08th March, 2016.
This year’s Mahashivratri went very well with
the darshan of Sri Dhandeeswarar and Sri Sarveswara aka Panchamuga Lingeswarar. Both temples are at Velachery, and both are within walking distance from my residence. Sri Dhandeeswarar temple is more than1000 years old
and was built during the Pallava reign. My son dropped me near the temple and
found an unusual crowd with a lot of Police to regulate the crowd. 4 kaala poojas (21.00 hrs, 23.00 hrs, 02.00 hrs, and 04.00 hrs) are
performed in both the temples.
SRI DHANDEESWARAR TEMPLE
Since the Sri Dhandeeswarar temple mandapam is very
small and cannot accommodate more than 10 persons, mostly the donors and
local political persons used to occupy it. Skipped the 1st kaala
pooja since the crowd was too large and had the darshan of Lord Shiva
during other poojas. Even for other poojas, it took about an hour to
reach the sanctum. The crowd slowly decreased for the 3rd and 4th kaala
poojas. (For further Details)
LOCATION OF THE TEMPLE: CLICK
HERE
SRI- LA- SRI
CHIDAMBARAM PERIYA SWAMIGAL JEEVA SAMADHI TEMPLE ( MANDIR) –
SRI SARVESWARA – PANCHAMUGA LINGAM.
SRI SARVESWARA – PANCHAMUGA LINGAM.
This Shiva
Temple is a new one, and the moolavar has 4 faces in all four
directions, and one face is on the top. I spent most of the time in this temple
since the crowd was less, and saw the abhishekam also. Sri-la-Sri Chidambaram
Periya Swamigal was a siddhar, and he was responsible for the
reconstruction of Sri Dhandeeswarar Temple after it was damaged due to age. This
temple is unique in its construction. The Jeeva Samadhis of Sri-la-Sri
Chidambaram Periya Swamigal and his disciple Sri Ambalavanan are surrounded by the sannadhis of Vinayagar, Subramaniyar, Sarabeswarar,
Ambal, Panchamuga Anjaneyar, Kubera Vishnu, Shiva, Navagrahas, and
Siddhars. Vinayagar, Anjaneyar, and Sakthi have more than one face.
LOCATION OF
THE TEMPLE: CLICK HERE
Panchamuga
Anjaneyar
--- OM SHIVAYA NAMAHA:---
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