28th December
2015.
There
are many temples dedicated to Lord Shiva in and around Chennai.
Some of them are grouped as Padal Petra sthalangal, Saptha sthana
sthalangal ( Mylapore and Triplicane area), Navagraha sthalangal ( West
of Chennai between Porur, Poonamallee, Kundrathur to Pozhichalur ) and Pancha
Bootha sthalangal. The Pancha bootha sthalangal in Chennai is on the
northern side ( 1. Sri Kalatheeswarar – Pavalakara Street, near Thambu Chetty
Street, 2. Sri Arunachaleswarar - Anna Pillai Street, Chennai 79,
3. Sri Ekambareswarar – Mint Street, 4. Sri Gangadeeswarar – Purasavakkam and
5. Chidambareswara, Avathana Papaiah Street, Soolai – People used to call this
temple Natarajar Temple ).
On seeing my Aruthra darshan post on
Facebook, my friend Mr Krishna Kumar T K ( a blogger under the name Indian
Columbus ), informed me that there is a temple dedicated to Lord Natarajar in Chennai, which has equal power to Chidambaram
Natarajar. Made a visit to this temple on Sunday 27th December
2015.
Moolavar : Sri Natarajar
Consort : Sri Sivakami
Some
of the important features of this temple are ….
The
temple faces east with an entrance arch with Stucco Dwarapalakas, between two concrete buildings.. The front mandapam
arch has the Stucco images of Vinayagar, Sri Valli Devasena Subramaniar,
Natarajar, Shiva and Parvathi sitting on Rishabam, Ambal on Rishabam, Nandhiammperuman,
Brahma, Manikkavasakar, etc,.
Balipeedam, Rishabam, and Dwajasthambam are after the main entrance. Sannadhi
for Vinayagar, Navagrahas, Govindaraja Perumal with Sridevi & Bhoo Devi in Sayana Kolam, Sri Valli Devasena Subramaniar, Naalvar, Sri
Umayambigai samedha Sri Thirumoola Nathar ( Ambal in a separate sannadhi).
Moolavar Natarajar
with Sivagami is on an elevated sanctum and people are not allowed
on the platform in front of Moolavar for darshan.
HISTORY AND INSCRIPTIONS
The 1884 CE inscription records that Kanchipuram Annamalai Mudaliar's elder son Venkatesa Mudaliar and his wife Muniammal, installed Nataraja at a House Nos 10, Arumugam Street, Peddanaickenpet, Chennai, on Maha Shivaratri day. As per the will the income from the properties ie the house at no 10, Arumugam Street at Peddanaickenpet and house no 87 on Lankapappaiya Street in Choolai, has to be utilized for daily poojas and abhishekams.
The
temple is under the control of Tamil Nadu, HRCE department.
POOJAS AND CELEBRATIONS
Abhishekam is conducted 6 times a year to Moolavar and daily two times ( Morning 08.30 Hrs and 20.30 Hrs ) abhishekam is done for spatika Lingam kept in a box. Most of the procedures followed are very similar to Chidambaram Sri Natarajar Temple. 10 days Brahmotsavam, once a year is celebrated.
TEMPLE
TIMINGS :
The
temple is kept open for darshan between 07.00 Hrs to 12.00 Hrs and
16.30 Hrs to 20.30 Hrs.
CONTACT DETAILS :
Sivachariyar
Prasanna may be contacted through his mobile number 9940155930
HOW TO REACH :
This
temple is called as Natarajar temple.
The
temple is about 3 KM from Chennai Central Railway Station and on
the road opposite Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium.
Town
buses nos 7E, 37 d, 37G, 38C, 138C, 34, 159A, 159B, and 59 pass
through the bus stop at the starting point of the A.P.Street ( Avathana Papiah
Street) from various parts of the city.
LOCATION OF THE TEMPLE :CLICK
HERE
Kothandaramar temple on the same street
---OM SHIVAYA NAMA :---
Nice virtual tour with well written description !!
ReplyDeleteThis is great, sir.
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