24th March
2015.
One
of my friends used to call me to visit Sri Ekambareswarar temple at Mint Street
( it was said that coins were minted in this street, once upon a time by the Government ). On 22nd March 2015, utilizing this opportunity
visited the Shiva temples starting from Chennai 600001 Muthialpet to Sowcarpet
Chennai 600003., where north Indians are dominated. I used to wonder, why Lord
Shiva is very popular in this area? since there are a lot of Shiva temples in the Park Town area. Some of the temples are 500 years old and have a long history. We
have to appreciate the donors who donated the land, constructing the temple and
poojas. For some of the temples properties were donated and the in came
from the properties used for poojas and functions. All the temples were
preparing for the Panguni month’s festival when I visited. Pandhals were
erected in front of temples, and streets.
SRI MARAGATHAMBAL SAMEDHA SRI MALLIKESWARAR TEMPLE
This
Shiva temple is at the end of Linghi Chetty street in Muthialpet. A walkable distance
from Beach Railway station.
Dwajasthambam with balipeedam, entrance arch, and 7-tier Rajagopuram on the left
Moolavar : Sri Mallikeswarar
Consort : Sri Maragathambal
Some
of the important features of this temple are..
A
16-pillar mandapam ( all in granite stones ) with a 7-tier Rajagopuram on the
south side entrance. The Rajagopuram up to the first level was constructed with
granite stone in 2003. In the outer prakaram sannidhi for Ananda Vinayagar,
Nagars, Navagrahas with heir vahanas in round formation and Suryan is little high, Dwajasthambam, balipeedam and Rishabam Mandapam.
On
the east side entrance on the left Vinayagar and Subramaniyar on the right.
In
the inner prakaram Suryan, Vinayagar, Chandrasekarar, Adhipureswarar, Sri
Shanmugar, Saraswati, Naalvar, Kasi Viswananathar with Visalakshi, Mahadevar, 63var in two rows, Chandran, Bhairavar, Suryan and Palliyarai.
Dwarapalakas
in front of sanctum with artha mandapam and maha mandapam. In
koshtam Vinayagar, Dakshinamurthy, Vishnu, Brahma and Durgai. Moolavar is
little big.
HISTORY AND INSCRIPTIONS
A permanent arrangement was made for regular pooja and functions through the income from the properties by the donors. This is from the inscription / kalvettu tablet available on the mandapam walls.
A permanent arrangement was made for regular pooja and functions through the income from the properties by the donors. This is from the inscription / kalvettu tablet available on the mandapam walls.
It is believed that this temple was constructed by the Pallava King Mallikarjun
in the year 1652 CE ( NO... ?).
The two 19th - 20th Century inscriptions on a tablet affixed on the walls. reads as ...
சிவ மயம்
ராக்ஷஸ வருடம் மார்கழி மாதம் 17க்கு 1916 வருடம் ஜனவரி 1ந்தேதி சென்னைப்பட்டிணம் ராயபுரம் ஸ்லாடரவுஸ்ரோட்டில் தேக்குமர வர்த்தகர்களின் சிலா ஸாஸனம்
ராக்ஷஸ வருடம் மார்கழி மாதம் 17க்கு 1916 வருடம் ஜனவரி 1ந்தேதி சென்னைப்பட்டிணம் ராயபுரம் ஸ்லாடரவுஸ்ரோட்டில் தேக்குமர வர்த்தகர்களின் சிலா ஸாஸனம்
1894 வருடம்
மே மாதம் 22ந்தேதி சென்னை ராயபுரம் அர்த்தூன் வீதி o.s.2388. R.S 579. AFC 6620 உள்ள
மனை 1. குழி 936ல் அடங்கிய 18 நெ வீடு மனையை ஷை வர்த்தகர்கள் கா. மாணிக்கசெட்டியார்
கூ. அரிபுத்ர நாயகர் இவர்கள் பேரில் ரூபா
1635 க்கு வாங்கப்பட்டது. ஷை வீட்டில் வரும்
குடக்கூலியில் வரி ரிப்பேர் முதலிய செலவு போக மீதி துகையைக் கொண்டு சென்னை முத்தியாலுப்பேட்டை
லிங்கிசெட்டி தெருவில் எழுந்தருளியிருக்கும் ஸ்ரீமல்லிகேஸ்வரசுவாமி பிரமோஸ்ஸவத்தின்
8வது நாள் பரிவேட்டை உற்சவத்தை நடத்தவேண்டியது. 1905 வருடம் ஆகஸ்டு மீ 2 ந்தேதியிலும்
1908 வருடம் மார்ச்சு மீ 13தேதியிலும் ஷை வர்த்தகர்களால் ஏற்படுத்தப்பட்ட டிரஸ்டிகள்
கா. மா. அப்பாதுரை செட்டியார், ப. முத்துசாமி நாயகர் இத்தருமத்தை நடத்திவர வேண்டியது.
