Sri Draupadi Amman Temple / ஸ்ரீ துரௌபதி அம்மன் கோயில், Velachery, Chennai, Tamil Nadu.

18^th November 2017.

This Draupadi Amman Temple  is little off from the Draupathi Amman Koil street, in Velachery. Draupathi Amman is one of the character in the Epic Mahabharat and wife of Pancha Pandavas. She was believed to be the incarnation of Kali. There are many  Draupathi Amman Temples  in Tamil Nadu and Karnataka. The annual festival is celebrated in and around Senji of Thiruvannamalai district.  People worship Draupathi Amman as Village deity and some people worship as their Kula Deivam.

Main deity : Sri Draupadi Amman.

Some of the important features of this temple are..

The temple is facing north with a open Mukha mandapam. In koshtam Brahmi,  Vaishnavi, Gowri,  Varagi and Vishnu Durgai. Reliefs of Pancha Pandavas, Radha Krishna, Anjaneyar are on the mandapa pillars.

In the sanctum Draupathi Amman is in standing posture with a parrot on her shoulder. On the back side of Draupathi  Amman Krishnar and and Pancha Pandavas. Urchava murtis are kept on the east side of the sanctum. In front of Amman  Mahameru is on a Sri Chakram. The thiruvasi was erected recently. It contains, flag, jwala, samaram and Suryan. In antarala balipeedam, a 1.5 feet high dwajasthambam and Pothuraju with his fathers head on his left hand in sitting posture. 

HISTORY AND INSCRIPTIONS

The original temple was built with brick and it was told that the original temple was more 300 years old. The original brick temple was razed down and new temple was constructed and the second kumbhabhishekam was also performed during 2010.

The Draupathi Amman's Vigraham was unearthed on the same place where the sanctum exists. The name Draupadi was identified through Kudavolai. 

POOJAS AND CELEBRATIONS
Annual festival is being celebrated every year during Tamil Month Chithirai 1st (May ). It will be a 10 days festival and ends with a "theemithi" thiruvizha. The thimithi thiruvizha will be conducted after getting permission from Draupathi Amman. A sword was kept in a pot of water and the sword should stand straight, if Amman nods.  

TEMPLE TIMINGS:

The temple will be kept opened between 06.30 hrs to 08.30 hrs and 18.00 hrs to 20.30 hrs.

HOW TO REACH:

This temple is on the Draupathi Amman  Koil Street at Velachery / Dhandeeswaram / Dhandeeswaram colony.

Draupathi Amman koil street is just opposite to Gandhi Road.

All the Town buses  to wards Velachery, Medavakkam, East Tambaram passes through Gandhi road bus stop and the temple is walk-able distance from the bus stop.

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