30th, July 2017
Even though I had been to this 10th Century Dhenupureeswarar Shiva Temple at Madambakkam several times, this heritage visit was an unique.
The temple was built by Parakrama Chozha –II
alias Sundara Chozha ( AD 954-971) and his minister Aniruddha Brahmadhirajan.
Front Mandapam was built during Nayak Period. Mr Krishna Kumar ( we used to address him fondly
as KK ) led this 15 members of history enthusiasts group to this temple. It was
a memorable visit, in which we visited MSS Gallery, Mambakkam Sri Muruganatheswarar Shiva Temple,
Ottiyambakkam Sri Otteeswarar Shiva Temple, Kovilanchery
Muneeswarar, Pallavaram Dargah and Pallavaram Pallava Period Rock cut cave
converted to mosque now.
Mr KK explained us the unique features of the reliefs on temple
Pillars of both Chola period and Nayak Period
and the differences between the them. Some of the reliefs are, Sarabeswarar,
Vinayagar, Veena Vinayagar, Shiva & Parvathy, Brahma with single head, 4
head and 5 head, Veerabhadra, Shiva with Veena, Hanuman, Naalvar on the four
sides of the pillar, Gaja Samhara Moorthy, Shiva’s family without Vinayagar, Kali,
Arumugar, Murugan, Mahishamardini, Adhikara Nandhi, Jwraheswarar,
Arthanareeswarar, Oorthuva Thandavar etc…
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It was interesting to note that Subramania Gurukkal
also joined with us and shared many details of the reliefs and sculptors. He
may be contacted for further details and his mobile number is 7338771203.
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Shiva, oorthuva Thandavr and Sarabeswarar
Shiva Varaha vatham
and Pickshadanar
Kali and
Mahishamardini
Brahma with 4 head and 5 head
Veena Vinayagar & Siddhi Vinayagar
Subramaniyar and Arumugar
Veerabhadra
Shiva linga in Veerabhadra’s crown
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---OM SHIVAYA NAMA---
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