Temples are spread across
the globe and for a religious person any temple is a joy since god is
omnipresent. But specialty about temples in India and particularly Tamil Nadu
is each temple has a sthala puranam attached to it and if we know the history
it just makes it even more interesting. I somehow came to know about this
temple “Brahmapureeswarar Temple” and wanted to visit especially when I came to
know that there is a belief that a person can change his/her fate by seeking
blessings from this temple. “Fate” is something which I have reflected while
reading Actor Shiva kumar’s autobiography a decade back as he said every rice
we eat is already decided. But recently when I read “Arthamulla indhu madham”
there was one sentence which disturbed me quite a bit and I am posting that
sentence:
விதியையும் மதியால் வெல்லலாம்..என்று
உன் விதியில் எழுதியிருந்தால்..
Meaning is if we overcome fate by intelligence that that should
also be written in your fate …See this sentence has got lot of depth in it. I
was literally disturbed since I was neither able to accept this nor able to
deny this. Anyway for those readers who are having a smile on your face now
will know what exactly I am talking about. I am a religious person and do
believe God hence without any hesitation I wanted to visit and would like to
share the history behind this temple.
As we all know
Lord Brahma is the creator of Universe and he was very proud that he had the
power of creation. Seeing this Lord Shiva destroyed Lord Brahma’s fifth head and
cursed him that he would lose his powers of creation. After losing his fifth
head & power of creation Lord Brahma realized his mistakes and to get
himself relieved from the curse Lord Brahma started on a pilgrimage of Lord
Shiva temples. Lord Brahma installed 12 shiva lingams around Brahmapureeswarar
and worshipped Lord Shiva for considerable amount of time. Pleased by Lord
Brahma’s prayers, Lord Shiva gave him darshan under the magizha tree and
liberated him from his curse. Not just that Lord Shiva also restored the power
and responsibility of creation to Lord Brahma. Lord Shiva also blessed Lord
Brahma that he would have a separate shrine at this temple. He also advised
lord brahma that since Lord Brahma himself had his destiny rewritten here, he should
rewrite the destiny of his devotees visiting this temple. There is a belief
that since fate of Lord Brahma, the creator, himself was changed by Lord Shiva
at Tirupattur (place of the temple) one can expect good fortunes coming their
way by praying at this temple. Obviously only genuine requests in the form of
prayers are accepted and that is applicable to any temple. As Brahma worshipped
Lord Shiva here, The lord is named “Brahmmapureeswarar” and mother goddess is
named “Brahmmanayaki”.
Apart from being
one of the rare temple dedicated to Lord Brahma other features about this
temple is Sage Patanjali’s (considered author of Yoga sutras) jeeva samadhi
(tomb) is in the temple. Also I have read that every year in the month of
Panguni (March-April) for three days the sun god is said to worship Lord Brahmapureeswara.
There are seven entrances to reach the main deity’s sannadhi and it is a
miracle that sun’s rays cross these seven entrances and fall directly on the
lingam.
If you happen to
travel by Road, Chennai and Trichy are two places you cannot miss and this
temple is 30+ kilometres away from Trichy on the way to Chennai. It is closer
to Samayapuram. Also outside the temple you will find vegetable sellers sitting
in the floor and selling – compared to the super markets I would highly
recommend these people since they bring fresh vegetables from farm and sell it
for low profits. Even if you don’t need them just buy and give it to your
friends/relatives and you are sure to get a call from people thanking you for
the vegetables.
I am giving you the full address for your reference:
Arulmigu
Brahmapureeswarar Temple,
Tirupattur
Irrungalur
(via)
Tiruchchirapalli
District.
Pincode : :
621 105
Official website: http://www.brahmatemple.tnhrce.in/index.html
