Significance of the Panguni Uththiram-Siva Valipaadu

[virarajendra]

The ten days "Panguni Uttaram Festival" is being celeberated at the Kapaaleeswarer Temple, Chennai - TamilNadu, with the "Arupaththu Moovar - Thiruvilaa" being celeberted today (the 18th March) with religious rituals and the Statues of the 63 - "Tamil Saiva Saints" mainly of Tamil Nadu and few of Kerala (of the period A.D.250 to A.D.1100) being conducted around in a festival procession.

One among these 63 - Tamil Saiva Saints was the "Cheraman Perumal Nayanaar" who was the king of Kerala (A.D.820-844) - the former Chera country, with it's capital at "Mahothai (or Mahothayapuram) - the present Kodungallur" of Thiruchur Region of Kerala. (For more information on Cheraman Perumal Nayanaar - refer my other Thread in this same Forumhub titled "The Medieval Chola Empire and it's relations with Kerala"