Saravanakumar Temple Visit: Sri Sivalokanathar Temple at Gramam (Thirumundeecharam).

Monday, 3 October 2022

Sri Sivalokanathar Temple at Gramam (Thirumundeecharam). - Vilupuram District

History of the Temple

This temple is located on the southern bank of the Malattaru (Pennai river), now known as Malattaar. As per the stone inscriptions available in this temple, this place was once the capital of Mudiyur Nadu.

Also, these stone inscriptions reveal that this place was once called “Mouli Gramam” (“Mouli” means chieftain and “gramam” means village in Tamil). However, over a period of time, this was shortened to just Gramam.

General Information

This is one of the 276 Devara Paadal Petra Shiva Sthalams and 19^th Shiva Sthalam in Nadu Naadu.
Lord Shiva in this temple is a Swayambumurthi (self-manifested).
This east facing temple has a single corridor and its main tower (Rajagopuram) has 5-tiers.

Important Festivals

Many festivals are celebrated in this temple. Some of them are –

Appar Vizha is celebrated in the Tamil month of Chithirai (April-May),

Aani Thirumanjanam in the Tamil month of Aani (June-July),

Vinayakar Chaturthi in the Tamil month of Aavani (Aug-Sept),

Navarathri in the Tamil month of Purattasi (Sept-Oct),

Skanda Shashti and Annabishekam in the Tamil month of Aippasi (Oct–Nov),

Thiruvadhirai in the Tamil month of Markazhi (Dec-Jan),

Makara Sankranthi in the Tamil month of Thai (Jan-Feb),

Mahashivrathri in the Tamil month of Masi (Feb-Mar) and

Panguni Uthiram in the Tamil month of Panguni (Mar-Apr).

Pradosham is also observed regularly.

Location

Thiru Mundeecharam is situated at a distance of about 17 kms from Villupuram on the Villupuram to Thirukkovilur via Arasur Route. Stop name is Gramam. Temple is located near the Gramam Bus stop.