Nava Kailasam

Arulmigu Kailasa Nathar Temple, Thiruvaikundam

Nava Kailasam refers to nine individual ancient temples of Lord Shiva in southern districts of Tamil Nadu. These temples are located in the districts Tirunelveli and Tuticorin.

Legend

All these nine temples are linked with Sage agasthiyar.

Temples

Sage agasthiyar was doing penance in the podhikai hills. One of his prime disciples was urOmacha munivar. He prayed Lord pashupathi to get liberation. The Lord wanted to bless this to him through his guru agasthiyar. agasthiyar put nine flowers in the river and asked uromacha munivar to install a shiva lingam as kailasha nathar, wherever the flowers dock on the bank and finally bathe and worship the Lord in the place where the river joins the ocean, by doing so he would get what he wished. Adhering to his guru's words, munivar worshipped the Stain-throated Lord in the nine places where the nine flowers stopped in the form of shiva lingam and finally bathed in the place where thamiraparani joined the ocean and got liberated. These nine abodes are called nava kayilayam.

These nine Siva temples are located uniquely on the river bed of Thamirabarani river. They are:

S.No	Location	Temple	Planet
1	Papanaasam	Arulmigu Papanasa Nathar Temple	Suriyan
2	Cheran Mahadevi	Arulmigu Kailasa Nathar Temple	Chandran
3	Kodaganallur	Arulmigu Kailasa Nathar Temple	Chevvai
4	Kunnathur	Arulmigu Kotha Parameswarar Temple	Raghu
5	Murappanadu	Arulmigu Kailasa Nathar Temple	Guru
6	Thiruvaikundam	Arulmigu Kailasa Nathar Temple	Sani
7	Thenthirupperai	Arulmigu Kailasa Nathar Temple	Buthan
8	Raajapathy	Arulmigu Kailasa Nathar Temple	Kethu
9	Saendha Poomangalam	Arulmigu Kailasa Nathar Temple	Sukran

See also

• Nava Tirupathi

External links

• navakailasamtemples.tnhrce.in