Therazhunthur

This sthalam is a village which is situated in Tanjore district of Tamil Nadu.

It lies in between Mayavaram junction and Kuttralam station on the main railway line between Chennai to Tanjore.

This temple can also be reached by travelling around 7 Kms from Kuttralam and about 8 Kms from Mayavaram.

This Divyadesam is also called with other names such as Azhundoor, Azhundhai, Therazhunthur.

Sthala Puranam:

Uparisaravasu was the king of Sethi Kingdom and was the student of Devaguru Bhragaspathi. He got a chariot from Lord Indra , which floated in the sky .

Once he settled a dispute between the rishi’s and devas and favour it in the Deva’s side.

The rishi’s got angry and cursed the king that his chariot would not fly in the sky.

So as an effect to the curse, his chariot got stuck in this place and the king fell infront of the lord. Henceforth this place is called as Therazhunthur (Ther means Chariot).

Lord Narayana sent Garudan and helped him to fly back. As Lord helped the person loved by deva’s who was a human he was called Devaadirajan from then on.

Moolavar Devaadirajan is of 10 feet tall having Lord Gauruda to his left and prahalatha along with Markanteya Maharishi to his right. He has Gadhayudham (his weapon) in his left hand. River Cauvery too is there kneeling at his lotus feet.

Utsavar Aamaruviappan stands with a very beautiful calf along with his two wives.

Cow and calf belong to the Deva group, buffulo’s belong to Asura group and sheep’s belong to Mankind. Lord Krishna thus saves all the living things. As Jeevatma becomes a tamed cow before Lord Krishna and he too behaves as a tamed cow infront of a pure heart, he is called as Aamaruviappa (ie) Aaa means cow (person who is as soft as a cow). Thus the Lord Aamaruviappa is said to inherit the qualities of Lord Krishna (ie) (he contains Lord Krishnas Amsam).

There is a tale regarding Aamaruviappan’s arrival at this place. Once Lord Brahma stole all the cows of Ayarpadi which were under Lord Krishna’s custody and locked them at Theruzhunthur. Lord Krishna came to know this through his Yoga maya and created a whole new herd of cows. Lord Brahma then asked Lord Krishna to forgive him. He asked Lord Krishna to stay permenantly at this place and bless all the people who seeked his help.

There’s a beautiful unjal Mandapam (Unjal – Joola – Swing) in this temple.

Inside the Rajagopuram, poet kamban and his wives images are beautifully carved. (Poet Kamban was born here only) there are also many beautiful images which are in a demolished state.

Manavala Maamunigal has done Mangalasasanam to his place. Utsavar is brought for Thirumanjanam (ceremony of bathing the lord) in river cauvery many times during the festivities .

Moolavar has golden (helment) Kreedam, Sagasranama necklace, Dasavathara Udhara Malai, Golden anklet, godess Alarmel mangai in his heart diamond Thiruman (sacred symbol of Vaishnavities).

This Sthalam is the birth place of the Great Tamil Poet, Kambar who has created “Kamba Ramayanam”.

The Moolavar of this sthalam is Sri Devaadi Rajan. He is giving his seva in Nindra (Standing) Thirukkolam facing his thirumugham towards east direction. Prathyaksham for Dharma devadai, Uparisaravasu, River Cauvery, Garudan and Agastiyar.

The Thayaar found in this sthalam is Sengamalavalli Thaayar.

The Utsavar found in this sthalam is Aamaruviappan.

Therazunthur

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