Saturday 8 September 2012

Nelliappar and Gandhimathi-Tirunelveli

Tirunelveli is a famous place and in and around there are very big and ancient temples.one famous temple is nelliappar and gandhimathi temple.

Legend behind this temple:

Earlier Tirunelveli is called by some other name and there was one farmer and he used to store paddy and worship lord.

One day due to heavy rain ,he scared that all paddy will be spoiled and prayed god.

So,with blessing of god,the paddy was protected by a fence and hence name is nelliappar..

The praharam is big and there are musical pillars where we  can hear different sounds when we tap it,then sahasranamam lingam is there.

Shivan sannithi and ambal sannithi is there and theppakulam can be seen.

When you visit the temple you can explore and learn many things.

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