Shaiva saints Sambandhar and Appar have sung sacred hymns about this temple.
Mulavar: Kannayaranadar
Devi: Kailashnayaki
Kshetra Vruksha: Jackfruit tree
Sacred Tirtha: Brahma Tirtha, Shesha tirtha
Puranik Name: Thirukkarayyil, Thirukkaraivasal
Present Name: Thirukkaravasal
District: Thiruvarur, Tamilnadu
The temple is about 114 kms from Thiruvarur on Thiruthuraipoondi road and 30 kms from Mannargudi. The temple is in a place where there are dense Karahil trees. This is an east facing temple spread in about 1 acre area. There is no Rajagopuram or flagstaff. The balipeeth has a metal covering and the Nandi is slightly on a higher pedestal. There is a gopuram which is 3 tiered. The shiva linga is a swayambhu linga. When we enter the temple on the right side we have a stone inscription which describes the kshetra. The temple is about 1700 years old.
Other shrines and idols in a temple:
Shrines of Lord Mahavishnu, Shanmukha, Bhairava, Goddess Saraswati and Gajalakshmi are on parikrama. There are a number of shiva lingas in the corridor. Shrine of utsavar (known as sundarar) is found in this corridor.
There is a mandap known as Tyagaraja sabha. The Vinayaka is known as Pramoda Vinayaka (Pramoda means great happiness or joy). It is believed that by worshiping Pramoda Vinayaka one’s wishes are fulfilled and he gets extreme happiness. The Tyagaraja is known here as Adi Vidangar. The teertha located to the north of the temple is known as Indra Teertha. Lord Brahma created a teertha to get rid of his curse and to worship Lord Shiva and it is known as Brahma Teertha. According to Purana, the serpent king Adishesha used to come to this temple through a well to worship Lord Shiva, hence the well is known as Sarpateertha. Lord Dakshinamurti is addressed as Dnyana Dakshinamurti. Lord Bhairava is known as SwarnaAkarshana Bhairava. By worshiping him, it is believed that one can recover the losses made by him. There is a shrine of Vinayaka known as Kadukkai (Harda Vinayaka).
Those who worshiped at this place: Lord Mahavishnu, Mahalakshmi, Lord Indra, Sage Patanjali and Sage Vyaghrapada.
Kshetra Puran:
When powdered harda is put in water, it makes water crystal clear and it has high medicinal value. A merchant came to this temple with bags of jaay-phal (jathikai in Tamil) which also has high medicinal value. It used to attract higher taxes. Lord Vinayaka came to the merchant in the disguise of a boy. He enquired about the content in the bag. The merchant who did not wish to pay more tax stated that he had harda in these bags. The boy went away. Later when the merchant opened the bags, he found there were harda instead of jaay-phal. Realizing that the boy was none other than the Lord Ganesha, the merchant begged for pardon. Soon the harda in the bag became jaay-phal. Since that day, Lord Ganesha in this place is known as Karakkai Vinayaka. Lord Indra worshiped Lord Shiva on the full moon day in the month of Kanya.
Festivals:
Special pujas are held on the first day of every Tamil month. The abhisheka of Tyagaraja, Nataraja and Guru puja are held on that day.
Pujas are held in the month of Karthigai on Karthigai Deepam.
Bhairav puja is held on every Kalashtami day.
Special worships are held on new moon and full moon day.
Special prayers
People pray to swarna akarshana bhairava for recovering lost articles
People worship Pramoda Vinayaka for fulfillment of desires
Worshiping Lord Shiva after taking bath in the Teertha eradicates curse and sin.
People believe that praying to Pramoda Vinayaka helps in curing eye related problems.
Address of the temple:
Arulmigu Kailashnayaki Samed Kannayaranadar Thiru Kovil
Thirukkaravasal, Thiruvarur District, Tamil Nadu, 610202
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