Sri Kalyana Sundareswarar
Sri Kalyana Sundareswarar- Kokilambal Temple
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Sri Kalyana Sundareswarar- Kokilambal Temple
Sri Kalyana Sundareswarar- Kokilambal Temple is at Thirumancheri in Nagapattinam district of Tamil Nadu. Thirumanancheri is the place where Parvati Devi married Lord Shiva.Hence the presiding deity Sri Kalyanasundarar is seen in marriage pose with his consort Kokilambal.
Legend
Parvati once expresses her desire to have the experience of an earthly wedding with Lord Shiva.This story is believed to be in fulfillment of this wish expressed by her. A dispute in Mount Kailash occured over a game of chess. In accordance with the verdict of Shiva, Parvati recedes to an earthly life and amidst her wandering reaches a place called Komal, where Lord Vishnu assumes a form of a cowherd to take care of his sister. He releases her from the clutch of the curse in a place called ‘Thiruvaaduthurai’ and Parvati sheds her assumed cow’s form and takes her normal form in ‘Kuthaalam’ in the sacrificial fire of Sage Bharata Muni.
Shiva and Parvati then unite in marriage in Thirumanancheri. Shiva is also called as ‘Sonavaararivaar’ for keeping up his word.
God Vishnu, upset over the events, wanted to reconcile the couple. He went to Shiva to justify his case. Shiva told Vishnu about Parvati’s wish to experience a wedding on earth and assured Vishnu that all events would lead to that end. He also told Vishnu to take the cow to bathe in the river Cauvery so she could regain her original form. Vishnu did so and soon Parvathi was herself again.
Parvathi was then instructed to go and live as the daughter of Bharata Muni, a saint living nearby. The story goes that Bharata Muni approached Shiva for his hand in marriage to Parvati, thereby granting her wish that she be married on earth.
Udhvaganathar looks as groom in this moolasthanam and Ambal is bride, God and Goddess exhibits their view of newly married couple status in the south prakaram. Mangala Rahu God exhibits his view of with his full body near Lord Durgadevi in the north prakaram.This scene are giving significance of this temple. In this place Rathi and Manmathan join together. By grace of lord Uthvaganathar Rathi gets Mangalya Pitchai it’s hightly believed who ever adorn with garland to the Lord Udhvaganathar and Goddess Kokilambal are relieved from their curse and sin besides gets wedding in an earlier stage.