09th
July 2017.
This 400-year-old Shiva temple is a little off from Adithanar main
Road in the busy market area of old automobile parts, at Komaleeswaranpet, Pudupet on the banks of Vriddha Ksheera River, now called Holy River Koovam.
Moolavar : Sri Komaleeswarar
Consort : Sri Komalavalli
Some
of the important features of this temple are...
The
temple faces east with a 5-tier Rajagopuram. Dwajasthambam, Palipedam, and Nadhi are immediately after the Rajagopuram. In the outer prakaram sannadhi for
Navagrahas, Bairavar and Agasthiya Vinayagar. The temple complex consists of Sanctum, Artha mandapam and maha mandapam, In the
inner prakaram sannadhi for Sankatahara
Chaturthi Vinayagar, Naalvar, Navagrahas, Natarajar with Sivagami and Sri Kamalambika / Komalavalli.
In
koshtam Vinayagar, Dakshinamurthy, Mahavishnu, Brahma and Durgai. Moolavar
is swayambhu. As per the legend, a cow was shedding milk on an anthill on the
banks of Vriddha Ksheera River also now called Koovam River. On seeing this the boys herding cows chased the cow. In the process of running the cow’s utter hits the anthill and breaks a portion of it. Hence Shiva Lingam
inside the Anthill was called Komadiswara ( Ko – cow, Madi – utter ), which
turned in to Komaleeswarar.
The pillars have the relief of a cow shedding milk on
Shiva Linga, The king worshiping Komaleeswara, etc,. The ceiling has the
reliefs of crocodiles and Solar and Lunar eclipse by showing the snakes swallowing the sun and moon. The sthala vruksham is the mahavilvam a rare bilva / vilva tree.
HISTORY AND INSCRIPTIONS
The temple was constructed by King Chandragiri about 400 years before and latter Rajagopuram was added. One of the specialties of this temple is paavai Vilakku ( Lady holding a lamp made of brass ).
A
saint lady Chakkarathammal / Anandhammal or Sakkarai Ammal, a young widow
lived in a madam outside this temple and gained remarkable powers by
worshiping Lord Shiva and practicing yoga. With the powers she, used to
fly around the temple during nights. On hearing this many people became her
devotees and one Dr Nanjunda Rao extended support with
materials to her. She attained jeeva Samadhi at the age of 47 and her Samadhi was built near Kalakshetra in
Thiruvanmiyur. Also, it was told that Pachaiyappa Mudaliar takes a bath in the river Koovam before
worshiping Lord Komaleeswarar.
As
per the inscriptions renovation of madappalli was carried out by Mrs Kuppammal, wife of Babu Sah, a
Saurashtrian textile merchant in the year 1818 AD. ( Some of the details Ref: The book on 'The Gods of Holy River koovam' by Priya Baskaran )
TEMPLE TIMINGS:
The
temple will be kept open between 06.00 hrs to 11.00 hrs and 17.00 hrs to
21.00 hrs.
CONTACT DETAILS:
Chandrasekara
Gurukkal may be contacted on his mobile 9884198142 for further details.
HOW TO REACH:
Just a walkable distance from Pudupet ( old automobile shops) bus stop and behind the Police
help booth.
Town
buses are available from Various parts of the city and the bus stop is Pudupet.
Chintadripet suburban Railway station is about 2 KM.
LOCATION OF THE TEMPLE: CLICK HERE
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SHIVAYA NAMA---
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