Sri Aadhipureeswarar Temple / Adhipureeswarar Temple, on the banks of river Cooum, Chintadripet, Chennai, Tamil Nadu,

09^th July 2017.

This 18^th century shiva temple is adjacent to the Sri Adhikesava Perumal Temple, off Arunachalam Road, on Nainiappan Street, at Chintadripet, on the banks of the river Koovam. Chinna-thari-pettai (i.e, the hand-operated weaving machine in Tamil is called Thari, and Chinna means small) was changed to Chintadripet.

Moolavar    : Sri Adhipureeswarar

Consort      : Sri Tripura Sundari.

Some of the important features of this temple are...

The temple faces east with an entrance arch. A 4-pillar mandapam is before the entrance arch. Deepa sthambam, Palipedam, Dwajasthambam, and Rishabam are in front of the sanctorum.

In the outer praharam, Poorna, Pushkala samedha Dharma Sastha, Guru Dakshinamurthy Sannadhi, Mummalpedu Rathinasamy Chettiar Mandapam, and Nagars and Shiva Lingas under a Bodhi/peepal tree.

In koshtam Dakshinamurthy, Mahavishnu, Brahma, and Durgai. Moolavar looks cute with alangaram.

ARCHITECTURE

The Temple was constructed with the sanctum sanctorum, Artha mandapam, and Maha mandapam, which form the inner prakaram. 

HISTORY AND INSCRIPTIONS

The temple, along with the adjacent AadhiKesava Perumal temple, was built by Audiyappa Narayana, a dubash to the British, as per the instructions of the British’s Govt. This is to motivate weavers to take residence around these two temples. These temples were built at 18000 pagodas during the 1730s.

(Some of the details Ref: The book on 'The Gods of Holy River Cooum' by Priya Baskaran). The inscriptions recorded in Chennai Managara kalvettukal, published by the Tamil Nadu Archaeological Department is given below. 

The 1874 CE inscription records that Bhagirathi's granddaughter and Kamalammal's daughter Kokilambal constructed the Kodiyetru mandapam.

The 1782 CE inscription records that Kandivakku Venkataswamy Naicker's son K Parthasarathy constructed the Theerthavari mandapam.  

TEMPLE TIMINGS:

The temple will be kept open from 06.30 hrs to 11.30 hrs and from 17.00 hrs to 20.30 Hrs.

CONTACT DETAILS:

Mr. Saravana Gurukkal may be contacted for further details on his mobile 9840337834.

HOW TO REACH:

The temple is about a km from the Chintadripet suburban railway station

Right side of Arunachala Street.

LOCATION: CLICK HERE

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