Sri Kasi Viswanathar Temple / ஸ்ரீ காசு விஸ்வநாதர் கோயில், மேற்கு மாம்பலம், West Mambalam, Chennai, Tamil Nadu.

23^rd October 2017.

After the Perumal Temples visit, this week’s Sunday Shiva’s darshan was at Sri Kasi Viswanathar Temple of West Mambalam. This temple is also called Mahabilva Kshetra. 

  

Moolavar    : Sri Kasi Viswanathar

Consort      : Sri Kasi Visalakshi

Some of the important features of this temple are...

The temple faces east with a 7-tier Rajagopuram and a 3-tier Rajagopuram on the south. Balipeedam, Dwajasthambam, and Nandhi are immediately after the east side of Rajagopuram.

On the north wall of the mandapam stucco images of Shiva’s dance as Natarajar & Urdhva Thandavar on both sides of Shiva & Parvathi Kalyana kolam. On one of the Mandapa pillar statues of Nandhi, Sankaranarayanan, Sarabeswarar, Prathyangira devi, Yoga Narasimhar, Sanjeevi Rayar ( Hanuman), Garudalwar, Kamakshi Amman and ArthaNareeswarar. In Koshtam Vinayagar, Dakshinamurthy, Maha Vishnu, Brahma and Durgai.

In the outer prakaram 63var, Naalvar, Arunagirinathar, Sekkizhar, Pattinathar,  Chandikeswarar, Sri Valli Devasena Subramaniar, Kala Bhairavar, Navagrahas and Nagaras under a Bodhi tree.  The Temple’s Chariot is kept in a shed at the end of the temple street.

ARCHITECTURE

The temple is constructed with a Sanctum and a maha mandapam. Ambal sannadhi is facing south on the same mandapam. The mandapam was built for multipurpose, annadhanam, religious discourse, etc. Beautiful stucco reliefs of designs and flowers are made on the ceiling of the mandapam.

HISTORY AND INSCRIPTIONS

The original temple is said to be from the Vijayanagara Nayaka Period (17^th Century ) and was reconstructed in 2003. It was learnt that the Nayaka King who built the Tenkasi Shiva temple also built this temple.

LEGENDS

As per the legend, the place was called Mahabilam, later turned into Mambalam.  

TEMPLE TIMINGS:

The temple will be kept open between 06.30 hrs to 11.00 hrs and 17.15 hrs to 20.45 hrs.

CONTACT DETAILS:

The landline number of the temple is 044 2489 0018

The temple website address: http://www.westmambalamkasiviswanathartemple.tnhrce.in/

HOW TO REACH:

This temple is very close to Sri Kanchi Mutt and at the end of the Mandly Road bridge.

The temple is about a KM distance from Mambalam Sub-Urban railway station and a 2 km distance from T. Nagar Bus terminus.

LOCATION OF THE TEMPLE: CLICK HERE

 Statues on the pillar 

Stucco images on the mandapam wall and ceiling 

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