4, March 2014.
A
Continuation to the previous post.............
After
Darshan, visited the Pallava Period Rock Cut Temple or kal mandapam. The
details are written in a separate post after covering the temples.
SRI MANIKANDESWARAR
TEMPLE. THIRUMARPERU
Now this
place is called THIRUMALPUR. This is the 11th Devaram Paadal
Petra Shiva Sthalam in Thondai Nadu. Thirugnanasambandar and Thirunavukkarasar
have sung hymns in praise of Lord Shiva of this temple.
Temple front view
Moolavar : Sri Manikandeswarar, Sri Dhayanatheeswarar,
Sri Pravaleswarar, Sri Saatharupar, Sri
Pavalamalaiyar,
Sri Vaattamthavirthar, Sri Malvanankesar.
But called by the first name Sri
Manikandeswarar.
Consort : Sri Anjanaatchi Amman, Sri Karunambigai.
Some of
the important features of this temple are …….
The
temple faces east with a 5-tier Rajagopuram without stucco images. Balipedem,
Dwajasthambam, and Rishabam are at an elevated level under a Kottagai / shed. Moolavar is
swayambhu Theenda Thirumeni, cone shape at the top and always covered
with Kavasam. Punuku is only applied. In koshtam Dhakshinamurthy,
Mahavishnu, Brahma, and Astabuja Durgai. Urchava Murtis are in artha
mandapam.
At the
entrance of the main shrine Vinayagar with 10 hands to be seen on the left and
Murugan on the right. Vishnu is standing at the center worshiping Lord Shiva
behind Rishabam.
In the
inner prakaram sannadhi for Suryan, Nalvar, Soleeswarar, Pancha mathas,
Balaganapathy, Uchista Ganapathy, Chidambareswarar, Gajalakshmi, Valli Devasena
Samedha Subramaniyar, Veerabhadra, Bhairavar and Chandran.
In the
sabha mandapam, Natarajar with Ambal and Manickavasagar. Pancha Murtis Stucco images are on the top of the entrance. In the mandapam reliefs of Dakshinamurthy,
Suryan, Maha Vishnu, Balasubramaniar, Appar, Sundarar, Thirugnanasambandar, Vinayagar,
Murugan, Naanmugan ( all the four faces are visible ), Ambal worshiping Lord
Shiva, Kalinga Nardhanar, Kamadhenu, Bairavar, Veerabhadra doing dhabas standing
on one leg.
HISTORY & INSCRIPTIONS
It was said that the original inscriptions were recorded in the
year 1905 by the Archaeological Department. During the
renovations in 1936 all the inscription stones were not fitted in the original
places, instead, they were used as floor slabs around, Rishabam, balipeedam, and
Dwajasthambam. With great difficulty, we could trace the name of Mathuranthakan
Kandarathithan and the title of Rajaraja Chozha.
LEGENDS
Thirumal
and Chandran worshiped Lord Shiva of this temple. Thirumal worshiped lord Shiva
with 1000 lotus flowers. When one more number was required to complete 1000, to
get back his Chakrayutham. So Thirumal plugged out one of his eyes to complete
1000 lotus flowers. To prove this story there is Thirumal’s Utsava Murti is available with a Lotus in one hand.
Perumal's image - worshiping Lord Shiva
Perumal's Impon Murthi - a lotus in his hand
TEMPLE
TIMINGS
The
temple is kept open between 07.00 Hrs to 12.00 Hrs. and 17.30 Hrs to 20.30
Hrs.
CONTACT DETAILS
Sivachariyar
Shanmugam Gurukkal, Mobile number 9444386442 may be contacted for
more details and Pooja.
HOW TO
REACH :
Buses are
available from Kanchipuram. A Private bus KRC from Kanchipuram to Panapakkam
passes through this place.
Another
private bus Bharathi from Arcot to Kanchipuram passes through this
place.
Chennai /
Chengalpattu to Thirumalpur train facility is available and the place is 5 Km
from the station. The Rly station Place is called as Pallur. Share autos are
available in Thirumalpur.
LOCATION OF THE TEMPLE: CLICK
HERE
Chariot - during Masi Maham festival
The 5-tier Rajagopuram view from inside
Front view of Ambal sannidhi
Front mandapam - Sivanadiyars mutrum othuthal
Ambal Sannadhi gopuram
Urchavars
Dwarapalakas
Sri Ashtabhuja Durgai
Adhikara Nandhi under the niche of Rajagopuram
63var
After the darshan of
Lord Shiva Sri Manikandeswarar, came to the Bus stop and waited. It took 1 hour to
get a bus since I missed one bus, which left just 5 minutes before my arrival
at the bus stop. At around 13.30 Hrs reached Kanchipuram.
Kanchipuram Temples visit continued.....
--- OM SHIVAYA NAMA ---
Nice information..but I shocked on your photos of Gods/murthies inside the temple :( .. they may allow for rupees..Don't you think taking photos of vikrahas (made in stones) are not advisable and spoiling the holiness power of those vikrahas ?.Stop your damn of taking photos on god ..do not spread this bad attitude ..coz evey one has mobiles with camera...!..pls take as a humble request...Sivaya nama !
ReplyDeleteMr Thiruvalarr,
ReplyDeleteThanks for the comments. How I damaged the holiness of the god by taking the photographs ?. Can you explain the following? And some of the clarifications.
1. How the power/ Holiness / spritiuality of the moolavar or any Parivara Theivangal or koshta moorthangal will get decreased or damaged by taking the Photographs. Can you explain?. If that is true How the media’s like TV / News Papers/ etc., are allowed to do the same live telecast. In fact this gives the viewers who could not participate can also get the benefit of Lords blessings through the media. It also induces the people to go to the temples by seeing the details. I used / preferred to watch the live through TV since, we may not have the access of going near to the moolavar in the rush.
2. I would like to know both scientifically and spiritually how the sanctity gets spoiled by taking the photographs?.
3. As far as my knowledge goes, the power of Moolavar will be decreased due to age/ time and hence they are recharged by doing the Kumbhabhishekams once in 12 years. Please note the same is not for the Koshta moorthangal.
4. Before commenting you must see the others blogs also ( 17 best blogs – A link which I had given in my blog ). You must understand that how much pain the bloggers takes to get the details and photos, which are very much helpful for the readers, with out going to those places..
5. When ever I used to see moorthys which are very cute, I used to admire and spend more time by looking at it and details. At the same time I used to appreciate the sculptor who had spend most of his life time for doing the same, not using the modern tools/ machines, about 1000 years before. By seeing the photos more people also can enjoy the same.
6. Please calrify your points with Mr Sathyamoorthy, former Head of ASI, Historian Vakula varadharajan, of Reach Foundation the point which you stated as “ BAD ATTITUDE “ is correct or not. If they agree, your point I will stop taking the Photographs of moorthys.
OM SHIVAYA NAMA