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Chandra Sthalam

Dedicated to the&nbsp;Moon God,&nbsp;Chandra (Soma), the&nbsp;Chandiranaar Temple or Kailasanathar Temple (Thingalur Temple)&nbsp;is situated in the village of&nbsp;Thingalur,&nbsp;near&nbsp;Kumbakonam&nbsp;in&nbsp;Tanjavur&nbsp;district of&nbsp;Tamilnadu.&nbsp;And is one of the most revered&nbsp;Chandra Navagrahasthalam&nbsp;in&nbsp;South India. However, the main idol of this temple is &ldquo;Kailasanathar&rdquo; or&nbsp;Lord Shiva. The presiding deities here are&nbsp;God Kailasanathar&nbsp;(Lord Shiva) and his consort&nbsp;Goddess&nbsp;Periyanakiamman (Goddess Parvati).

And the temple houses a separate shrine for the&nbsp;Moon God,&nbsp;Chandra.The Chandiranaar Temple (also called Kailasanathar temple or Thingalur temple) is a Hindu temple in the village of Thingalur, 33 kilometres (21 mi) from Kumbakonam on the Kumbakonam - Thiruvayyar road in the South Indian state of Tamil Nadu. The presiding deity is Soma (moon). However, the main idol in the temple is that of Kailasanathar or Shiva. The temple is considered one of the nine Navagraha temples in Tamil Nadu. Thingalur is the birth place of Appothi Adigal an ardent devotee of saint Thirunavukkarasar, though the temple has no assets related to the saint.

Legend has it that there lived a merchant Appoodi Adikal, a nayanar in the village of Thingalur who was a devotee of Shiva. Appoodi Adikal held Thirunavukkarasar in high regards. He had many establishments in the village named after Thirunavukkarasar. One day, Appar (Thirunavukkarasar) arrived at Thingalur and was surprised to see so many establishments in his name.

Apoodi Adigal was fascinated to meet his idol in person and launched a grand feast. He sent his son to pick plaintain leaves who was killed by a venomous snake bite while the saint was being hosted. Appar, moved by Appoodi Adikal&#39;s devotion is said to have miraculously restored his son&nbsp;to life.During the Tamil month of Purattasi (Sep - Oct) and Panguni (March - April), moon light falls directly on the image of the presiding deity.&nbsp;

As per another legend, Chandra (moon), the handsome looking deity, married 28 daughters of Dakkan. He showed preference only to the last one among them, which infuriated the others. They all complained it to Dakkan, who cursed moon to lose all his powers. Chandra is believed to have worshiped Kailasanathar at this place and was restored all his powers.

The original complex is believed to have been built by Cholas, while the present masonry structure was built during the Nayak during the 16th century. In modern times, the temple is maintained and administered by the Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments Department of the Government of Tamil Nadu. The temple is famous for first feeding of rice to infant children.

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Worshipping&nbsp;Navagrahas&nbsp;&ndash; Sun, Moon, and other planets is an important aspect of the Hindu way of life. In Hindu belief, the grahas can be auspicious or inauspicious based on its planetary position at a given point of time and can determine the course of one&rsquo;s life. They are believed to grasp and deploy karmic&nbsp;forces that affect one&rsquo;s life, both in a positive and negative manner.&nbsp;

Moon or Chandra&nbsp;is known to have a profound impact on our lives. He is the Lunar deity and one of the most powerful celestial body in Hinduism, who is regarded as the symbol of Harmony, Fertility, and Stable Mind. The&nbsp;Moon God, Chandra&nbsp;is also called&nbsp;Kshuparaka, one who illuminates the night or&nbsp;Rajanipati, the lord of the night.

He rules the human mind and is known to influence one&rsquo;s imaginative and intuitive nature. It is believed that a strong and well-positioned moon in the Horoscope bestows a strong mind. But if the moon is debilitated or distressed by evil planets like&nbsp;Rahu, it may lead to an unstable mind, mood fluctuations, sorrow, etc. Visiting&nbsp;Chandra Navagrahasthalam&nbsp;and offering worship to the&nbsp;Moon God, Chandra&nbsp;is regarded as an excellent solution (Parihara) for Chandra Dosha which can help mitigate its adverse impact thereby bestowing relief from all unhappiness and offering emotional and mental stability.

