Question - Sevvandi linga

The great padam composer ( padam is an erotic song set to slow music and dance; the brindamma-muktamma sisters are supposed to be great experts in singing this type of song ) kshEtrayya, also called kshEtrajna by the Tamilians, while in chidambaram, addressed Siva as Sevvandi linga. A friend told me that in tiruchi as well as kAnchi, there are Siva temples where the presiding deity is called SevvandinAthan or SevvandISan. Question - Is by any chance naTarAja of chidambaram associated with Sevvandi? Is God Siva fond of Sevvandi (chrysanthemum) flowers? Any suggestion in this regard is greatly appreciated.

Regards! - mOhana

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JKM sir, after seeing your post, I browsed in google and came to know that the lord shiva in thayumanavar swami temple in trichy is otherwise called as Sevvanthinathan and also the lord vinayaka in that temple is also called as Sevvandhi Vinayaka. Why the name of sevvanthi flower is been associated with Lord Shiva and Lord Vinayaka is not known. Let me try my source to get some information and if i get to know anything, will share it here with you.

Mahalakshmi

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One more hint ...

"The Kulla Muni Agasthya, Arjuna, Hanuman, Rathnavathi, Rama, Saptha Kanniar, Saptha Rishis and Sarama muni had worshipped Shiva at this place.Sarama muni worshipped Shiva with sevvanthi flowers brought from Naga lokha and hence the Lord is called as Sevanthi Nathar. Lord Shiva also called Mathrubootheshwar".

The lines have been copied from this link - http://indiatempletour.blogspot.com/2010_09_19_archive.html

Mahalakshmi

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JKM sir,

One more information .....

"Perhaps Tiruchirappalli is a shortened form of ThIRU sri(CHI) RAnganathan PALLI, reflecting the sleeping posture of Lord Ranganatha in Srirangam. Or, as another belief says, perhaps the name started out as Thiru Javvandhipuram (Place of Marigold Flowers): chevvanthi being the Tamil name for the marigold flower that still grows in abundance in and around the region, and puram which means a dwelling-place".

This is from the link http://www.cvltvre.com/pg/sitesnsights/view/48166.

Mahalakshmi

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Thanks mahAlakshmI ma'am. Yes, I too got the same information about tiruchi. Also I found that there is a temple near kanchi for SevvandISvarar and it seems this is mentioned in kanchi purANam. Also, this kshEtrajna's birth place is also in question. Even though many today accept it as movva, a few miles from the river kRshNA near the kUchipUDi village, famous for its dances, some believe that there is a village with a similar name (movva, muvva, moova, mavva, mOva, etc. with may be puram added to it) in the present Tamil Nadu, perhaps near Senji or so. That is the interesting part about many poets and composers in ancient India. We know a lot about their work, but very little about them like when they lived and where they lived, etc. Oral tradition and anecdotes and stories are considered as historical facts indeed!

Regards! - mOhana