இவர்களுக்குப்பின் அப்போதைக்கப்போது ஷை வர்த்தகர்களால் ஏற்படுத்தப்படும் டிரஸ்டிகள்
ஷை தர்மத்தை நடத்திவரவேண்டியது. ஷை சொத்தை தானம் விக்கிரயம் அடமானம் முதலிய பராதீனம்
செய்யக்கூடாது.
கா. மா. அப்பாதுரைசெட்டியார்
ப. முத்துசாமிநாயகர்
டிரஸ்டிகள்
ப. முத்துசாமிநாயகர்
டிரஸ்டிகள்
சிவமயம்
சென்னை முத்தியால்பேட்டை
லிங்கிசெட்டி தெரு 256நெம்பர் அக்கமாபேட்டை வெங்குசெட்டியார் கனிஷ்ட பாரியாள் செங்காளம்மாள்
நான் என் மனப்பாத்தியர் சம்மதித்து ஏர்ப்படுத்திய சிலாசாசனம் எனக்கு பாத்தியப்பட்ட
ஷை பேட்டை சாலை விநாயகர் கோயில் தெருவு 11..6 நெம்பர் வீடு, முத்துமாரி செட்டி தெருவு
1. நெம்பர் நெம்பர் வீடி 1, அதைச்சேர்ந்த கடையும் ஷை தெருவு 65 ஆம் நம்பர் வீடு.
1. ஆ.. வீடு. 3. இந்த மூன்று வீட்டு வருமானங்களைக்கொண்டு ஷை பேட்டை லிங்கிசெட்டிதெருவு…. நெம்பரில் வீத்திருக்கும்
ஸ்ரீமரகதவள்ளி சமேதறாய ஸ்ரீ மல்லிகேஸ்வரசுவமியாருக்கு
மாலை சந்திகாலபூசை அர்த்தஜாம பூசைபள்ளி அரைவுச்சவம் ஆகிய இம்மூன்று...க பிங்கரியங்களுக்கு ஏர்கனவே என்னேலேயேர்பாடுசெய்யப்பட்டு
நடத்தி வந்ததை இன்று என்னால் நடத்த முடியாமல் ஷை சொத்துக்களை.. ஷை விஷயங்களுக்கு ஷை ஆலய தர்மகர்த்தாக்களிடம் 1925 வருடம் நவம்பர் 17 தேதியில்…… விஷயங்களைக்கண்டு
என்னால் எழுதியமைக்கப்பட்டு மதறாஸ் செங்கல்பட்டு ரிஜிஸ்டர் ஆபீசில் 1925 வருடம் டிசம்பர்
8ந்தேதி 4028 நெம்பர் தஸ்தாவேஸ் ரிஜிஸ்தர் செய்யப்பட்டு தர்மகர்த்தா மூலமாய் பத்திரத்தை ஒப்பித்துவிட்டேன்.
இத்தர்மம் சரிவர நடத்தாமல் வி...கும் யேர்ப்பட்டால் ஸ்ரீஆபிநவதர்ம சிவாச்சாரியார் சிஷியர்கள்
ஆயிரவர்கள் பரி செட்டியார்களில் யாராவது கேட்டு முயர்ச்சி செய்து கைங்கரியத்தை நடத்தி
வர வேண்டியது மேற்படி சொத்துக்களை மேல் கண்ட தேவஸ்தானத்திற்கு ஏதாவது வியார்ச்சியத்கரம்
படும் பக்ஷத்தில் இந்த சொத்துக்கும் ஷை… வியார்ச்சியத்திற்கும் சம்பந்தம் இல்லை … எனக்கும்
என் வார்சுகளுக்கும் யெவ்வித சம்பந்தமும் கிடையாது என்று சகலருக்கும் தெரிவிக்றேன்.
