Thiruvisaipa (Tamil: திருவிசைப்பா Thiru means "respect", visai means "action" and pa indicates "poem") denotes the ninth volumes[1] of the Tirumurai, the twelve-volume collection of Tamil Saivite devotional poetry. The works of eight authors belonging to the 10th century, namely Thirumaligai Thevar, Senthanar, Karuvur Thevar, Ponnthuruthi Nambi Kata Nambi, Kandarathithar, Venattadigal, Thiruvaliyamuthanar, Purshottama Nambi, Sethiyar and Senthanar. Out of the eight, Kandarathithar, was a Chola king, who an ardent devotee of Shiva. He wanted to compile Thevaram, but the mission was completed by his grandson Rajaraja I.[citation needed]
The ninth volume of Tirumurai is composed by Tamil poets (known as Nayanars) - Thirumaligai Thevar, Senthanar, Karuvur Thevar, Ponnthuruthi Nambi Kata Nambi, Kandarathithar, Venattadigal, Thiruvaliyamuthanar, Purshottama Nambi, Sethiyar and Senthanar [2] Among the eight, Kandarathithar, was a prince descended from Chola king, Parantaka I.[3] He and his wife Sembian Mahadevi were ardent devotees of Shiva and wanted to compile Thevaram during his life time, but could not complete the mission. During the reign of Rajaraja Chola I in the 10th century, a collection of these songs was found abandoned in the Chidambaram temple, along with other religious literary works, and collated by Nambiyandar Nambi.[4]
The temple is one of the five elemental lingas in the Shaivism pilgrimage tradition, and considered the subtlest of all Shiva temples (Kovil) in Hinduism.[5] It is also a site for performance arts, including the annual Natyanjali dance festival on Maha Shivaratri.[6]
Completed in 1035 AD by Rajendra Chola I as a part of his new capital, this Chola dynasty era temple is similar in design, and has a similar name, as the older 11th century, Brihadeeswarar Temple about 70 kilometres (43 mi) to the southwest in Thanjavur.[7] The shrine of Gangaikonda Cholapuram are revered as under
" He of the Shrine of Gangaikonda Choleswaram takes whatever forms that his worship visualize" - 131,5.[8]
The temple was constructed by the Chola king Kulothunga Chola III as a memorial of his successful North Indian campaign. The temple has a shrine for Sharabha, a depiction of Shiva, a part-lion and part-bird beast in Hindu mythology, who, according to Sanskrit literature, is eight-legged and more powerful than a lion or an elephant, possessing the ability to clear a valley in one jump.[13]
According to legend, a Chola king named Muchukunda obtained a boon from Indra (a celestial deity) and wished to receive an image of Thyagaraja Swamy (presiding deity, Shiva in the temple) reposing on the chest of reclining Lord Vishnu. Indra tried to misguide the king and had six other images made, but the king chose the right image and manifested thiyagaraja in Tiruvarur.[14]|}
The Chola prince, it is believed, entered the Mahalingeswarar Temple and prayed to his favourite God, Shiva for relief from the clutches of the spirit of the dead Brahmin or brahmarakshas. The Chola prince made his way out through another entrance thereby saving himself.[15]
This is counted as the first mention of portrait installation indicated in an inscription, with the other ones being in Konerirajapuram and Thiruvisanallur temples. The temple has been maintained and administered by the Thiruvaduthurai Adheenam, whose headquarters is located inside the temple.[16]
Parvati is said to have been reborn as Katyayani and married Shiva here. Vishnu received the cosmic weapon Chakrayudam from Shiva here in lieu of the 1000 flower worship to Shiva. A panel depicting the divine marriage is seen behind the Shivalingam. The Moolvar vimanam is believed to be brought to here by Mahavishnu[17]
^Ayyar, P. V. Jagadisa (1993). South Indian Shrines. New Delhi: Asian Educational Services. pp. 402–404. ISBN978-81-206-0151-2. Retrieved 2 August 2009.
^"Kalanthai Athicheram". Dharumapuram Adheenam. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
^"Keezhakottur Maniyambalam". Dharumapuram Adheenam. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
^V., Meena (1974). Temples in South India (1st ed.). Kanniyakumari: Harikumar Arts. p. 29.
^V., Meena (1974). Temples in South India (1st ed.). Kanniyakumari: Harikumar Arts. p. 34.
