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It is also the shrine where Muthuswami Dikshitar sang Sri Gandhimathi in the Hemavathi Raga.

The temple is the shrine where Thirugnyanasambanthar sang.

Interesting Facts About The Nellaiappar Temple Temples that are mentioned in the Thevaram are called Paadal Petra Sthalam. Sundarar, a Nayanmar from the 8th century also mentions the temple in the fifth Murai. The Nayanmars who are 7th century poets praise Nelliappar in 10 verses contained in the first Murai of the Thevaram. The temple finds mention in many important texts. The Sangli Mandapam connects the Nellaiappar temple and the Kanthimathi Amman temple, the main shrines. The entire temple complex spans 14.5 acres. The temple has concentric rectangular walls with a huge Rajagopuram. He witnessed the wedding in Thirunallur, Papanasam, Thirumaraikadu and also in Tirunelveli. So, Lord Shiva sent the Sage Agathiyar to the south with the promise that he could witness the wedding from there. This would have affected the balance of the earth. When the wedding took place there was a huge congregation in the North to witness the wedding. This is why the Lingam that appeared in the middle of the bamboo forest was called Venuvananathar.Īnother legend states that Lord Vishnu was witness to the marriage of Lord Shiva and Goddess Parvathi in this place. He and the villagers investigated and found the Shiva Lingam in the bamboo forest. When he then tried to clear the bamboo trees with an axe, he hit a stone. He used to stumble on something and drop his milk pot at the same place every day. A milkman by the name of Rama Konar used to pass through the bamboo forest every day.

Lord Shiva is therefore also Venuvananathar.Īnother legend also states that the area a bamboo tree forest. Venu means bamboo tree and Vanam means forest. The four Vedas stood around the Lingam in the form of bamboo trees. An opening in the wall opposite the Lingam allowed the Nawab and his son to worship while standing outside the temple.Īnother legend of the temple states that Lord Shiva took the form of a Lingam at Tirunelveli. A Lingam was then built in his name in a corner of the Prakaram. Her disease was cured and she also had a son. She did as advised and performed the required rituals through the temple priests. They advised her to worship Nellaiappar and perform certain rituals at the Nellaiappar Temple. The wife of a Nawab was suffering from an acute disease. Hence the place was named Tirunelveli and Lord Shiva was thereafter called Nellaiappar. The Tamil word for paddy is ‘Nel’ and that for a fence is ‘Veli’.

So, Lord Shiva protected the paddy by standing around it like a fence and covering it.

Veda Sharma worried that the paddy that he was drying would get washed away in the rain. One day when he was drying paddy to offer to Lord Shiva it started raining. He begged for alms and then offered these alms to Lord Shiva. There was once a poor Brahmin called Veda Sarma. The temple also has many old inscriptions of historical interest. A square Vasantha Mandapam which is a hall with 100 pillars is located in the middle of the flower garden. Thiru Venkata Krishna Mudaliar designed and planted the flower garden in 1756. The Nellaiappar and Kanthimathi temples were individual temples until 1647 when Thiru Vadamalaiappa Pillaiyan linked the two with the Sangli (chain) Mandapam. He also added the Mani Mandapam and the musical pillar. Nindraseer Nedumaran (Koon Pandian) who ruled in the 7th century AD built the Gopurams (towers) as well as the inner sanctums of the temples. The Cholas, Pallavas, Cheras and also the Nayaks added to the original structure. The Pandya Kings built the original temple.