2nd
July 2017.
Thought
of visiting new temples on Sunday the 2nd July 2017. Also so far I didn’t
visited the 2nd Thevara vaipப்u sthalam of
Chennai at Egmore ( the other one is Thiruvetteeswarar Temple at Triplicane). Appar
referred Lord Shiva of this temple in his 6th Thevara
Thirumurai. This temple is on the banks of Holy River Koovam. I was fortunate
to attend milk abhishekam to Lord Shiva during my visit.
Moolavar : Sri Arthanareeswarar
Consort : Sri Tripurasundari
Some
of the important features of this temple are....
The
temple is facing east with out any Rajagopuram or entrance arch or even Dwajasthambam.
The temple is very small and has sannadhi for Sri Lakshmi Narayana Perumal (
Lakshmi is on the lap of Sri Narayanar ), Ambal Tripurasundari, Bairavar,
Navagrahas.
Balipeedam
and Nandhi are in front of the sanctum. In koshtam Dakshinamurthy, Vishnu,
Siva Durgai. Arthanareeswarar statue is behind Shiva Lingam. Shiva lingam is
little large by 3 feet high and 3.5 feet avudayar said to be older than 7th
Century. The Koovam river runs as Uttar Vahini ( flows towards North direction
).
HISTORY AND INSCRIPTIONS
The temple had lot of properties and all were encroached and now stands squeezed between flats and residential buildings.
The Shiva lingam was unearthed about 200 years ago from a dry tanks bed along with Ganesha, Lakshmi Narayana Perumal by Aravamudhu Naidu and latter build a Temple. It was told that this Lakshmi Narayana Perumal might be previously at LNP ( Lakshmi Narayana Perumal ) Street where Sri Srinivasa Perumal Temple now exists. Lakshmi Narayana Perumal Sannadhi is on the right side of Lord Shiva. At the sanctum entrance left side Mahaganapathi and Senthilnathan is on the right side.
LEGENDS
As
per the legend Lord Shiva was worshiped by Saptha rishis- Brigu, Athri,
Bharatwaj, Kashyapa, Viswamitra, Gautama and Vashishta. Hence this place was
called as Ezhor ur and was referred by Appar as Ezhu mur and latter turned to
Ezhumbur ( Egmore – British Period ).
TEMPLE TIMINGS:
The
temple will be kept opened between 07.00 Hrs to 11.00 hrs and 17.30 Hrs to
20.30 hrs.
CONTACT DETAILS:
The
mobile number 9791055080 may be contacted if not MadhanSivan gurukkal may be
contacted on his mobile 9940166691.
HOW TO REACH:
This
temple is on the Aramudhan Street, off Poonamallee High Road next to Hotel
Sudha ( formerly known as Dasaprakash )
Adjacent
street to Sivakasi Hindu nadar Higher Secondary School.
Just
1 KM from Egmore Railway Station.
LOCATION:CLICK HERE
Sri Lakshmi Narayana Perumal Sannadhi
---OM
SHIVAYA NAMA---
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