Puttu Thiruvizha 2008
Story behind the Puttu Thiruvizha
Puttu Thoppu is situated on the south bank of River Vaigai. It is believed that this is the place where Lord Shiva performed one of his Thiruvilayadals. The Lord gave salvation to Manickavasagar and Vanthiammai, an old lady here on the river banks. The Pandya King ordered every citizen of Madurai to build a massive bund at the banks of River Vaigai in order to protect his kingdom from the natural disasters like floods in Vaigai. The old lady Vanthiammai was ordered by the guards to carry baskets of soil for the work. But she was unable to carry out the command. So she planned to offer Puttu for those who help her. Nobody come up to help her. Suddenly, Lord Shiva appeared as a youngster and offered to work for her. Upon eating a fistful of the delicious puttu, he then slept off by the river bed while worked on. The king monitoring the progress of the work. At that time, the king watched the youngster (Lord Shiva) who slept off at the river bank. The King got angry and struck him with a cane. And a miracle is believed to have occurred. The blow on the lad landed on everyone's back including the ruler's. It is believed that Lord Shiva performed the Thiruvilayadal to give 'Mukthi (Moksha)' to the old woman.
Labels: Lord Shiva Thiruvilaiyadal, Manickavasagar, Old Lady Vanthiammai, Puttu Thiruvizha
5 Comments:
@Bala,
Thank you very much :)
Wonderful Narratiob... I been to the same function happened on 18th Aug 13.Deity comes back to meenakshi temple at 8.00 pm. .. One should have 1000 eyes the see this and a life time moment
is it possible to tell approximately which year this pputtukku mann sumantha event took place what was the name of the King? or is it a purana story wihtout any date? thks
sury39@gmail.com
re the above commet , dating of puutuku .. and the name of the pandyan KIng pl notify me
nithyanandam
can you give me 64 places thiruvilaiyadal happened latest places names?
puttu thoppu : pittuku man sumantha padalam
viraganur : viragu vitra padalam
neerali mandapam : chokkan cokkatan vilaiyadiya
idam.
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