The Adi temple was built by Sage Neymasa and later consolidated by different Kings. It is then that the truth dawned to everybody including the King that Lord Aiyarappar in the form of the priest had offered prayers to himself. The real priest came the next day from his pilgrimage. Looking for the priest the King came into the temple and saw the priest offering prayers. Once the king got infuriated when he heard that the priest who is supposed to offer service daily had gone to Kasi without attending to the lord. The lord is supposed to have given him a darshan at Kailasa from here itself & hence this Temple is known as Dakshina Kailasam. Nandi is a very prominent part of this temple, as the temple in itself was built with the treasure safely kept under the hoof of the Nandi.Īs per another legend Saint Thirunavukarasar from the 63 Nayanars, went to Kailasa to see the Lord, in order to make the journey back easier, the lord asked him to take a dip in Mansarovar in kailash and when the sage got up, he found himself in the Tiruvaiyaru Surya PushkarniTank. The festival of marriage of Nandi is celebrated every year during Mar/Apr in the Tamil month of Panguni. These seven temples can be visited in 4 hours. He also took Nandi and his consort to seven temples nearby as the ritual of Sapthapadi ( the Seven promises of marriage). Pleased with his devotion the lord made Nandi his Prime Gana ( Attendant) and also got him married to Suyasha the daughter of Marut(Vayu) in the town of Thirumazhapadi nearby. There are many legends attached to this temple, one such legend says that, Sage Siladha had a Child named Nandi, who prayed to Lord Shiva and did penance. Hence there are no Vishnu temples in an around this place. The lore is attached to the (doctrine of culture) being the primary responsibility of Mahavishnu the preserver and helping his sister Parvathi, who is revered as Prakirti. The goddess is also a representation of Lord Mahavishnu. The Goddess who has a separate precinct is called Aram Valartha Nayagi (Mother who upholds Dharma) or Dhramsamvardhini Ambal. The lord in the form of a Swayambhu lingam is called Aiyarappar or Panchanadiswarar, or lord of five rivers. His Samadhi is on the Kaveri Banks, and the greatest music festival in India is held in this town annually. There is also a room next to the temple were Tyagaraj composed some of his great music. The town is also the native of Trimurthy (trinity)or three doyens of the Carnatic music namely Saint Tyagraja, Shyama Shastri & Muthuswamy Dikshithar. Between Tanjore and Tiruvaiyaru (14KMs), you have to cross all these five river via bridges. These Rivers are Arisillaru, Vennaru, Vettaru, Kudamuruttiyaru & Kaveriyaru. The town in itself is named after five rivers, where the term Tiru refers to Shri & Aiaaru refers to five rivers. The Lord is in the form of a Swayambhu Lingam and is supposed to have Jata or Mudi at the back of the sanctum & hence circumbulation should be avoided. This is the main reason why you cannot circumambulate or go around this temple of the Great Lord, Shiva in the name of Aiyarappar (AI=Five, Aru=River and Appar = father/Lord) in Tiruvaiyaru. Such is the reverence to his hair locks that, one cannot or should not step on it or tread on them. This temple located in Punnai Nallur, which is popularly known as Mariamman Kovil, Thanjavur and it is 5 km from Thanjavur Old Bus stand.Jatadhari in the north and Jatamudi in the South of India,are also the names of Lord Shiva.
The temple is maintained and administered by the Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments Department of the Government of Tamil Nadu. The Great saint Sadhasiva Brammendra swamy shaped the white-ant hill (Putru) into a form of Mariamman and also installed a powerful Chakra. Originally the Amman was in the form of white-ant hill (Putru). It is said that the daughter of Tulaja Raja (1729–35) of Tanjore, who lost her eyesight in an illness, regained it on offering worship at this temple.
Ī temple was constructed at the place and the idol installed and so the deity of this temple is known as Punnainallur Mariamman. The King lost no time in rushing to the spot indicated to him and recovered the idol from the jungle. In the year 1680, when the Maharashtra king Venkoji Maharaja Chatrapati (1676–1688) of Tanjore was on a pilgrimage at Samayapuram, where there is a famous temple dedicated to Kali, Mariamman appeared to the King in his dream and told him -that she (the idol) was in a forest of Punna trees at a distance of about 3 miles from Tanjore.
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