... A continuation
post to Kottai Veeran Muneeswarar Temple - Exploring Poonamaallee - A Heritage Walk
15th
April 2018.
Our next
visit before Poonamallee big mosque was to Sri Pidari Panayathamman Temple, which has
the history connected with Queen Victoria. Though the temple is small but it has
the heritage value.
Main deity
: Sri Pidari Panayathamman
Some of the
important features of this temple are…
This Amman
temple is facing North on the left side of Main road before Poonamallee. The
main sanctum sanctorum consists of sanctum, artha mandapam and a shed as mukha
mandapam. The sanctum does not have any Vimana. In the sanctum ceiling we could
found the supporting granite slabs has the Chozha period inscriptions ( might
have been brought from a nearby Chozha Period temple ).
In the
outer prakaram statues of amman ( might be a Pothyal of pillars), a Kanthu, an 18th century
memory stone / a village small deity and
head less Ayyanar with poorna and pushkala.
HISTORY AND INSCRIPTIONS
The temple is a Ellai kaaval theivam and once this place was with full of Palmyrah ( Panai maram in Tamil language ) groves, hence Amman got this name.
On 16th
February 1887, Queen Victoria’s Golden Jubilee was celebrated in Poonamallee. All
the streets were decorated with thoranams, arches and flags inscribed as “Long Live Empress Victoria”,
“May the British Empire Prosper”, “May the British Empire Lost Long”, “God save
the Empress”, etc,. As a part of celebration, about 1000 people were fed with non vegetarian food in this Pidari Panayathamman
temple. In the evening Urchavars are taken out for procession.
TEMPLE TIMINGS:
The temple
will be kept opened between 06.00 hrs to 10.00 hrs and 17.00 hrs to 20.00 hrs
HOW TO REACH:
This temple
is on the main road before Poonamallee from Guindy.
20 to 30
meters from Poonamallee big Mosque
Chozha
Period inscription slab kept to support the ceiling
Kanthu ( The
earliest form of Shiva Linga Worship )
A
panel of small deity / or memory stone of 18th century
Head less Ayyanar with poorna and pushkala.
…….To be
continued Big Mosque - Exploring Poonamallee - A Heritage Walk
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