08th
April 2018.
This temple
is popularly known as Guru Koil, otherwise known as the Kayarohaneswarar temple of
Kanchipuram. This Kayarohanam cult is a branch of the Saiva Pasupata tradition.
It is believed that Kayarohanam originated from a place called Karwar, in
Gujarat, and spread up to the southern part of India. There are three Kayarohanam temples in Tamil Nadu, and the other two
temples are at Nagapattinam and Kumbakonam.
Moolavar :
Sri Kayarohaneswarar.
Consort : Sri Kamalambigai.
Some of the
important details are….
This temple faces east with an entrance arch and a stucco Rishabam in front. A 3-tier
Rajagopuram is at the entrance of the main temple. Balipeedam and Rishaba Mandapam are immediately after the Rajagopuram. Brahma,
Vishnu, and Somaskandar are on the back side of Moolavar. In koshtam Vinayagar,
Dakshinamurthy, Vishnu, Brahma and Durgai.
In the
outer praharam, Karpaga Vinayagar, Sri Valli Devasena Subramaniar,
Mahalakshmi, Navagrahas, Bairavar, Suryan, Stucco Guru Bhagwan, Guru Sannadhi,
Naalvar, Nagars, Maviratha Lingas and Balamurugan. An east-facing Lingabeswarar
temple is also constructed abutting the outer wall of the Temple.
Somaskandar
ARCHITECTURE
The temple consists of the sanctum sanctorum, antarala, and artha mandapam. Nataraja is in the ardha mandapam. An eka tala Gajabirushta vimana is on the sanctum sanctorum, and this is the only temple in Kanchipuram that has such a kind of vimana.
A Chozha-period mandapa pillar
From the
inscriptions, the temple belongs to the 11th
century and was later developed in different stages. The Kumbhabhishekam was
conducted in recent years.
LEGENDS
This is a Guru Parikara sthalam and one of the Saptha Sthana sthalams of Kanchipuram.
TEMPLE TIMINGS:
The temple
will be kept open from 07.00 hrs to 10.00 hrs, and from 16.45 hrs to 19.30 hrs.
CONTACT DETAILS:
The mobile
no 8883756914 may be contacted for further details.
HOW TO REACH :
The temple
is about 3 km from the Bus stand
At the end
of Thaiyar Kulam Street.
REFERENCE: A book
on Nagareshu Kanchi, a retrospective on Kanchipuram compiled by Prof
Madhusudhanan Kalaiselvan.
Maha
Sadashiva Murthy on the top
Lingabeswarar
---OM SHIVAYA NAMA---
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