இப்படிக்கு
அக்கமாபேட்டை வெங்கு செட்டியார்
கனிஷ்ட பாரியாள் செங்காளம்மாள்
அக்கமாபேட்டை வெங்கு செட்டியார்
கனிஷ்ட பாரியாள் செங்காளம்மாள்
HOW
TO REACH :
This
temple is on Linghi Chetty Street in Muthialpet, Madras 600001.
About
a KM distance from Beach Railway station.
CONTACT
DETAILS :
The
telephone number is 044 25260504
LOCATION
OF THE TEMPLE :CLICK
HERE
Sanctum entrance arch
Moolavar vimana
Rajagopuram - view from inside
Rajagopuram another view - Dwarapalakas - wearing shirt and dhoti with 16 hands
Front 16 pillar mandapam
SRI
KALIKAMBAL SAMEDHA SRI KAMATEESWARAR TEMPLE.
This
is on the next street to Linghi Chetty Street called Thambu Chetty Street.
People will easily guide you if you ask for Kalikambal Temple instead of
Shiva’s name Sri Kamateeswarar. During Fridays and Sundays, there will be a lot of
rush for Ambal’s darshan.
East side arch with Rajagopuram
Moolavar : Sri Kamatewarar
Consort : Sri Kalikambal.
Some
of the important features of this temple are..
The
temple faces west with Rajagopurams on the east & west sides ( Constructed
in 1976 CE ).
In
the outer prakaram Dwajasthambam with thirisoolam is in front of
Ambal sannidhi. The other sannadhis are Sri Vinayagar, Valli Devasena Sri
Subramaniar, Veerabhadra Mahakali, Vada Kathirkamam Murugan ( The cine
song "Ullam Uruguthaiyaa" was written by Sri Andava Pichi in the year
1952 from this place ) Gayathri, Durgai, Natarajar, Urchavar Kalikambal,
Madapalli, Periyanayagi with Mahalakshmi and Saraswati on both sides, in
a separate temple like sannadhi with sanctum, artha mandapam. At the east side
entrance mandapam on the right Prithiyangara Devi in stucco image and shops on the
left.
In
the inner prakaram Vinayagar, Valli devasena Subramaniar, Navagrahas,
Veerabhadra, Palliyarai. Vinayagar and Naga Subramaniar are at the entrance
from outer to inner prakaram on east side.
Moolavar
is in a small sanctum compared to Ambal and regular poojas are mainly for
Ambal.
HISTORY AND INSCRIPTIONS
The
temple is being maintained by Vishwakarma. It was believed that the temple was
once near the fort and later shifted to this place during 1640 CE. Also, it was believed
that Chatrapati Shivaji, the Maratha King worshiped Kalikambal on 03-10-1677 (
information from a book Published by the Tamil Nadu Government ). Vyasar,
Agasthiyar, Pulathiyar, and Varunan also worshiped this temple Ambal.
CONTACT DETAILS :
The telephone number is 044 2522 9624.
Email. Kalikambal.chn1@gmail.com
The Website: CLICK HERE
HOW
TO REACH :
The
temple is at 212, Thambu Chetty Street opposite Muthialpet Girls School.
LOCATION
OF THE TEMPLE : CLICK
HERE
West side entrance Rajagopuram
SRI SUNDRAMBAL SAMEDHA SRI KACHALEESWARAR TEMPLE.
This
temple is on 77, Armenian Street, Chennai, next street to Sri Kalikambal
temple.
Preparing for the festival
Moolavar : Sri Kachaleeswarar
Consort : Sri Sundarambal.
Some
of the important features of this temple are...
The
temple is facing east with a mandapam in front. There is no Rajagopuram. The
temple is a little lower than the ground level. The sanctum sanctorum consists of a sanctum, an antarala, an ardha mandapam,, and a maha mandapam. Moolavar is very small with Nagabaranam. In
koshtam Ganapathy, Dakshinamurthy, Lingothbavar, Brahma and Durgai.
Panchamukha
Ganapati with Siddhi and Budhi on the left and Sri Valli Devasena Shanmugar on
the right at the entrance to the sanctum.
In
the inner prakaram Navagrahas, Nalvar, Somaskandar, Ganapathy, Sri Valli
Devasena Shanmugar, Urchavar, Durgambika, Palliyarai, Chandikeswarar, 63var in
double row with passage, Vishnu, Thathreyar, Sabha mandapam, Gajalakshmi,
Saraswati, Chandran, Kala Bairava ( on the right entrance to Ambal Sannadhi
). Shiva’s various form photos are hung around prakaram.
