Sri Dilli Paalaachi Amman and Sri Thaanimarathu Muniswarar Temple / Muneeswaran Temple, Kovilanchery, Chennai, Tamil Nadu- A Heritage Walk.

A Continuation Post to Sri Dhenupureeswarar Temple,

30^th July 2017.

Sri  Thaanimaraththu  Muniswarar is on the premises of Sri Dilli Paalaachi Amman Temple, a village deity of Kovilanchery near Tambaram and Medavakkam. Sri Thaanimaraththu Muniswarar is  51 feet tall and one of the tallest stucco statues available in & around Chennai, sitting under the open Sky. (Nandambakkam Muneeswarar is 48 feet). Near this, there is a small Karuppanasamy installed on the banks of the temple tank.

One day, Sri Thaanimaraththu Muneeswaran came in the dream of  Sri V.  Vinayagam Swamikal, one of the devotees,  to install a tall statue for him. With public contributions, Sri V.  Vinayagam Swamikal installed this statue, 51 feet high and painted it with a light green color in the year 2014. Sri Thaanimaraththu Muneeswaran is in a sitting posture on a pedestal with his right leg resting on a demon. The pedestal has the image of Arjuna with a chariot and a horse. In addition to this, the seven forms of Muneeswarar, Ganesha, and Amman sitting on a lion & Subramaniyar, a female goddess, are found around the pedestal. Elephants, Horses, Nandhis, and Swans are also found on the pedestal.

He is holding a sickle in his right hand and a mace in the left. He looks ferocious & has wide eyes and a big mustache. The images of Ganesha, Shiva, Vishnu, and Brahma are on all four sides of his crown.  In his ornament images of Sakthi Amman (maybe Dilli Paalaachi Amman ), Hanuman, and Gajalakshmi. At the base of the Pedestal is a Shiva Linga with Muneeswarar's face with Nandhi. It is believed that Shiva Linga is Sri Thaanimaraththu Muneeswarar. 

HOW TO REACH:

Kovilanchery is about 5 km from Medavakkam and 15 km from Tambaram.

From Medavakkam to Mambakkam via the Ponmar bus, get down at Kovilanchery, and the temple is about a km distance off the main road.

LOCATION OF THE TEMPLE: CLICK HERE

 Sri Karuppannaswami

 Sri Dilli Paalaachi Amman temple 

 The team of heritage enthusiasts

…. To be continued: Hazarath Syed Badrudeen Dargah, Pallavaram – A Heritage Visit.

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