Thursday, 8 December 2016

Sri Karaneeswarar Temple, Saidapet, Chennai, Tamil Nadu. A HERITAGE WALK

… a continuation post to Vada Thirunaraiyur, Saidapet Shiva temple.
 03rd December 2016.
SRI KARANEESWARAR TEMPLE, SAIDAPET 

Reached Karaneeswarar temple through Brahmin Street and Karaneeswarar Koil Street.  On the way Mr. Madhusudhanan said that there are about 24 Vinayagar temples in Saidapet with different names like Koothaadum Vinayagar, Karkada Vinayagar, etc, He also pointed out the Sri Gurulinga Swamigal Jeeva Samadhi, in which local people used to do pooja before starting of any important functions in their homes. 

During my earlier visit to the Sri Karaneeswarar Temple  I could not get the full view of the inscription dated 1887 CE and 1919 CE  in the front mandapam, This time I took a photograph and updated my web blog post on Sri Karaneeswarar Temple. These two inscriptions speak about the donations given to the temple for regular functions and pooja. Also had seen Pattinathar and his guru Pathragiriyar’s reliefs at the entrance of Rajagopuram, which were installed during 1939 CE. The details are also written on Facebook with photographs.

LOCATION OF THE TEMPLE:    CLICK HERE








SUBURBAN RAILWAY STATION, SAIDAPET.
Our final destination was the west side of the Sub-Urban railway station, where Nalandaway Foundation students painted the colorful graffiti of film personalities of Shivaji, Kamalahasan, Nagesh, etc., on the wall. It was an awesome view. After taking snaps we said goodbye to each other and hoped to meet in the next Heritage walk. The SUB-URBAN Railway station was also posted on my Facebook.

LOCATION OF THE SAIDAPET RAILWAY STATION: CLICK HERE 



 ….. the end of Saidapet Heritage walk posts.

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