In
the outer prakaram Dwajasthambam with a blipeedam, Rishabam, Sri Moola Ganapathy,
Sri Valli Devasena Subramaniar ( Valli and Devasena are in a separate
sannadhi on the left and right of Sri Subramaniar. - With elephant vahanam ),
Kosalai, Adi Sankarar, Sri Munthikeswarar, Sri Anjaneyar, Iyappan in a separate
mandapam, Sri
Kachaleeswarar stucco image is on the right side entrance wall from outer to
inner praharam.
Ambal is in standing posture with Abhaya and varada hastham, in a separate
sannidhi facing south.
HISTORY AND INSCRIPTIONS
The original History of Sri Kachaleeswarar temple article was Published in Hindu by Mr V Sriram and is given below with a link
THE HINDU, FRIDAY REVIEW » HISTORY & CULTURE
THE HINDU, FRIDAY REVIEW » HISTORY & CULTURE
The History link:CLICK HERE
July
10, 2012, Updated: June 6, 2013 14:40 IST
The
temple forms a square, on three sides of which is the agraharam, marking the
residential area
Kalavai
Chetty, commemorated in a Chintadripet street and referred to in records as
Calloway Chetty, is first mentioned in 1691 when he was declared insolvent and
sentenced to prison by the Mayor’s Court. Governor Elihu Yale, commemorated in
Yale University thought differently after Chetty’s relatives met him and a
surety of 1,000 pagodas (the currency used then) had exchanged hands.
He
demanded the immediate release of the “eminent Merchant of the Hon’ble
Company”. It was perhaps the first instance in Madras of political interference
in the execution of justice.
By
1708, Chetty was clearly prosperous enough to rent the villages of Tondiarpet,
Purasawalkam, and Egmore from the East India Company at 1,750 pagodas per annum.
Within a few months, Governor Pitt, of whom Chetty was clearly a favorite,
encouraged him to take on the villages of Tiruvottiyur, Nungambakkam, Vyasarpadi,
Kattupakkam and Sattangadu, which he did at a rent of 1,200 pagodas per year.
Kalavai
Chetty formed a joint stock company, a private limited in today’s parlance,
through which he and other investing merchants supplied cloth to the East India
Company. Apart from Kalavai, the shareholders were Sunkurama, Balu, and Kalathi
Chetties, all commemorated with street names in north Chennai. But Kalavai
Chetty’s continuing involvement in caste riots ensured his dismissal from this
venture in 1717. He was soon back in favor, this time on payment of 40,000
pagodas as a surety.
His
various dealings prevented him from regularly visiting the Kachabeswarar
shrine in Kanchipuram to which he was greatly attached. He decided to build a
temple for the deity in Madras itself. His garden on Armenian Street was made
over for the purpose and on it came up the temple then referred to as the
Kachali Pagoda and now known as the Kachaleeswarar Temple. Like the shrine in
Kanchi, the Shiva Linga here is mounted on a turtle depicting
Mahavishnu. The goddess here is Saundarambika, just as in the Kanchi temple.
The temple today has several sub-shrines, including some hideous recent
structures that ought to have never been erected.
Among
the more aesthetic ones is a sanctum for Ayyappa. This has an interesting story
behind it. In 1952, when the temple at Sabarimala was damaged by fire, a new
idol was made and taken in procession to various parts of the country. When it
came to Madras, it was housed at the Kachaleeswarar Temple. When the idol was
taken back to Sabarimala, a portrait of the deity took its place and was
worshiped. In the 1980's, this portrait was replaced by an image.
CONTACT DETAILS :
The telephone number is 044 2522 7177
HOW TO REACH :
The temple is at 77, Armenian Street, Chennai.
LOCATION OF THE TEMPLE :CLICK HERE
Entrance arch
SRI KANDASWAMY TEMPLE, KANDHAKOTTAM
This temple is a Sri Kandaswamy / Sri
Murugan on Rasappa Street, Park Town, Chennai 600003
Moolavar : Sri Kandaswamy
Some of the important features of this temple are
..
The story of the temple goes like this. Originally
Sri Kandaswamy was in Thiruporur. He hides in a karayan putru/anthill due to the war
between the Britishers and Marathis. After the war was over Iraivan asked Thambiran
to take and install him from putru ( ant-hill ), for which Thambiran ignored.
