Chembarambakkam Tank, Sri Kanniamman Temple and a ruined Jyeshta Devi Shrine., Kanchipuram District, Tamil Nadu.

A Continuation to the previous post. 

27^th August 2016.

After visiting the Parvathavardhini Samedha Sri Ramanatheeswarar temple  and megalithic burial sites ( Cairn circles ) at Thirukavanur, we reached the bund of Chembarambakkam Lake. It was an panoramic sight to see the lake with water and might be  more beautiful with water gushing out through the 19 sluice gates and 5 new sluice gates.

   

CHEMBARAMBAKKAM TANK  
This lake  contributes to about 30% of the water to the Adyar river water and also this serves as drinking water source to  Madras ( Chennai ). This lake get gets water from the Cooum river through Korattur anaikattu  ( Barrage ) … The actual start point of River Adyar is from Vellarai Village as per google map.  The full tank level is 84.5 feet. The full tank capacity is 3,645 million cft.  

During the years 1996, 1975,1943, 1946, 1960,1966 and 1930.00 the water reached the maximum level of the tank.  There are two sluice gates to let out the water from the tank. But both sluice gates lets the water in a common channel.

The Chembarambakkam lake water joints with the Adyar river at this point 

SRI KANNIAMMAN TEMPLE

This shrine is at the left side of the bund, below the ground level. IThe temple might have existed earlier and the bunds are constructed latter. Even though it was  called as a Kanniamman temple, a Shiva linga is there in the shrine.  

LOCATION OF THE LAKE & DAM : CLICK HERE

A RUINED JYESHTA DEVI SHRINE

On the way to Manimangalam  from the Chembarambakkam tank  through Dhanalakshmi College of Engineering we happened to see a  Jyeshta Devi statue by the side of the road standing under the  open to sky. We had seen  some of the fragments of the statues in a bush with trace of a temple.  Jyeshta Devi is  under worship.

LOCATION OF THE JYESHTA DEVI: 

SECOND VISIT

On 7^th April 2019,  on the way to Kavanur Sri Ramanatheswarar Temple Visited this Tank water intake tower. After seeing the google map thought that the route around the bund might be okay. But I found very difficult to ride my scooter. Thorny bushes are on the both side. On two places the way was locked with gate. With a great difficulty finally reached the intake tower and seen the tank. 

 The Water intake Tower 

Fish market ( fresh water lake fish ) 

To be Continued…..