Vrudhagiri-easwarar at Virudhakasi

 The temple features:

This temple is located in Virudhakasi on the banks of river pennai (present Virudhachalam) about 20 kms from Ulun-door-pet
The carpet area of the temple is about 1,82,400 sqft and is built east facing . It has four towers. The temple has 4 corridors.(Pragarams) The deity is called Virudha-giri-easwarar in the east facing pose.It is said the deity is self incarnated. The Lord's consort Devi Virudhambigai has a seperate sanctum facing east.
This temple has five theerthams called Manimuttharu, Nityanandha koobam(koobam is well in sanskrit language) Varuna-theertham, Agni Theertham, and Chakkara-theertham. This temple has four towers called 'Raja-gopuram' in all four directions There are 72 stone inscriptions in this temple giving the history of the kshetram

The saint who sang hymns here on the Lord:
Thiru-ganasambandhar,

Message There are 1008 Siva kshetrams. But this sthalam is one of the four important ones. Chidhambaram deity is famous for dance performance. In the same way this diety is known for 'kamiya virudhantam' (for peace of mind). This temple has 28 Aagama lingas.

Legendary description: Lord Siva first established this temple and named it Virudha-kasi. Human beings, animals, birds etc when they come here at the last moment in their lives and die the Lord himself would chant the 'pancha-aksharam' for them to liberate their soul and the devi too would bless them. Because of this Virudha kasi is holier than Varanasi.

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