Sri Shaneeswara Bhagwan Temple – Sholavandan
Sri Shaneeswara Bhagwan Temple – Sholavandan
Sri Shaneeswara Bhagwan Temple is located at Sholavandan town in Madurai district of Tamil Nadu.Presiding Deity is called as Shaneeswara Bhagwan. Lord is a Swayambu Murthy in this temple. As Shaneeswara Bhagwan appeared under the Mavalinga tree, this became the sacred tree of the temple.This also happens to be the remedial centre for Scorpio born people.
History
Years ago, a garden of flowers was established in Sholavandan for pujas in Anjaneya and Siddhi Vinayaka temple. Plants of many varieties of flowers as Parijatha,Nagalingam and Mavalingam were grown here. They had herbal characteristics also. Residents in the Agraharam were maintaining this garden. In course of time due to lack of care, the garden disappeared giving room to bushes sheltering poisonous creatures. Threatened by this development, 40 years ago, people took up cleaning the place. When a young man was clearing around the Mavalinga tree, he felt something underneath.
When he dug three feet further, he found an idol of Shani Bhagwan standing on his Crow vehicle. People thronged the place. With the gracious blessings of the Pontiffs of Sri Sringeri Sharada Peetam and Kanchi Kamakoti Peetam, residents of the Agraharam (a street where Brahmins live) wanted to build a temple. The temple was built in 1975 and the consecration was performed. Regular pujas are performed to the deity both in morning and evenings.
This temple serves as the remedial centre for Scorpio born people. Praying to Swayambu Shaneeswara Bhagwan graces the devotee with child boon. Those who had lost their properties and those who had left the family due to the seven and years, Ashtama (the planet travelling in the 8th place) of Saturn rulings in their horoscopes pray here for recovery of the losses and reunion with family. Devotees light lamps with ghee, till oil and offer till rice as Nivedhana and do poor feeding as devotees strongly believe it will relieve them from the adverse aspects of Saturn.
