Sirkazhi - Sattai Nadar temple

There are Hundreds of Ancient temple which are centuries old and have very interesting Historiacal stories attached to it which is also known as ‘Stala purana’.    One such temple is the Brahmapureeswarar temple in Sirkazhi.

Sirkazhi Brahmapureeswarar temple or also known as the Sattainathar temple is an ancient temple with 3 different Shiva sannidhis.

Brahmapureeswarar is in the ground floor level, Periyanayakar (also known as Thoniyappar) and Periyanayaki on a Thoni (in the Pralaya flooded waters) on the first floor level, Sattanathar or Vatukanathar is housed on the top most level.

This is a massive temple laid out in several acres of land.

According to the Stala puranam of this temple, the child Sambandar was fed milk (Gnyaanappaal) by Goddess Parvathi on the banks of this pond and from then on he became a prodigy and later known as “Thiru Gnyaana Sambandar”. He composed “Thevaaram”.

  

Sirkazhi - where to stay

Sometimes when you are lucky, you unexpectedely end up getting one of the poshest stay and best food at a throw away price.  One such experience was awaiting us at the very small temple town of Sirkazhi.  Stay at Hotel Chola Inn in Sirkazhi was such an experience.

An Ac double room costed just Rs.1,200/- per day.  And it was sheer luxury.

The buffet Lunch was simply superb. Though the items were less the taste of every item was superb and here is the menu. 1.              Tomato soup. 2.              Sweet pongal with cashew and dry fruits. 3.              Butter Naan (It was better than the stuff I had tasted at Le-Meridian (5-star hotel) in Chennai. 4.              Chole masala. 5.              Gobi Manchurian with gravy. 6.              Fried rice. 7.              Veg biriyani. 8.              Curd rice. 9.              Panneer – 65.  10.       Onion raitha. 11.       Pickles.  And the best part is that this unlimited Buffet is just Rs.125/- per person.