Jai Sriman Narayana !!
Jaya Jaya Sankara Hara Hara Sankara !!
Sri Ona
Kantheshwarar Temple is one of the 275 Thevara Shivasthalam of Lord Shiva
situated in a village called Ona Kanthan Dhali in Kanchipuram, Chennai. In this
temple Lord Shiva worshipped in the form of a self-manifested Linga. This
temple is located just 1km away from Sri Eakambareshwarar Temple, another
Thevara Shivasthalam of Lord Shiva.
Presiding
deity – Sri Ona Kantheshwarar with his consort Goddess Kamakshi
Mangalasasanam
– Sundarar
Theertham
– Onakanthan Theertham, Thanthodriya Theertham
Sthalavruksham
– Vanni and Tamarind
Sannidhis
– Oneshwarar, Kantheshwarar, Jalandeshwarar, Saint Sundarar, Lord Ganesha,
Festivals
– Maha Shivaratri, Aippasi Poornima, Thiru Karthikai, Annabhishekam, Panguni Uthiram, Vaikasi Visakam
There
was a demon King Vanasura, he had mighty warriors Onan and Kanthan. These two were assigned with the task of safe
guarding the palace of the demon King in a place called ‘Puzhal’. Onan, one of the warrior found a
self-manifested Linga and started to worship.
He underwent severe penance praying to Lord and offered his blood for
the sacred bath of the Lord. The most
pleased Lord offered him several boons.
The other warrior Kanthan too found a self-manifested Linga and started
worshipping Lord. He pleased Lord with
his sincere and unparallel devotion to him.
The compassionate Lord provided him with many boons. The same incident happened with another demon
Jalandeshearan. He also pleased the Lord
and attained several boons.
Saint
Sundara Murthy Nayana , a passionate devotee of Lord Shiva happened to visit
this sacred land and found the three Lingas worshipped by the demons. He was greatly pleased at the devotion of the
demons and praised their good deeds.
Sundarar earnestly wanted to reveal the dedication of the three demons
to the world and build temple in its place.
Unfortunately, there was no source for the funds and Sundarar was
helpless to construct a temple. He
solemnly prayed to Lord and continued his self-less service to Lord singing his
glorious verses. Finally, Lord appeared
before Sundarar and pointed a Tamarind tree and disappeared. Instantly, the entire tree and its fruits were
changed into golden color and showered golden coins. Soon after, with all those gold coins Sundarar
constructed this magnificent temple and preserved the Lingas as he was desired.
This
temple remains open from morning 7.00AM to 7.00PM without any break.
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