Tuesday 24 March 2015

Sri Mallikeswarar, Sri Kamateswarar, Sri Kachaleswarar, Sri Kandaswamy and Sri Ekambareswarar Shiva Temples from CHENNAI 600001 TO CHENNAI 600003, Tamil Nadu.

 24th March 2015.
One of my friend used to call me to visit Sri Ekambareswarar temple at Mint street ( it was told that coins were minted in this street, once upon a time  by 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 lot of Shiva temples in Park Town area. Some of the temple are 500 years old and has 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 come from the properties  used for poojas and functions. All the temples are preparing for the Panguni month’s festival, when I visited. Pandhals were erected in front of temples, streets.   

SRI MARAGATHAMBAL SAMEDHA SRI MALLIKESWARAR TEMPLE

This Shiva temple is at the end of Linghi Chetty street in Muthialpet. A walk-able 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 first level was constructed with granite stone during 2003. In the outer prakaram sannadhi 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 done 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 tablets affixed on the walls. reads as ... 

சிவ மயம்
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


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


HOW TO REACH :
This temple 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 vimanam 
 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 Friday 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 is facing west with Rajagopurams on east & west side ( Constructed during 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 sudhai 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 Ambaal and regular poojas are mainly for Ambal.

HISTORY AND INSCRIPTIONS
The temple is being maintained by Viswakarmas. It was believed that the temple was once near the fort and latter 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 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
Web site : CLICK HERE

HOW TO REACH :
The temple is in 212, Thambu Chetty street opposite to 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 little lower than the ground level. The sanctum sanctorum consists of sanctum, an antarala, artha mandapam and 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 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 bhairava ( on the right entrance to Ambal Sannadhi ).  Shiva’s various form photos are hung around prakaram.

In the outer prakaram Dwajasthambam with a blipedam, nandhi, 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 sannadhi facing south.

HISTORY AND INSCRIPTIONS

The original History of Sri Kachaleeswarar temple  article was Published in Hindu by Mr V Sriram is given below with link
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 favour, 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.

The temple forms a square, on three sides of which is the Kachaleeswarar agraharam, marking the traditional residential area. Was this endowed by Kalavai Chetty? To the rear of the shrine is a large tank. And fronting the temple is Kachali Pagoda Lane, a throwback to the old name. In the 18th century, this was the principal dancing-girl quarter of Madras. It has no vestige of that colorful past now. 

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 the 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 hide himself in a karayan putru due to war between 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 not returned to the original sanctum. After some time Sri Kandasamy, in the form of snake. asked Sri Velur Marichetty to take him along with him  Sri Marichetty took Sri Kandaswamy along with Kanthappa Asari to Park town area and installed in this temple.

In the Square sanctum, Vinayagar, Veerabhagu, Urchavar, Urchava moorthangal, Valli Devasena Sri Subramaniar, 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 to Temple Tank, Thirukachi nambigal, Kirubanandhavariyar, Natarajar in wood finish ( May be 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 moorthangal.

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.
Web site : CLICK HERE 
Email: smdevasthanam@gmail.com

HOW TO REACH :
Walk-able 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 the 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. Moolavar is little tall and it is believed that if one could not go to Kanchipuram, can get the same blessings from this temple Sri Ekambareswarar. In koshtam Ganapathy, Dakshinamurthy, Vishnu, Brahma and Durgai.

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 as Park Town by Sri Alingan Pillai  about 500 years before. Latter during 1680 renovated and kumbhabhishekam was conducted by Sri Alangathaapillai.

CONTACT DETAILS :
Telephone number : 044 2535 2933
Web site : CLICK HERE 

HOW TO REACH :
This temple is on the Mint street in Sowcarpet.
About a KM distance from Broadway Bus stand, Central Railway Station and Fort railway station.

LOCATION OF THE TEMPLE : CLICK HERE

 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 the instrumental in constructing this temple
A beautiful simha vahana in 16 Pillar mandapam  
---OM SHIVAYA NAMA:---

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