30th, July 2017
Even though I had been to this 10th Century Dhenupureeswarar Shiva Temple at Madambakkam several times, this heritage visit was 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 the Nayaka Period. Mr Krishna Kumar ( we used to address him fondly
as KK ) led the 15 members of the 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 to us the unique features of the reliefs on temple
Pillars of both the Chola period and the Nayak Period
and the differences between them. Some of the reliefs are, Sarabeswarar,
Vinayagar, Veena Vinayagar, Shiva & Parvathy, Brahma with a 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 us and shared many details of the reliefs and sculptors. He
may be contacted for further details and his mobile number is 7338771203.
LOCATION OF THE TEMPLE: CLICK HERE
Shiva, oorthuva Thandavar 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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