Ten Tirumullaivayil (டென் திருமுல்லிவயில்)
Primary Deity: Mullaivananathar (முல்லிவனனதர், யுடிக பரமெஸ்வர)
also known as Yutika Parameswara
Consorts: Kothaiy Amma (கொடிய் அம்ம)
Travel base, Address references
Located at: Tirumala Vaasil
Near: Sirkazhi
Travelbase: Chidambaram, Tamil Nadu, India
– 13 KMs (Exactly) from Sirkazhi
Shrines in & around
– Vishnu
– Lakshmi
– Vinayaka
Related temples
– located nearby is 1239 – Tirumullaivayil, Masilamaneeswara
Legends and Notes
– Indra is said to have worshipped Shiva here as in Tiruchaikaadu and Pallavaneeswaram nearby.. The Namachivaya mantiram was revealed to Parvati Devi here
– The mortal remains of a devotee of Shiva turned into gems when they were immersed in the Vishnu Theertham here
– Legends here are centered around the atonement of killing (Bhrahma hatti dosham) of a Chola king (also see Tiruvidaimarudur). As with several Shiva temples, there is a legend surrounding the scar marks on the Shivalingam, said to have caused by a local ruler in his attempt to free his chariot from a cluster of creepers enclosing the Shivalingam
– The stala vriksham i.e. the mullai creeper is seen entwined around another tree
Other Information
Significance:
This temple is considered to be Siva Sthalam
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