10th September 2016.
This Heritage visit was arranged through
R.E.A.C.H Foundation for its Epigraphy students by Mr Ramanath on 10th September
2016. Mr Ramanath accepted my willingness to join with them ( as an old
student, I hope ). Though it was not a planned visit, 19 heritage
enthusiasts in their cars and motorcycles participated in this
visit. I was fortunate to hear the history, architecture, and
inscriptions of Chozhas and Pallavas once again from Mr Ramachandran and
Mr Vakula Varadharajan after a long gap. We had covered Madambakkam, Sri
Dhenupureswarar, a Chozha Period Shiva Temple, A Buddha Statue at Ottiyambakkam,
Nandeeswaram Sri Nadeeswarar a Nandhivaraman a Pallava period temple and
a Vijayanagara Period Gajaprishta sanctum Perumal temple at Vandalur.
SRI DHENUPUREESWARAR TEMPLE AT MADAMBAKKAM,
CHENNAI , TAMIL NADU. ( This post was updated with more details Please Click Here to see the Post )
This is a Chozha period Shiva Temple with a lot of
reliefs on the 14th century Mukha mandapam pillars. Even though
I had been to this temple earlier, it was a different experience this time (For the details of my earlier visits CLICK
HERE ). We looked at the reliefs from different perspectives. The mandapam reliefs have a mixture of both Saiva and Vaishnava cults.
The Temple became famous after the people believed in
Sarabeswarar, whose relief is in one of the pillars. Sarabeswarar is the
combination of Simha and an elephant, who can fly. The avatars reduce the anger of Sri Narasimhar. Mr Ramachandran pointed out that the
Sarabeswarar is a Jain concept. We had seen various reliefs like Sri
Subramaniar on the elephant gifted by Indiran, Shiva Killing the tortoise (
Kachabesar), Kotravai, Narasimhar in a standing posture which is rare to see,
Naalvar on the four sides of the pillar, Jwarahareswarar, etc. Mr
Ramachandran explained some of the inscriptions inscribed around
the sanctum Gajabrushta wall.
LOCATION OF THE TEMPLE : CLICK
HERE
Yamuna
Standing the makaram
Yamuna
Standing the makaram
The
magical number – Tamil numbers – added in all directions will give the same answer First
Row 8 – 1 – 6, second row 3 – 5 – 7, and third row 4 – 9 - 2
Sarabeswarar
and bottom Narasimhar
Uchista
Ganapathy
Shiva
with five heads
Bootha
gana pothyal
Mr
Ramachandra Sir is explaining to us
Another
form of Somaskandhar – on Shivas lap
Mr Ramachandra Sir is explaining to us
Jwarahareswarar
Jwarahareswarar
Veena Saraswathy?
Veena
Vinayagar
Another
form of Lord Shiva with 5 heads
Narasimhar
in standing posture – a rare relief
Another
form of Lord Shiva - Kachabesar
Appar, Sundarar Manikkavasakar
Appar, Sundarar Manikkavasakar
Appar, Sundarar Manikkavasakar
Lord shiva with Dhakshan with goats head
Narasimhar in standing posture – a rare relief
Lord
Shiva’s Urthuva thandavam
Subramaniyar
with Marriage gifts. – on Iravatham gifted
by Indiran – earlier before Peacock elephant was his vahan
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to be continued .
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OM SHIVAYA NAMA ---
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