Sri Kandaswamy got angry and did not return to the original sanctum. After some
time Sri Kandasamy, in the form of a snake. asked Sri Velur
Marichetty to take him along with him Sri Marichetty took Sri Kandaswamy
along with Kanthappa Asari to the Park town area and installed it in this temple.
In the Square sanctum, Vinayagar, Veerabhagu,
Urchavar, Urchava murtis, Valli Devasena Sri Subramanian, Kasi
Viswanathar and Visalakshi, Shiva and Parvathi, and Arumugar.
In Koshtam Ganapathy, Dakshinamurthy, Brahma
Murugan, Kukkudanathar, Mahalakshmi, Mahavishnu, Brahma, Chandikeswarar and
Durgai.
In the prakaram sannadhi for Chidambaram swamikal,
Dhandapani Swamigal, Kumaraguru Dasa Swamigal, Ramalinga Swamigal, Dwajasthambam,
Arunagirinathar, Urchavar mandapam, Vinayagar, Kasi Viswanathar and Visalakshi,
Kalvettukkal. On the opposite Temple Tank, Thirukachi Nambigal,
Kirubanandhavariyar, and Natarajar in the wood finish (Maybe wood too.. -
Manikkavasakar, Ambal, Viyakrapathar and Patanjali muni ), Gnana Dhandapani,
Palliyarai, 63var, Dharma Namasivaya, Velur MariChetty ( Who is the
instrumental for this temple construction ), Urchava Murtis.
HISTORY AND INSCRIPTIONS
The 1912 CE inscription on a Shop wall in Mint Street records the endowment of Midday Pooja, Karthigai Somavaram, and Deepam functions, by T Raghava Parasad Lala's wife Kuppammal. For the same, a House with land situated at Chenna Pattinam Peththanayakan Pettai, Subramania Mudaliar Street.
CONTACT
DETAILS:
The telephone numbers are 044 2535 2191 & 92
and 044 2535 2190.
Website: CLICK HERE
Email: smdevasthanam@gmail.com
HOW TO REACH :
Walkable distance from Pai Kadai bus stop.
1 KM distance from Fort Railway station and
Broadway bus stand.
0.5 KM from Central Railway station.
LOCATION: CLICK HERE
SRI
EKAMBARESWARAR TEMPLE
This
temple is on Mint Street in Sowcarpet, Chennai 600003. About a KM distance
from Kandakottam.
The 7 tier Rajagopuram
Moolavar : Sri Ekambareswarar
Consort :
Some
of the important features of this temple are...
16
Pillar mandapam with Rajagopuram is on the east and Moolavar is also facing
east.
In the inner parkaram Suryan, Navagrahas, Virudhagireeswarar, Adi Sankarar, 63var, in L shape, Nalvar, Vinayagar, Sri Subramaniar, Vadaranyeswarar, Kasi Viswanathar Visalakshi, Jambukeswarar, Arunachaleswarar, Chandikeswarar, Kalatheeswarar, Chidambareswara, Palliyarai & Chandran.
In
the outer prakaram Dwajasthambam, Palipedam, Nandhi mandapam, Ambal sannadhi
dwajasthambam with simha vahanam, Vannimara Vinayagar, Arasamaram nagars,
Nagalingeshwara under Arasamaram, Naga Ganapathy, Kala Bairavar, Anjaneyar.
A
mandapam is in between inner and outer prakaram. In that sannadhi for
Natarajar, Urchava moorthangal, Somaskandar, Dwara Ganapathy and Dwara
Subramaniyar. Dwarapalakas are after this mandapam.
HISTORY AND INSCRIPTIONS
The temple was built in Edayarpalayam, now called Park Town by Sri Alingan Pillai about 500 years before. Later during 1680 renovated and kumbhabhishekam was conducted by Sri Alangathaapillai.
CONTACT DETAILS :
Telephone
number: 044 2535 2933
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HOW TO
REACH :
This
temple is on Mint Street in Sowcarpet.
About
a KM distance from Broadway Bus stand, Central Railway Station, and Fort Railway Station.
Moolavar
vimanam with Rajagopuram in side view
16 Pillar mandapam at the entrance ceiling relief and the
Pillar arch constructed with granite stones
Pillar relief
in the 16 pillar mandapam - two snakes
The relief of Sri Alinkan Pillai? ( who is instrumental in constructing this temple
A beautiful simha vahana in 16 Pillar mandapam
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