This temple is one of the 11 ThiruNAngur Thirupathis. It is located in the down street of the town.
Moolavar: Sri PerarulAlar in standing posture
with front right hand in Abhayamuthirai, left hand on Gadhai ( a weapon
), the other two hands holding the discuss ( ChaKaram ) and Coonch shell
( Sanku ) respectively, facing East, with Sridevi on the right and Bhoodevi
on the left.
Uthsavar: Semponarangar ( Hemarangar
), Sridevi, Bhoodevi, AranganAthar, AranganAyaki and Azhagiyasingar ( Lord
Narasimha ).
Goddess: ALimAmalar NAchiar
in seated posture with front two hands on Abhayamuthirai and the other
two hands holding Lotus flower, in separate saNidhi.
Prathyasham: Rudhran.
Also in the prAkAram are NaMAzhwar and Thirumangai
Azhwar.
The temple has Karuvarai, Arthamandapam, MahAmandapam, SabAmandapam a prAkAram with temple compound wall.
Visesh:
It is said that: After killing RavanA, RAmA
stayed in the ThrudanEthra muni’s Ashram in this place. As told by
the muni, he made a cow in Gold, stayed in that for three days and gave
it as a charity to a Brahmin; as that Brahmin built this temple with that
resource, it acquired the name Semponsei koil ( meaning ‘temple made from
Gold’ ).
Lord Siva to get rid of the Brahma hathi
is said to have performed ‘A kAdasarudhra’ aswamedha yAga; at the time
of PoornAhUthi, the Lord NArAyanA appeared with BruhmAdhi dhevAs; as per
the request of Rudhra at that time he took 11 roopAs ( forms ) and along
with RudhrA He is said to be fulfilling the bhakthAs abheeshtams, in the
11dhivya dhesams created for Rudhra to perform poojAs.
One Mukunthan, son of a poor Brahmin
by the name Kasyapan from Kanchi, came here and uttered the AshtAshara
manthra advised by the lord, thirty two thousand times in three days and
obtained the affluence he sought, thro’ lord’s divine grace.Hence
it is said that if some body stays here for 3days and utters the AshtAshara
manthra for 32,000times, they will get all the wealth desired by them,
by the lord’s grace.
This lord also participates in the grand ThiruNAngur 11 Garuda seva uthsavam, on the day after Thai AmAvasya.
This temple is also in a bad shape and any assistance is welcome and also is accompanied by a request to visit. ThirumangaiAzhwar has sung 10 stanzas on this lord.
Devotees can have darshan if they visit before
9Hrs. and between 17 and 19Hrs.