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Nellaiappar Temple car is the third largest car in Tamil Nadu.And it is the first car to be driven fully automatically. [ 12 ] The temple priests perform the puja (rituals) during festivals and on a daily basis.
Stone temple car in the Vitthala Temple built during Vijayanagara Empire, India. Temple cars are used during festivals called Ratha Yatra , a procession in a chariot accompanied by the public. It typically refers to a procession (journey) of deities, people dressed like deities, or simply religious saints and political leaders. [ 4 ]
The temple occupies around 18.5 acres (7.5 ha). There are a number of halls, that have sculpted pillars from the Nayak period. [43] There is a festival hall in the second precinct in the temple facing South that has sculpted pillars indicating various Hindu legends. BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir Toronto: 72,843 Toronto Canada
Nellaiappar Temple is a Hindu temple dedicated to Shiva in the form of Nellaiappar. The deity is revered in the verses of Tevaram, a seventh-century Saiva work by Sambandar. The temple was greatly expanded during the 16th-century Nayak period and has a number of architectural attractions, including musical pillars. [78]
The Ratha may be pulled by devotees with rope, or pulled by horses or elephants. Rathas are used mostly by the Hindu temples of South India for Rathoutsava (Temple car festival). During the festival, the temple deities are driven through the streets, accompanied by the chanting of mantra, shloka or bhajan. [citation needed]
Nellaiappar (), Gandhimathi Amman (Parvati as consort of Nellaiappar), Subramaniya with his consorts Valli and Deivanai, Dakshinamurthy, Chandikeswarar, Swarna Akarshana Bhairavar, Sage Patanjali, Sage Vyagrabathar and 31 forms of Ganesha are the other deities found in this temple with the main deity Uchchhishta Ganapathy.
Nellaiappar temple is a large rock-cut style temple with five gopurams, notable for the aesthetic features carved into the roof and pillars. [ 44 ] [ 45 ] The foundations of the temple were built by Pandyan society, and the temple was continually added to by following dynasties. [ 46 ]
The three foremost Nayanars with Manikkavacakar - collectively called the Nalvar: (from left) Sambandar, Appar, Sundarar, and Manikkavacakar. Tevaram literally means, "garland of divine songs" and refers to the collection of verses sung in praise of Shiva, the supreme god of the Shaivite sect of Hinduism, by three Tamil poets known as Shaiva Kuruvars - Sambandar, Appar, and Sundarar. [2]