^Ayyar, P. V. Jagadisa (1991). South Indian shrines: illustrated. New Delhi: Asian Educational Services. ISBN81-206-0151-3.
^S.R., Balasubramanyam (1975). Early Chola temples Parantaka I to Rajaraja I (AD. 907–985)(PDF). Thomson Press (India) Limited. pp. 220–1.
^"Sri Veezhinatheswarar Temple". Dinamalar. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
References
J. N., Farquhar (1993). Primer of Hinduism. Asian Educational Services. ISBN9788120608689.
Mukherjee, Sujit (1998). A Dictionary of Indian Literature: Beginnings-1850. New Delhi: Orient Longman Limited. p. 396. ISBN81-250-1453-5.
Coward, Harold G., ed. (1987). Modern Indian responses to religious pluralism. New York: State University of New York. p. 151. ISBN0-88706-571-6.
January 06, 2023
thiruvisaippa, tirumuraithe, twelve, volumes, tamil, Śaiva, hymns, sixty, three, nayanarsparts, name, author1, thirukadaikkappu, sambandar4, thevaram, thirunavukkarasar7, thirupaatu, sundarar8, thiruvasakam, thirukkovaiyar, manickavasagar9, tiruppallaandu, var. TirumuraiThe twelve volumes of Tamil Saiva hymns of the sixty three NayanarsParts Name Author1 2 3 Thirukadaikkappu Sambandar4 5 6 Thevaram Thirunavukkarasar7 Thirupaatu Sundarar8 Thiruvasakam amp Thirukkovaiyar Manickavasagar9 Thiruvisaippa amp Tiruppallaandu Various10 Thirumandhiram Thirumular11 Various12 Periya Puranam SekkizharPaadal Petra SthalamPaadal Petra SthalamRajaraja INambiyandar NambiThiruvisaipa Tamil த ர வ ச ப ப Thiru means respect visai means action and pa indicates poem denotes the ninth volumes 1 of the Tirumurai the twelve volume collection of Tamil Saivite devotional poetry The works of eight authors belonging to the 10th century namely Thirumaligai Thevar Senthanar Karuvur Thevar Ponnthuruthi Nambi Kata Nambi Kandarathithar Venattadigal Thiruvaliyamuthanar Purshottama Nambi Sethiyar and Senthanar Out of the eight Kandarathithar was a Chola king who an ardent devotee of Shiva He wanted to compile Thevaram but the mission was completed by his grandson Rajaraja I citation needed Contents 1 The poems 2 List of Temple associated with Tiruvisaippa 3 Notes 4 ReferencesThe poems EditThe ninth volume of Tirumurai is composed by Tamil poets known as Nayanars Thirumaligai Thevar Senthanar Karuvur Thevar Ponnthuruthi Nambi Kata Nambi Kandarathithar Venattadigal Thiruvaliyamuthanar Purshottama Nambi Sethiyar and Senthanar 2 Among the eight Kandarathithar was a prince descended from Chola king Parantaka I 3 He and his wife Sembian Mahadevi were ardent devotees of Shiva and wanted to compile Thevaram during his life time but could not complete the mission During the reign of Rajaraja Chola I in the 10th century a collection of these songs was found abandoned in the Chidambaram temple along with other religious literary works and collated by Nambiyandar Nambi 4 Author Poems Number of verses Classification Temples reverredThirumaligai Thevar 1 45 45 Thiruvisaippa Thillai Natarajar Temple 45 2 Senthanar 46 79 34 Thiruvisaippa Veezhinathar Kovil Thiruveezhimizhalai 12 Masilamaniswara Temple 11 2 Karuvur Thevar 80 182 103 Thiruvisaippa Thillai Natarajar Temple 11 Maniyambalam temple 11 Azhagiyanathaswamy temple Thirukalanthai 10 Sundaresawarar temple Thirulogi 11 Pannakaparanar temple Thirumugathalai 10 Kampaheswarar Temple 10 Brihadisvara Temple 11 2 Ponnthuruthi Nambi Kata Nambi 183 194 12 Thiruvisaippa Thillai Natarajar Temple 10 Thyagaraja temple 2 Thirukuraithudayar temple 11 2 Kandarathithar 194 204 10 Thiruvisaippa Thillai Natarajar Temple 10 2 Venattadigal 205 214 10 Thiruvisaippa Thillai Natarajar Temple 10 2 Thiruvaliyamuthanar 215 256 42 Thiruvisaippa Thillai Natarajar Temple 42 2 Purshottama Nambi 1 45 257 