Lifting the curse off the white elephant -2 (Thiruvilayadal-2)

Lifting the curse off the white elephant-2(Thiruvilayadal-2)

Sage Duruvasa once gifted a alotu to Indra who was going in a procession on his white elephant.The lotus was aquired by Duruvasa by his Siva worship.It dropped from the head of Lord Shiva.

Because of his arrogance of prosperity ,Indra casually received it with one hand and placed it on the elephant's head.It threw the lotus down and trampled on it.

Duruvasa cursed him that his head would be shattered by a Pandiyan ,the elephant would become wild.They both begged to be forgiven and released from the curse.So he relented and reduced the force of the curse:that the elephant would be restored to normalcy after hundred years and that was meant for the head would be shifted to the roll of hair on the head.

The white elephant came down to earth to Kadambavanam (Madurai)where it worshipped Lord Somasundarar who granted it a boon.The elephant requested the Lord to accept it as the ninth elephant along with the inseparable eight elephants.He told the elephant to bear Indra who was a great devotee of Lord Shiva .Bearing Indra was equivalent of bearing the Lord.And so the elephant went westward,and created a sacred well in his own name.

It created a town called 'Iyravathapuram'and constructed a Sivalingam calling it 'Indreswarar' and worhipped it .Later ,Indra took back the elephant.

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