worship. Lord Shiva is in the form of the swayambhu murti, the revered deity.
At the site, you can find several small temples dedicated to Goddess Durga, Lord Subrahmanya, Angaraka, the Sun god, and most importantly, the Navagrahas as well. Jatayu kund , a holy pond is located at the temple. So you can commute to the temple in a bus or car. Also, you can directly reach the temple located in Nagapattinam from Chennai by train.
Thousands of people travel to Vaitheeswaran Koil every year as they believe that all their diseases have a cure at this unique place of worship. Astrology and Nadi Jothidam is another big crowd puller, and many visitors to this temple town always make it a point to check if they have any astrology readings available for them.
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It is also praised in the Thevaram hymns of saint poets of the 7th century, Thirunavukkarasar and Sambandar. Legends say that it was here that Planet Mars was cured by Vaidyanatha Swamy Shiva when he became afflicted with leprosy. Since then, the temple has been an Angarakan Navagrahasthalam. The Angaraka shrine here has a bronze idol of Angaraka Planet Mars which is mounted on a goat and taken out in procession every Tuesday, an auspicious day to worship Mars.
Devotees worship Angaraka with great devotion, seeking a cure from illness. This temple is the cradle of Nadi or Palm Leaf Astrology. Nadi Astrology is based on the idea that the past, present, and future lives of all human beings were foreseen by ancient Hindu seers with their yogic powers.
They also wrote these predictions on palm leaves, using Vattezhuthu, an ancient Tamil script that only expert Nadi Astrologers can decipher. Each Nadi or set of leaves is written with a sharp, nail-like tool called ezhuthani. It is said that the life of each person who lived, is living, and is yet to be born is inscribed on these palm leaves.
These predictions were supposedly written by the Tamil sage, Agathiyar, who had divine revelations. But most of them were auctioned during British rule.
The families of astrologers in Vaitheeswaran Koil got custody of these leaves, and they were passed on from one generation to the other. Thus, Vaitheeswaran Koil is said to be the birthplace of Nadi astrology. Supposedly, not just Indians, but people of other nationalities, religions, and creeds too can find a Nadi leaf that corresponds to them. There are around types of thumbprints, and the Nadi Palm Leaves are arranged based on these types.
Nadi readers identify the types of lines on the thumb and ask their questions in a manner that helps them to find the correct set of palm leaves. The waters of the Siddhamrutha Theertham, the large temple tank here, contains nectar.
Its holy waters, mixed with medicines in the form of herbs, Siddhamrutha Theertham, is said to have healing properties.
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