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So, which temple do we visit to rectify the malefic effect of the moon in Horoscope? Is there any&nbsp;Chandra Navagrahasthalam&nbsp;in&nbsp;South India? Yes,&nbsp;Kumbakonam Chandiranaar Temple,&nbsp;also called&nbsp;Kailasanathar Temple&nbsp;is one of the most revered&nbsp;Navagrahasthalam&nbsp;for&nbsp;Moon&nbsp;in&nbsp;Tamilnadu.

Those who suffer from a weak or debilitated moon in the horoscope or a weak mind or financial instability, etc; can pay a visit to&nbsp;Kumbakonam Chandiranaar Temple&nbsp;to seek the blessings of the&nbsp;Moon God&nbsp;and to get relief from their Chandra dosha.

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The temple is one of the nine Navagraha temples of Tamil Nadu and is a part of the popular Navagraha pilgrimage in the state - it houses the image of Moon (called Thingal locally).&nbsp;The planets are believed to influence the horoscope computed based on time of one&#39;s birth and subsequently influence the course of life.

Each of the planets are believed to move from a star to another during a predefined period and thus sway over an individual&#39;s fortunes. The Navagrahas, as per Hindu customs, are believed to provide both good and bad effects for any individual and the bad effects are mitigated by prayers. As in other Navagraha temples, the common worship practices of the devotees include offering of cloth, grains, flowers and jewels specific to the planet deity.

Lighting a set of lamps is also commonly followed in the temple.&nbsp;As per contemporary Saivite belief, the energies distributed cyclically by Navagrahas can be channeled based on remedial measures. As per local legends, Shiva, the overlord of the nine planetary deities, allowed them to freely grant wishes based on devotion of the devotees.The village finds cursory mention in the 7th century Tamil Saiva canonical work, the Tevaram, written by Tamil saint poets known as the Nayanars and classified as Vaippu Sthalam. The temple is frequented by devotees with mental illness and familial problems.

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Belief at Kumbakonam Chandiranaar Temple:

The main belief at&nbsp;Kumbakonam Chandiranaar&nbsp;Temple&nbsp;is that it is here that&nbsp;Lord Chandra&nbsp;prayed to&nbsp;Lord Shiva&nbsp;and got his blessings. Legend has it that after churning the Paarkadal (Milky Ocean) by the devas and the asuras,&nbsp;Lord Vishnu&nbsp;in the guise of Mohini was distributing the Amrutham (nectar) only to the devas. Then, one of the asuras in the guise of a deva, at the behest of Sukrachariyar, consumed the nectar which was distributed by&nbsp;Lord Vishnu.&nbsp;Surya&nbsp;and&nbsp;Chandra&nbsp;who noticed this complained to&nbsp;Lord Vishnu. Angered and worried,&nbsp;Lord Vishnu&nbsp;cut the Asura&rsquo;s body into two using his chakrayudham (discus) and threw them away.

The head of the Asura joined with a snake&rsquo;s body to become&nbsp;Rahu Bhagavan&nbsp;while&nbsp;his&nbsp;body portion kept growing as he had consumed Amrutham. Later his body joined with the head of a snake and became&nbsp;Kethu Bhagavan.

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But&nbsp;Rahu&nbsp;and&nbsp;Ketu&nbsp;did not pardon&nbsp;Surya&nbsp;and&nbsp;Chandra. In turn,&nbsp;Rahu&nbsp;went after&nbsp;Chandra&nbsp;and started consuming him.&nbsp;Lord Chandra&nbsp;prayed to&nbsp;Lord Shiva&nbsp;and He blessed Him with the power to grow back to full size in 15 days after being consumed by&nbsp;Rahu. It is believed that this is why we have waxing and waning moon.&nbsp;Chandra&nbsp;attains full brightness on the Full Moon Day or Pournami and starts losing his beauty and brightness till the New Moon Day or Ammavasai.

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Significance of Kumbakonam Chandiranaar Temple:

The concern in mother&rsquo;s wellbeing, wealth, and health issues like mental retardation, skin and nerve problems, jaundice, and fluid accumulation are some of the troubles that occur due to Chandra Dosham. It is believed that problems due to Chandra Dosham will be eradicated by worshipping at this&nbsp;Chandra Navagrahasthalam,&nbsp;Kumbakonam Chandiranaar&nbsp;Temple&nbsp;in&nbsp;Tamilnadu<a href="https://www.tamilnadutourism.com/tour-packages/temple-tour/tamilnadu-religious-tour.php">.</a>

