30th July 2017.
Sri Thaanimaraththu
Muniswarar is in 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 and sitting under open to Sky. (
Nandambakkam Muneeswarar is 48 feet ). Near to 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 devotee, to install a tall statue for him. With the
public contribution Sri V. Vinayagam
Swamikal installed this statue of 51 feet high and painted with light green
colour in the year 2014 AD. Sri Thaanimaraththu Muneeswaran is in sitting
posture on a pedestal with his right leg resting on a demon. The pedestal has
the image of Arjuna with a chariot and horse. In addition to this the seven forms
of Muneeswarar, Ganesha, Amman sitting on a lion & Subramaniyar, female
goddess, are found around the pedestal. Elephants, Horses, Nandhis, Swans are
also found in the pedestal.
He is holding a sickle in his right and a mace in
the left. He looks ferocious & eyes wide open with a big mustache. The images of Ganesha, Shiva,
Vishnu and Brahma on all four sides of his crown. In his ornament images of Sakthi Amman ( may be
Dilli Paalaachi Amman ), Hanuman and Gajalakshmi. At the base of the Pedestal a
Shiva Linga with Muneeswarar face with Nandhi. It is believed that Shiva Linga
is Sri Thaanimaraththu Muneeswarar.
HOW TO
REACH:
Kovilanchery is about 5 KM distance from Medavakkam
and 15 KM from Tambaram.
From Medavakkam to Mambakkam via Pomar bus get down
at Kovilanchery and the temple is about a KM distance off the main road.
Sri Karuppannaswami
Sri Dilli Paalaachi Amman temple
The team of heritage enthusiasts
---OM SHIVAYA NAMA---
Can furnish addresses
ReplyDeleteI am ganesan s/o V.e.ramamoorthy want to know about this & address
ReplyDeleteThe Link to the google map is given Sir You can click and go.. There is no office or bog temple. .. it is open to sky and you can visit any time...
DeletePls send palachiamman kovil address
ReplyDeleteSorry Sir the link of the google map is give, but I do not have address
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ReplyDeleteRegards,
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