Swamirara Thirunageshwaram Temple at Kumbakonam - Google Doc | Page 2

drained   out   and   you   will   lead   a   isolated   life   for   rest   of   your   future’.   On   hearing   this   Nagaraja   was  
terrified.   He   felt   sorry   and   requested   saint   to   rollback   that   curse.   Benevolent   saint   moved   by   his   words   ,  
finally   granted   him   a   cure   to   get   relieved   from   that   curse.   Nagaraja   was   directed   to   meet   his   father  
Kashayapa   a袈er   1000   years.   Nagaraja   with   due   respect   and   fearful   about   the   curse,   followed   the   orders  
strictly.   He   met   Kashayapa,   and   then   he   was   told   by   Kashyapa   munni   to   worship   lord   Shiva   at   four   places  
namely‐   Kumbakonam   keelko柠�am,   Senbakanyam,   Thirupamburam,   Nagaikaronam.   Serpent   king   visited  
this   place   at   last   and   offered   his   final   prayers   to   lord   Shiva.   Therefore   this   village   was   popular   as  
Thirunageshwaram    and   lord   Shiva   with   the   name   Naganathar. 
  The   other   legend   of   this   temple   involves   the   great   event   of   churning   Milky   Ocean   by   Asuras   and  
Devathas.   Devathas   were   very   cau᠀�ous   of   evil   nature   of   Asuras.   They   don’t   want   Amrutham   (which  
grants   eternal   glory)   to   get   into   the   hands   of   devils,   which   they   thought   of   would   bring   ul᠀�mate   chaos   to  
the   world.   So,   Vishnu   went   in   the   form   of   a   female   as   Mohini   to   Asuras   camp   and   planned   to   steal  
Amrutham   by   deceiving   them.   However   one   of   the   Asura   came   to   know   about   this   and   drank   Amrutham.  
This   whole   act   was   watched   by   Surya   (Sun)   and   Chandra   (Moon),   they   reported   about   this   incident   to  
Lord   Narayana. 
Fierce   Narayana   separated   the   torso   of   that   Asura   from   his   head.   Since   that   Asura   already   consumed  
Amrutham,   his   body   and   head   con᠀�nued   to   live   on.   A袈er   this   incident   a   Snake   came   and   got   a柠�ached  
itself   with   the   living   head   of   Asura.   Asura   prayed   to   Vishnu   for   le顠�ng   him   to   be   the   part   of   grahams.  
Later   on   it   is   believed   that   Raahu   takes   his   revenge   on   Sun   and   Moon   in   the   form   of   eclipses. 

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