Since Chandra controls our minds, by worshipping&nbsp;Lord Shiva&nbsp;and&nbsp;Lord Chandra&nbsp;in&nbsp;Kumbakonam Chandiranaar Temple, our mind related problems, such as mental worries, tensions, and psychiatric problems will be healed. Hence, it is advisable to visit and worship and have the darshan of&nbsp;Lord Shiva&nbsp;and&nbsp;Lord Chandra&nbsp;at&nbsp;Chandiranaar Temple&nbsp;especially during Mondays, to get all the prosperities in our life.&nbsp;Lord Chandra blesses&nbsp;his devotees who pray here with wealth, health, mother&rsquo;s wellbeing, wife&rsquo;s happiness, prosperity, success, progress in educational studies, marriage, and offspring. Mondays are regarded as the special days for Chandran. Raw rice pudding mixed with jaggery, white flowers and white clothing are the main offerings of this temple.

Speciality of Kumbakonam Chandiranaar Temple:

The main speciality of&nbsp;Kumbakonam Chandiranaar Temple&nbsp;is the ritual of first rice feeding to infant children called Anna Prasanam. The priest of the temple shows the child moon and a cow before feeding the child with rice, hence bringing the blessings of Jala devatha (water God) and Oushadhi Devatha (God of medicines). Devotees also believe that Jala devatha would protect the child from fever and cold and even if it so happens, the Oushadhi Devatha would cure it.

The&nbsp;Kumbakonam Chandiranaar Temple&nbsp;reflects beautiful Dravidian style architecture with amazingly carved five-tiered gopuram over the shrine. The temple houses a 16-sided Shiva Lingam made out of black granite and a huge Nandi statue. The most unique and rare feature of&nbsp;Kumbakonam Chandiranaar Temple&nbsp;is that during the Tamil months of Puratasi (September &ndash; October) and Panguni (March &ndash; April), the glorious rays of the moon fall on the Shiva Lingam.&nbsp;

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The temple is located in the village of Thingalur, 33 kilometres (21 mi) from Kumbakonam on the Kumbakonam - Thiruvayyar road and 18 km (11 mi) away from Thanjavur.&nbsp;The temple has a recently built three-tiered rajagopuram surrounded by single prakaram, closed precincts of the temple. The place is revered by the verses of Appar, but since there is no mention about the deity, it is not classified as Padal petra stalam.

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The image of Chandra is located in the first precinct and houses the image made of black granite and usually clad with white cloth.The temple tank is named Chandrapushkarani.&nbsp;The gopuram and the central shrine faces East, while the main entrance faces South. There are other shrines for Ambal, Subramanya, Gajalakshmi and Bhairavar. In modern times, the temple is maintained and administered by the Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments Department of the Government of Tamil Nadu.

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Sevas/Festivals

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The temple has four daily rituals at various times from 6:00 a.m. to 8:30 p.m., and four yearly festivals on its calendar. Mahasivarathri, Margazhi Thiruvadirai, Panguni Uthiram and Thirukartigai are the major festivals celebrated in the temple. The village finds cursory mention in the 7th century Tamil Saiva canonical work, the Tevaram, written by Tamil saint poets known as the Nayanars and classified as Vaippu Sthalam.

The temple priests perform the pooja (rituals) during festivals and on a daily basis. Like other Shiva temples of Tamil Nadu, the priests belong to the Shaivaite community, a Brahmin sub-caste. The temple rituals are performed six times a day; Ushathkalam at 5:30 a.m., Kalasanthi at 8:00 a.m., Uchikalam at 10:00 a.m., Sayarakshai at 6:00 p.m., Irandamkalam at 8:00 p.m. and Ardha Jamam at 10:00 p.m. Each ritual comprises four steps: abhisheka (sacred bath), alangaram (decoration), neivethanam (food offering) and deepa aradanai (waving of lamps) for Surya, Usha and Chhaya.

The worship is held amidst music with nagaswaram (pipe instrument) and tavil (percussion instrument), religious instructions in the Vedas read by priests and prostration by worshippers in front of the temple mast.

There are weekly rituals like somavaram and sukravaram, fortnightly rituals like pradosham and monthly festivals like amavasai (new moon day), kiruthigai, pournami (full moon day) and sathurthi. Mahasivarathri, Margazhi Thiruvadirai, Panguni Uthiram and Thirukartigai are the major festivals celebrated in the temple. The temple is famous for first feeding of rice to infant children.

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