SUN TEMPLE or SURIYANAR KOVI IN TAMIL NADU

    SUN TEMPLE or SURIYANAR KOVIL IN TAMILNADU

SUN TEMPLE

A sun temple (or Suriyanar kovil)in tamilnadu is a divine place used for religious or spiritual activities, such as prayer and to achieve the higher position in your life,dedicated to the sun  deity.

Swami: Arulmika Sivasuriya Peruman Swami.

Ambal: Arulmiku Ushadevi, Sayyadevi.

Lord : Sivasuriya and other planets.

Theertham: The Solar Theertham.

Excellence: The oldest site for Navagraha dosha relief. Here in Tamil Nadu, the other planets are concentrated by the sun, in a separate shrine. If you come here and worship properly, you will get rid from all the  other planet influence.

The sun is zodiac lord in our birth horoscope if sun is not in good position, it will cause eye diseases in middle ages. There will be disagreements and regrets with the father. Body health is often affected. Evil fellows face many hardships. There may be many problems economically.

Temple history: The temple was built during the reign of King Kulothunga Chola (1060 AD - 1118 AD). It is said that the temple was originally called Argavanam and later became the Suriyanar Kovil.

 In the northern part of the Himalayas, many sages were studying the four Vedas, the six Virtues, the Eighteen Puranas, the Sixty-six Arts, and the Ninety-Six Philosophies. One of those sages is Kalava Sage.

The sage  Kalava perform meditation and suppressed the Five Element Fire, Water, Air, Earth, Spirit by his meditation in the Himalayan ritual and looked at the Navagrahas. Inspired by his penance, the nine gods also appeared. The sage of Kalava informed them that he had leprosy(skin desease) and asked them  to cure it, they offered him a boon and nine gods were hidden.As he contemplated his opposite, he later regretted that he was suffering from leprosy. 

The saints who knew him were aware of his concern. The timely sage explained the ways to prevent the disease at that time lord bramha called the nava grahas and explained the every person in the earth should experience their happiness and karma you have changed the karma of sage kalav by curing his disease ,so bramaha curse  the navagraha gods that they will be effected by the laprosy disease.

As a consequence of this, they were enlightened and disciplined by Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva,and suggested them to  meditate at the place Vellarukankadu near kaveri river in south tamilnadu from first Sunday of the karthigai month to the 12th Sunday.

Shiva, with the trident in his hand, created the holy water levels so that the nine gods take bath in those holy river,only those who worship the holy water in these conditions can get the blessings of the god and get rid of their sins,The sun is headed by everyone in temple and, the name of Suriyanar Temple is said to be the name of the town.

How to Worship

Upon reaching the temple, you must first take bath in the pond or bathrooms near the temple ,then worship the royal tower  darshan and see Tirtha VinayakanThen there is the darshan of the Navagraha festive planets,Next worship should reach and worship Srikasi Vishwanath after should reach the establishment hall and worship Sri Sri Visalakshmi Amma, Then visit the main Sri Suriya Bhagavan and make your prayers, After praying Lord Surya, stand back and worship Guru Bhagavan. Next is the goodness of the worship of other planetary gods, including Saturn in the east. Fall down and worship the flag-tree, and then walk around the temple courtyard nine times. After the crawl,  sit on one side and worship the Navagraha heroes.

Suriyanar Koil Temple Timings

Morning Hours: 6:00 am – 12:30 pm

Evening Hours: 4:00 pm – 8:00 pm

Phone Number: +91 435  2472349

Worshipping Suriyanar Benefits

1.     Reduces the malefic effects of Kalathira Dosham

2.     Removes the hurdles for the marriage

3.     Putra Dosham

4.     For good career and education

5.     In Surya Dasa

6.   Worshipping Sun god during Surya Pradosham time reduces the malefic effects of Saturn(Shani)

How to reach Suriyanar Koil Temple

By Air:

•     Nearest international airport is at Tiruchirapalli which is 104 km away.

By Train:

• Nearest railway station is at Kumbakonam which is 15 km away.
• By Road

  Distance:

   

  Temple is 2 km from Aduthurai. 15 km from Kumbakonam. Direct bus to Kumbakonam is available from all parts of TamilNadu.