Wednesday 10 January 2018

Sri Anupamasthini Ambal Sametha Sri Dhevathi Rajeeswarar Temple at Arumbakkam, Ranipet District, Tamil Nadu.

07th January 2018.
For a change this week joined with Jain community heritage enthusiasts  for the Ahimsa walk  at Asa Nellikuppam, UppuKulam ( a part of Arakkonam Town ) and Kavanur lead by Mrs Sasikala devi. Though this Shiva  temple visit was not planned earlier, added  in the list since it was told that a Tirthankara was kept along with nagars under Bodhi tree, which was excavated in the Village. 


Moolavar    : Sri Devathi Rajeswarar
Consort      : Sri Anupamathini Ambal

Some of the important features are...
The temple is facing east without any Rajagopuram. Dwajasthambam, Balipeedam and Nandhi Mandapam are on the east side entrance. Entrance to the Main shrine is from South. Ambal is facing south in the maha mandapam. Urchavars are in the Maha mandapam. The sanctum out side od moat type. 

In koshtam Vinayagar, Dakshinamurthy, Maha Vishnu ( in Lingothbavar place ), Brahma and Durgai. In the prakaram sannadhi for Selva Ganapathy, Saraswati, Gajalakshmi, Valli Devasena Subramaniar, Naalvar, Bhairavar, Saptamatrikas, Suryan, Chandran, Balaganapathy, Balamurugan, Arumuga and Chandikeswarar.

 saptamatrikas panel

ARCHITECTURE
The temple consists of sanctum sanctorum, antarala, artha mandapa and maha mandapam. 


HISTORY
It was told that the temple is 1000 years old. The inscriptions are not clear due to sand blasting. The temple was renovated and Kumbhabhishekam was performed on 04-06-2017.

LEGEND
As per the legend, Durvasa Maharishi gave Indira, the garland after performed pooja to Lord Mahavishnu. His vahana Iravatham destroyed he garland with it’s leg. On seeing this Muni Durvasa cursed Indira to loose his Indira / Raja position and a reduced life.  To get rid of the  curse, after visiting many Shiva temple, came to this place Arumbakkam worshiped Lord Shiva with a lotus from the moat/ akazi. Lord Shiva blessed him with full life and gave the Indra position also. Hence those who lost their job may pray Lord Shiva to get back and a good  place for conducting poojas  to increase the life like, Shastiapthapoorthi and Sathabhishekam.  To get rid of problems related to womb, abhishekam may  be performed to Ambal with 108 lemon juice.

TEMPLE TIMINGS:
The temple kept opened between 07.00 hrs to 11.00 hrs and 17.00 hrs to 20.30 hrs.

HOW TO REACH:
Arumbakkam is on the way to Arakkonam from Kanchipuram.

LOCATION:CLICK HERE


 MahaVishnu in Koshtam
 Brahma



 saptamatrika panel
 saptamatrika panel
 saptamatrika panel
saptamatrika panel

Believed to be kulothunga Chozha ?
---OM SHIVAYA NAMA---

2 comments:

  1. Fantastic Sir. You are make this as a memorable one

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  2. Thanks ma...it is because of you ..ma...

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