Thiruchirapalli 3 - Vayalur Murugar, Vekkali Amman & Nachiar Kovil

The second day morning at Trichy saw us visiting temples. We continued the same in the evening too. The first temple to visit was Vayalur Murugar temple.

With the help of google maps we navigates through narrow roads and fields to reach Vayalur or Kumaravayalur in Woraiyur. It took us around 40 mins, traversing through 14 kms. This is where Kirupanandha Variyar worshipped lord Murugar. We first get to workship Lord Shiva in this old temple followd by Lord Murugar. The Lord is called Subramanyaswami and gives us his darshan along with Goddess Deivanai and Goddess Valli. The deity is small and we get to worship very much close to the inner sanctum. Its a small temple and hence 15 mins we were out in the outer praharam of the temple. Here we were given sweet pongal, tamarind rice and sundal by a devotee. In the parking area a tourist driver offered to help us reach Vekkali Amman temple.

The travel from Vayalur temple to Vekkali Amman temple was a tedious one as we drove through narrow road under heavy evening traffic. The distance was less then 10 kms but it took 40-45 mins. Vekkali Amman temple was cramped with devotees near the inner sanctum. We had to get a darshan from the Gopuram entrance and could go around the corridor. By then the sanctum was closed for pooja. With just the glimpse of the Goddess Vekkali we had to out of the temple.

Just near the Vekkali temple is the Nachiar temple. This is a Perumal temple, the Lord is known to be Lord Azhagiya Manavalan Perumal and his consort after whom the temple gets its name is Goddess Kamalavalli Nachiyar. An old temple - this houses temple pond which was getting ready for a theppal the next day. The temple was not much crowded helping us with a good darshan of the Lord and his consort.

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