Significance Tirukoilur

veerateeswarar temple

tirukoilur, place vaishnavites(worshipper s of lord vishnu) , shivites( worshipper s of lord shiva) co-existed peace , harmony, knowing hari , shiva different forms of same almighty.

tirukoilur 1 of ashta veeratanams [ashta – 8 veeratanam – place of bravery]. lord shiva took various forms(incarnations) destroy evil , establish justice, of 8 avatars(forms) famous , tirukoilur 1 among places these avatars emerged. ambal (meaning mother) [better half of lord shiva],is called brahan nayaki [brahan – universe nayaki – leader/queen]. called queen of universe/mother of beings in universe.

lord shiva s temple has separate sannadhi[sacred room] lord ganesha, has historical , epic importance. here place avvaiyar (tamil poet – tamil king s court had many women poets, ministers , warriors) got blessings of ganesha , wrote famous verse vinayagar agaval , has wonderful yoga techniques , has lot of metaphysics in it.

tirukoilur regarded place madhwas (followers of dvaitha philosophy of sri madhwacharya). manampoondi small village located between tiruvanamalai , tirukoilur. manampoondi 36 km away tiruvannamalai. @ distance of 2 km tirukoilur. on banks of river thenpennai can find moola brindavana of sri raghuutthama teertha (1595 a.d) , sri satyapramoda teertha (1997), eminent pontiffs of uttaradi mutt of madhwa lineage.

adhirangam ranganathaswamy temple, located in outskirts of town famous vaishnavite site. tapovanam or brindavanam of great hindu saint gnanananda giri located on banks of river @ tirukkovilur.