Tamil Podcast #89 Vaaram Oru Alayam- Arulmigu KalaBairava Vaduganathar Thirukkovil , Kundadam

Vidangeeswarar- Visalatchi

Duration 8m 50s

This week’s Podcast is about “Arulmigu KalaBairava Vaduganathar Thirukkovil , Kundadam ".

This Sivasthalam is Situated in Kovai-Madurai Highway ,exactly between Palladam and Tharapuram. It''s 28km from Palladam and 16 Km from Tharapuram

Main Deity : Vidangeeswarar
Goddess : Visalatchi
Ksetra Balakar : KalaBairava Vaduganathar
Holy tree : Ianthai
Darshan time : 6 am – 12pm ,4pm – 9pm
Sthalam : "Konra-Idam" - Kundadam

In Mahabharatha, Keesakan Who was problematic to Draupathi was killed by Bheema in this place. Reffering to killing ("konra-Idam") , this place later became Kundadam. Kundadam- Kalabhairava Vaduganathar is considered very sacred as equal to Kasi-Kalabhairavar.
Another Interesting fact is (which also refers to kundadam) when the Pandavas were in exile into the forests, they ventured out into the country in disguise. They were travelling near the place called Dharapuram, and one of the Dhuryodhana's men identified the Pandavas and went on to inform Dhuryodhana.
The place where the Pandavas is called Kandidam [Kanda (Found) + Idam (Place)], which later got transformed and now called as Kundadam.