278 Thiruvisaippa Thillai Natarajar Temple 22 2 Sethiyar 279 288 10 Thiruvisaippa Thillai Natarajar Temple 10 2 Senthanar 289 301 13 Thirupallandu Thillai Natarajar Temple 13 2 List of Temple associated with Tiruvisaippa EditThere are 14 temples revered by the hymns of Thiruvisaippa and are in turn referred as Tiruvisaipa Thalangal Name of the temple Location Presiding deity Photo Poets Temple detailsThillai Natarajar Temple Chidambaram 11 23 58 N 79 41 36 E 11 39944 N 79 69333 E 11 39944 79 69333 Natarajar Kandarathithar 10 Karuvur Thevar 11 Ponnthuruthi Nambi Kata Nambi 10 Purshottama Nambi 22 Senthanar 13 Sethiyar 10 Thirumaligai Thevar 45 Thiruvaliyamuthanar 42 Venattadigal 10 The temple is one of the five elemental lingas in the Shaivism pilgrimage tradition and considered the subtlest of all Shiva temples Kovil in Hinduism 5 It is also a site for performance arts including the annual Natyanjali dance festival on Maha Shivaratri 6 Brihadisvara Temple Gangaikonda Cholapuram 11 12 22 N 79 26 56 E 11 20611 N 79 44889 E 11 20611 79 44889 Brihadisvarar Karuvur Thevar 11 Completed in 1035 AD by Rajendra Chola I as a part of his new capital this Chola dynasty era temple is similar in design and has a similar name as the older 11th century Brihadeeswarar Temple about 70 kilometres 43 mi to the southwest in Thanjavur 7 The shrine of Gangaikonda Cholapuram are revered as under He of the Shrine of Gangaikonda Choleswaram takes whatever forms that his worship visualize 131 5 8 Rajarajeswaram Thanjavur 10 46 58 N 79 07 54 E 10 78278 N 79 13167 E 10 78278 79 13167 Brihadisvarar Karuvur Thevar 11 Built by Tamil king Raja Raja Chola I between 1003 and 1010 AD the temple is a part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site known as the Great Living Chola Temples Built out of granite the vimana tower above the shrine is one of the tallest in South India 9 Uthrapathiswaraswamy Temple Thanjavur 10 51 48 N 79 43 20 E 10 86333 N 79 72222 E 10 86333 79 72222 Uthrapathiswaraswamy Karuvur Thevar 10 Uthrapathiswaraswamy Temple is a Hindu temple in Tiruchenkattankudi in Nagapattinam district in the Tamil Nadu state of India Though it is dedicated to the Hindu god Shiva it is more famous for its Ganesha Ganapati icons brought from Vatapi by Paranjothi the commander in chief of the Pallava king Narasimhavarman I reign 630 668 CE following the conquest of Pallavas over the Chalukyas 642 CE 10 Azhagiyanathaswamy temple Kalanthai 10 31 34 N 79 33 10 E 10 52611 N 79 55278 E 10 52611 79 55278 Azhagiyanathar Karuvur Thevar 10 The temple has inscriptions from the period of Rajendra Chola indicating generous contributions to the temple 11 Maniyambalam temple Keezhakottur 10 36 52 N 79 33 55 E 10 61444 N 79 56528 E 10 61444 79 56528 Maniambalanavar Karuvur Thevar 11 Since the bell of the elephant Airavata fell here it came to be known as Maniyambalam 12 Sundaresawarar temple Thirulogi 11 04 51 N 79 29 15 E 11 08083 N 79 48750 E 11 08083 79 48750 Sundareswarar Karuvur Thevar 11 Pannakaparanar temple Thirmugathalai 10 33 23 N 79 40 46 E 10 55639 N 79 67944 E 10 55639 79 67944 Pannakaparanar Karuvur Thevar 10 Kampaheswarar Temple Thirubuvanam 10 59 24 N 79 25 59 E 10 99000 N 79 43306 E 10 99000 79 43306 Kampaheswarar Karuvur Thevar 10 The temple was constructed by the Chola king Kulothunga Chola III as a memorial of his successful North Indian campaign The temple has a shrine for Sharabha a depiction of Shiva a part lion and part bird beast in Hindu mythology who according to Sanskrit literature is eight legged and more powerful than a lion or an elephant possessing the ability to clear a valley in one jump 13 Thyagaraja Temple Thiruvarur 10 46 