Pancha Aaranya Sthalangal

There are 5 Shiva temples on the southern bank of river Kaveri which are collectively known as Pancha Aaranya (forest) Sthalangal. It was believed that if one visits all these temples in a single day (at the time mentioned below) that it was equivalent to having a darshan at Haridwar. Now it has become easy to visit these places in a day. We will try to give an account of these temples in our blogs in upcoming weeks. In this blog we are listing these temples with their information such location, name of deity, name of sacred tree etc.

Name of Place	Location	Name of temple	Name of forest (Vanam)	Sthala-vruksha (tree/ plant)	Name of Lord Shiva	Name of his consort	Special Deity	Time of worship
THIRU-KKARU-GAVUR	Papa-nasam Taluka, Dist Tanjore, TN	Shri Mullai Vana Nathar	Jasmine	Jasmine	Mullai Vana Nathar	Kurakattanayaki	Karpaga Vinayagar	6am
AVALIVANALLUR	Papanasam Taluka, Dist Tanjore, TN	Shri Sakshi Nathar Temple	Trumpet flower tree	Trumpet flower	Sakshi Nathar	Soundaryanayaki	Murugan	8am
HARI-DWARA-MANGALAM	HARI-DWARA-MANGALAM	Shri Paathala Eshwarar	Shami tree	Shami tree	Patal-eshwar	Alankaravalli	Patal-eshwar	Noon
ALANGUDI	Alangudi	Shri Apath Sahaya Eshwar temple	Silk Cotton tree	Silk Cotton tree	Apath Sahaya Eshwar	Valli-elavar Kuzali	Dakshina-moorthy	5.30pm
THIRUKKOLLAMPUDUR	Nannilam, Taluka- Tanjore, TN	Shri Bilva-van-esh-warar temple	Bilva tree forest	Bilva tree forest	Bilva-vaneshwar	Soundraambika	Natraj	8.30pm