Jai Sriman Narayana !!
Jai Shiv Shankar !!
This is
one of 275 Thevara Shivasthalam of Lord Shiva located 96 kms away from Chennai
situated in Kanchipuram on Chennai-Trichy NH and just 3kms away from Melmaruvathur.
In this
temple Lord Atcheeshawarar worshipped in the form of a self manifested
Linga. This temple also enshrines Lord
Umaiatcheeshwarar - Lord Shiva and Goddess Parvati in their bridal attire,
shrine of Lord Srinivas with his consort Alarmel Mangai, Lord Anjaneya and
Goddess Ilamkili Ammai. Sage Agasthiya
prayed to Lord Shiva and envishioned him in his bridal attire with Goddess
Parvati.
Preisidng
deity – Lord Atcheeshwarar/Pakkapureeshwarar and Lord Umai Atcheeshwarar with
his consort Goddess Sri Umayambikai/ Sundara Nayaki/Balasukhambal
Sthalavrukasham
– Sara Kondrai
Theertham
– Deva Theertham, Brahma Theertham, Vishnu Theertham/Shangu Theertham
Mangalasasanam
– Thiru Gnana Sambandhar
Prathyaksham
to – In this temple Lord Shiva was worshipped by Sage Kanva and Sage Gouthama
in Threthayuga. Lord Brahma and Lord
Vishnu were worshipped in Dwapara Yuga and Sage Agasthiya worshipped in
Kaliyuga. Sage Trinetradhari worhsipped
Lord and attained Samadhi here.
Sannidhis
– Lord Ganesha, Lord Vishnu, Lord Brahma, Lord Srinivasa with Goddess Alarmel
Mangai Thayar, Lord Nandikeshwara, Goddess Saraswathy, Goddess Lakshmi, 63
Nayanmars (Ustavamurthis) and stone idols,
Lord Somaskandhar, Image of Kannappa Nayanar worshipping Lord Shiva, Lord
Ganesha with his consorts Siddhi and Buddhi, Sundaramurthy Nayanar with his
consorts Paravai Nachiyar and Sangili Nachiyar, Shekkizhar, Lord Natarajar with
Goddess Sivakama Sundari, Saint Manikka Vasagar, Karaikkal Ammayar, Lord Kala
Bhairava, a separate shrine for Goddess Ilamkili Amman and Umayambikai, Lord
Gana Sastha, Sage Trinetradhari in a shrine Sarakondrai Eshwarar,
Festivals
– Chithirai Festival and Pournami
This
temple mythology is closely associated with the Tripurasura Samharam of Lord
Shiva. The three demons Dharaka,
Vidyunmali and Kamalaksha underwent severe penance and attained several boons
from Lord Brahma. Immediately after
obtaining extra ordinary boons they started to harass the deities. All the deities approached Lord Shiva to
protect them from the atrocities of the demons.
The most compassionate Lord brought together the Earth, Heaven and
deities as a Chariot and led to battlefield.
Instantaneously, the axis of the wheel got broken; it resulted in bringing
sudden halt to their journey. Lord
realized the mistake that the initial worship of Lord Ganesha was not performed. All the deities gathered worshipped Lord Ganesha and carried out
their journey to battlefield.
Another
legend has that Pandya King was on his spiritual journey while crossing this
sacred land his chariot wheel got broken.
He had to halt his journey, while his men were at work of repairing the
wheel, King found a chameleon whizzed on his way. He followed the chameleon and found it
slither under a Sara kondrai tree. His
men were made all efforts to locate the chameleon under the tree; but blood
gushed out of the tree and did not find any trace of the chameleon. On that night Lord appeared in his dream and
instructed him to build a temple on its place, where he appeared as a
self-manifested Linga.
Pandya
King preceeded his spiritual tour entrusting the task of building a temple to
Sage Trinetradhari on the place where the self-manifested Linga was found. When the King came back from his journey, he
found there are two shrines one is dedicated to Lord Atcheeshwarar and another
one is Lord Umayal Atcheeshwarar positioned here. King enquired the reason for it; Sage
explained that Lord graced him too in the form of a chameleon, King and Sage
Trinetradhari mutually agreed to the above arrangements.
This
temple remains open from 6.00AM to 11.00 PM in the morning and 4.00PM to 8.30PM
in the evenings.
Jai Shiv Shankar !!
Jai Sriman Narayana !!
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