N 79 39 E 10 767 N 79 650 E 10 767 79 650 Thyagarajar Ponnthuruthi Nambi Kata Nambi 2 According to legend a Chola king named Muchukunda obtained a boon from Indra a celestial deity and wished to receive an image of Thyagaraja Swamy presiding deity Shiva in the temple reposing on the chest of reclining Lord Vishnu Indra tried to misguide the king and had six other images made but the king chose the right image and manifested thiyagaraja in Tiruvarur 14 Thirukuraithudayar temple Thiruvidaikazhi 11 02 29 N 79 47 2 E 11 04139 N 79 78389 E 11 04139 79 78389 Thirukuraithudayar Senthanar 11 Mahalingeswarar Temple Tiruvidaimaruthur 10 59 40 N 79 27 1 E 10 99444 N 79 45028 E 10 99444 79 45028 Mahalingeswarar Karuvur Thevar 10 The Chola prince it is believed entered the Mahalingeswarar Temple and prayed to his favourite God Shiva for relief from the clutches of the spirit of the dead Brahmin or brahmarakshas The Chola prince made his way out through another entrance thereby saving himself 15 Masilamaniswara Temple Thiruvaduthurai 10 29 N 78 41 E 10 483 N 78 683 E 10 483 78 683 Masilamaniswarar Senthanar 11 This is counted as the first mention of portrait installation indicated in an inscription with the other ones being in Konerirajapuram and Thiruvisanallur temples The temple has been maintained and administered by the Thiruvaduthurai Adheenam whose headquarters is located inside the temple 16 Veezhinathar Kovil Thiruveezhimizhalai Thiruveezhimizhalai 10 46 N 79 50 E 10 767 N 79 833 E 10 767 79 833 Veezhinathar Senthanar 12 Parvati is said to have been reborn as Katyayani and married Shiva here Vishnu received the cosmic weapon Chakrayudam from Shiva here in lieu of the 1000 flower worship to Shiva A panel depicting the divine marriage is seen behind the Shivalingam The Moolvar vimanam is believed to be brought to here by Mahavishnu 17 Notes Edit J N 1993 p 143 a b c d e f g h i j k Ninth Thirumurai PDF Project Madurai 2001 Retrieved 1 January 2014 Mukherjee 1999 p 396 Rengasamy Varalotti 28 February 2021 Ponniyin Selvan The Killer Sword Part 3 Pustaka Digital Media p 168 James G Lochtefeld 2002 The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Hinduism A M The Rosen Publishing Group p 147 ISBN 978 0 8239 3179 8 Tracy Pintchman 2007 Women s Lives Women s Rituals in the Hindu Tradition Oxford University Press pp 194 195 ISBN 978 0 19 803934 1 Iramaccantiran Nakacami 1970 Gangaikondacholapuram State Department of Archaeology Government of Tamil Nadu pp 14 16 Coward 1987 p 151 The Archaeological Survey of India ASI Ayyar P V Jagadisa 1993 South Indian Shrines New Delhi Asian Educational Services pp 402 404 ISBN 978 81 206 0151 2 Retrieved 2 August 2009 Kalanthai Athicheram Dharumapuram Adheenam Retrieved 2 January 2022 Keezhakottur Maniyambalam Dharumapuram Adheenam Retrieved 2 January 2022 V Meena 1974 Temples in South India 1st ed Kanniyakumari Harikumar Arts p 29 V Meena 1974 Temples in South India 1st ed Kanniyakumari Harikumar Arts p 34 Ayyar P V Jagadisa 1991 South Indian shrines illustrated New Delhi Asian Educational Services ISBN 81 206 0151 3 S R Balasubramanyam 1975 Early Chola temples Parantaka I to Rajaraja I AD 907 985 PDF Thomson Press India Limited pp 220 1 Sri Veezhinatheswarar Temple Dinamalar Retrieved 2 January 2022 References EditJ N Farquhar 1993 Primer of Hinduism Asian Educational Services ISBN 9788120608689 Mukherjee Sujit 1998 A Dictionary of Indian Literature Beginnings 1850 New Delhi Orient Longman Limited p 396 ISBN 81 250 1453 5 Coward Harold G ed 1987 Modern Indian responses to religious pluralism New York State University of New York p 151 ISBN 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