Nachiyar
Koil (நாச்சியார் கோயில் )
One among
the 108 Divya desams, this temple is located 10 km from Kumbakonam on the route to Thivarur. The
presiding deity is Lord Vishnu as Srinivasa perumal and Lakshmi as Vanjulavalli
Nachiyar.
Kal Garuda- கல் கருடன் (
Garuda made of Stone)
Garuda, the
vehicle of the lord, is of special significance at this temple. The story goes
that a sculptor who was creating an image of Garuda suddenly found the idol
flying after he had made its wings. Shocked at this sudden action, the sculptor
threw a stone at Garuda and struck him on the nose. Garuda came falling down
and decided to settle here at this place and bless the devotees.
A huge and
well built Lord Garuda is seen just next to Lord Srinivasa’s Sannidhi. As soon
as you enter the temple, you can see Srinivasa perumal and to your right is Kal
Garudan, huge seated in posture to carry the lord, with wings spread and significant beak. Here the Moolavar and Utsavar are same deity and the Kal
Garudan carries Srinivasa perumal during the festive season.
During the
Garuda sevai, a magical event occurs. It is said that initially 4 people are enough
to carry the Garudar out of the sannidhi. As the Garudar goes out of each layer
or praharam, 4 people wont be sufficient to carry his weight, his weight seems
to increase and 8,16, 32 and upto 128 people are required to carry Garudar. On
his way back, the weight gradually decreases and finally 4 people can place him
back in his sannadhi. We need to plan to visit this temple during the festive
season, especially Kal garuda sevai to enjoy this magical event. I wish I visit
there again.
Surrounding
in the prahara, we found small sanctum for the 2 Garuda Birds with information
as below.
We were
lucky to see the Utsava moorthy in Kalyana Kolam ready for the procession.
For more
details on the history/ pictures refer the links below
http://tamilnadu-favtourism.blogspot.in/2016/02/nachiyar-koil-thirunaraiyur-nambi_16.html
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