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This
is one of the largely visited and devoutly worshipped Sivan kovils
of Tondainadu. The archamurti is called Urdhvathandava Murti and
Mother Parvathi, Vanclarkulali Amman. The temple tank goes by the
name of Mukti thirtham. It enshrines one of the five famous sabhas
called Ratnasabha, held dear to the Lord and He performed dance with
Mother Kali and was witnessed by Karkotaka
and other august personages. It is believed that Karaikkal Amman
adored this Lord in a unique way of reaching the sannidhi with legs
up and head down. Queer are the ways of expression of devotion, but
before that queerest Omnipotent Lord Siva and His mysterious ways,
everything else lags behind. And always too. There is a Kali temple
near this koil and she is fervently and equally worshipped along
with Siva.
It
lies about 60 km off Madras and accessible by bus.
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