07th
January 2018.
For
a change this week joined with Jain community heritage enthusiasts for the Ahimsa walk at Asa Nellikuppam, UppuKulam ( a part of
Arakkonam Town ) and Kavanur lead by Mrs Sasikala devi. Though this Shiva temple visit was not planned earlier,
added in the list since it was told that
a Tirthankara was kept along with nagars under Bodhi tree, which was excavated
in the Village.
Moolavar :
Sri Devathi Rajeswarar
Consort : Sri Anupamathini Ambal
Some of the important features are...
The
temple is facing east without any Rajagopuram. Dwajasthambam, Balipeedam and
Nandhi Mandapam are on the east side entrance. Entrance to the Main shrine is
from South. Ambal is facing south
in the maha mandapam. Urchavars are in the Maha mandapam. The sanctum out side od moat type.
In
koshtam Vinayagar, Dakshinamurthy, Maha Vishnu ( in Lingothbavar place ),
Brahma and Durgai. In the prakaram sannadhi for Selva Ganapathy, Saraswati,
Gajalakshmi, Valli Devasena Subramaniar, Naalvar, Bhairavar, Saptamatrikas,
Suryan, Chandran, Balaganapathy, Balamurugan, Arumuga and Chandikeswarar.
saptamatrikas panel
ARCHITECTURE
The temple consists of sanctum sanctorum, antarala, artha mandapa and maha mandapam.
HISTORY
It
was told that the temple is 1000 years old. The inscriptions are not clear due
to sand blasting. The temple was renovated and Kumbhabhishekam was performed on
04-06-2017.
LEGEND
As
per the legend, Durvasa Maharishi gave Indira, the garland after performed
pooja to Lord Mahavishnu. His vahana Iravatham destroyed he garland with it’s
leg. On seeing this Muni Durvasa cursed Indira to loose his Indira / Raja
position and a reduced life. To get rid
of the curse, after visiting many Shiva
temple, came to this place Arumbakkam worshiped Lord Shiva with a lotus from
the moat/ akazi. Lord Shiva blessed him with full life and gave the Indra position
also. Hence those who lost their job may pray Lord Shiva to get back and a good
place for conducting poojas to increase the life like, Shastiapthapoorthi and Sathabhishekam. To get rid of
problems related to womb, abhishekam may be performed to Ambal with 108 lemon juice.
TEMPLE TIMINGS:
The
temple kept opened between 07.00 hrs to 11.00 hrs and 17.00 hrs to 20.30 hrs.
HOW TO REACH:
Arumbakkam
is on the way to Arakkonam from Kanchipuram.
LOCATION:CLICK HERE
MahaVishnu in Koshtam
Brahma
saptamatrika
panel
saptamatrika
panel
saptamatrika
panel
saptamatrika
panel
Believed
to be kulothunga Chozha ?
---OM
SHIVAYA NAMA---
Fantastic Sir. You are make this as a memorable one
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