Trip to Tirunallar Thirunallar, Tirunallaru Sani Shani Saneeswarar Ambakarathur Ambakaratur Ambagarattur Kali

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Trip to Tirunallar Tirunallaar Thirunallar, Tirunallaru Sani Shani Saneeswarar Ambakarathur Ambakaratur Ambagarattur Kali

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Thirunallar
For a guide and for any help please refer my name as ashok and call Mr.Gopi on 9842430157.

For budget stay on the door of temple u can call moorthy on 9788045769. If u are landing there on a saturday it will be very very crowded so you can call him by thursday and reserve ur rooms.

From Kumbakonam busses to karaikal will pass through thirunallar.
This place is the temple for Saturn shani Sani. You can travel from kumbakonam by bus to karaikal and reach here..its about 2.5 hrs ride..We reached here early morning from tirukadaiyur tirukadavur after an hrs drive to karaikal by bus and then a 10 minute drive from karaikal to this place. We had come here on a Monday as I had earlier come on a Saturday the most preferred day to come here as Saturday is his (Sani’s) day. The procedure is to go to nala theertham temple pond (view picture in the link - http://www.tamilnadutourism.org/Gallery/PhotoGallery/pages/Tirunallar.htm )after applying gingelly oil… have a dip in the temple pond
and then washing off with soapnut powder..dip again and throw a one rupee coin and black cloth after circling your head into the pond..you shld also leave all your old clothes that you are wearing there..u can ask for procedure to do it with any of the many vendors near the pond..aftr bath you come to a ganesh temple which is near the side of pond and break a coconut to smithereens and proceed to the temple..Saturday’s unless you go one day in advance(by friday afternoon 4 pm max but preferably by 11 am friday..) you will really have trouble getting rooms there..it is so crowded..similarly please be ready to be jostled by thousands of people coming there on Saturday..you will also find it difficult to board a bus back to any other place as they will be jam packed..as you enter take special dharshan tickets and archanai tickets…first woship lord shiva(6.30 am vey next to shiva on left hand side near tyagarajar they wld do a milk abhishegam to emarald linga..if u tell the attendent and tip you can have a prasad of the milk and plantain..) here and then ambal the godess and then lord Saturn after lightling 9 gingelly seed tied cloth wick in gingelly oil lamps sold near lord saturn..when you do archanai to lord Saturn you can offer black clothes, gingelly seed, a special blue flower sold in front of temple to lord Saturn..you can also do regular archanai's to lord in your name in absentia..the office functioning at the temple will do this for you at a nominal cost..list of what they can do for you is available at the office with the amounts in the photo above...

http://www.templenet.com/Tamilnadu/s160.html

http://karaikal.nic.in/Administration/PlacesOfInterest/MNTOURISM.htm

http://www.chennaionline.com/toursntravel/placesofworship/lordsani.asp

office phone no- 04368 -236530, telefax 236504 email sds@kki.pon.nic.in

Mr.Y Krishnaswamy Executive officer Thirunallar temple residence no 04368 236504

Ambakarathur Kali

There are busses from tirunallar Sani Saturn koil street to this place which is 25 minutes from there. The kali is powerful here..read link below pages 1,2,3. We did archanai here and offered arali flower ans 54 lemon mala…if you take an auto from tirunallar to and fro they ask Rs.200.

http://www.hindubooks.org/templesofindia/sarvam_sakti_mayam/tamilnadu/ambakarathur/page3.htm

This place is on the way to kumbakonam..so we took a bus from here to kumbakonam which took about 2 hrs to reach.