27th August 2017.
After visiting Pon Vilaintha Kalathur, Anoor,
Ozhalur, and Vallam, around Chengalpattu, decided to visit the Vyagra Pureeswarar
Temple on the way to Chennai. This temple is on a small hill at Pulipakkam. A
mud road is laid to reach the temple. The earth was washed in many places due
to rain and stones are protruding. So we left the scooter on the first hairpin bend and trekked to the temple.
Moolavar : Sri Viagra pureeswarar
Consort :
Sri Mangalyam Kaatha Narayanee Amman
Some of the important features of this temple are…
The temple faces east without Rajagopuram
and a compound wall. Nandhi mandapam and Palipedam are in front of the sanctum.
On the hill, sannidhi for Patanjali Munivar, Ananda Vinayagar, Subramaniyar, Vyaghrapada Siddhar peedam, Bairavar, Navagrahas, Vinayagar under the bodhi tree, Chandikeswarar
and Amman temple.
In koshtam Vinayagar, Vishnu, Brahma and Durgai. There is a Jeeva Samadhi of Sri Raghava Swamikal near the temple.
Sri Raghava Swamigal
ARCHITECTURE
The temple consists of sanctum sanctorum and
antarala. The sanctum sanctorum is on pada bandha adhistanam with three patta Kumudam. From adhistanam up to prastaram constructed with stone. The superstructure of Nagara Vimanam was built with Bricks and stopped halfway.
HISTORY AND INSCRIPTIONS
The temple was constructed during the Chozha King Rajaraja
period and the inscription is available below kumudam of adhistanam. During renovation, the stones
were misplaced and two fragment stones with inscriptions were left out near the
sanctum and not used in the adhistanam.
Inscription fragment stone (Dumped outside)
Inscription fragment stone (Dumped outside)
LEGENDS
As per the legend, the Viyagrapatha Munivar obtained the tiger's leg to climb up the trees to plug flowers. Hence Iraivan is called Vyagra Pureeswarar. Hope the name of the place Pulipakkam might have been obtained from this legend.
TEMPLE TIMINGS:
The temple will open between 06.00 hrs to
07.00 hrs
It was learnt that the gurukkal is staying in a
shed near the temple, ( but could not reach him during our visit ).
One Kala pooja is conducted.
CONTACT DETAILS:
Gurukkal Senthil may be contacted for further
details on his mobile number 9444149679.
HOW TO REACH:
All the buses from Chengalpattu to Tambaram will
stop at Pulipakkam.
About 3 KM from Chengalpattu and about a KM from
Pulipakkam Toll Plaza.
LOCATION OF THE TEMPLE: CLICK HERE
Sri Raghava Swami's Jeeva samadhi
a panoramic view of Kolavai
Lake (Chengalpattu)
---OM SHIVAYA NAMA---
Dear sir, is it open all day when you mean The temple will get opened between 06.00 hrs to 07.00 hrs
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