Our trip to utharakosamangai temple near ramanathapuram

Utharakosamangai is a siva temple situated near ramanathapuram. this is a very big and age old temple.
sthala puranam: the meaning of utharakosamangai is a secret being told to parvathi by lord shiva. this is the place which manikavasagar mentions in his thiru vasagam. in the pon unjal part of thiru vasagam this temple name is mentioned. it is beleived that this is the birth place of lord shiva
there is a nataraja sculpture in the temple which is made fully of maragadam(). so it is always kept in sandana kappu. only on thiruvadirai day the kappu is changed and it is very difficult to see the god on that day.
the prakaram of natarajar is fully painted with stories related to lord shiva. the paintings are made from plant essence and is still looking new. the sthala vriksha is ilandai. there is a pond called agni theertham.
ya its a place to be seen by all.