King Ratnendra Chola and his brother wanted to partition the diamonds left by their parents. They did not
agree with the value determined by various assessers. Only confusion
continued. Both sought the help of Lord of the temple to decide the
issue.
Lord came in the guise of diamond merchant and solved their
problem and also in sharing the kingdom. As Lord came as diamond
(Rathna in Sanskrit and Gem in English) merchant, He is praised as Rathnapureeswarar.
Festivals:
Kotpuli Nayanar Guru Puja on Jeshta (Kettai in Tamil) star day in Aadi
(July-August) is the main festival of the temple. Also, all Shiva
related festivals are observed.
Opening time:
The temple is open from 7.00 a.m. to 12.00 a.m. and from 6.00 p.m. to 8.00 p.m.
This is the 118th
temple on the southern bank of Cauvery praised in Thevaram hymns.
Nagarathar devotees had liberally contributed to this
temple facing east. At the eastern entrance of the tower is the shrine
for Lord Vinayaka facing west who showed way by hand to Saint Sundarar.
The Rajagopuram is of a five tier
structure. There are shrines for LordsVinayaka, Muruga, Viswanatha, Mother Gajalakshmi and the Navagrahas the nine
planets in the inner prakara. Lords
Dakshinamurthy, Lingodhbava, Brahmma are on the Goshta the wall around the
sanctum sanctorum. It also has Kotpuli
Nayanar. Nataraja Sabha and procession
deities are in the Mahamandap.
Prayers:
People come to pray to Lord seeking solutions forproblems in family, assets that could not be partitioned and for high yield in
agriculture. It is the staunch belief of
the devotees that Lord will guide in such complex issues.
Do's:
- Do pray Your Ishta Devata before Pilgrimage to temple
- Do Contact Temple Devasthanam information center for inquiry ,temple information and for pooja details etc.
- Do Do reserve your travel and accommodation at temple well in advance.
- Do bath and wear clean clothes before you enter the temple
- Do concentrate on God and Goddess inside the temple.
- Do maintain silence and recite your Istamantram to yourself inside the temple.
- Do observe ancient custom and traditions while in Temple.
- Do deposit your offerings in the hundi only
Don't s:
- Do not come to Temple for any Purpose other than worshiping of God and Goddess
- Do not smoke at Temple.
- Do not consume alcoholic drinks at Temple
- Do not Eat Non Vegetarian food in the Kshetram
- Do not approach mediators for quick Dharshanam. It may cause inconvenient to others
- Do not carry any weapon inside the temple
- Do not wear any head guards like helmets ,caps ,turbans and hats inside the temple premises