Sri Gangai Amman Temple, Karapakkam Old Mahabalipuram Road ( OMR ), Karapakkam, Chennai, Chengalpattu District, Tamil Nadu.

13^th April 2019.

On the way to Chenganmaal, happened to see this colorfully painted temple on the east side with a big temple tank at Karapakkam.  This temple was built in the recent years and has lot of Shrines.

Main Deity : Sri Gangai Amman.

Some of the Salient features of this temple are…

This Gangai Amman is also a Village guarding deity. The temple is facing North with a 5 tier Rajagopuram and a Temple tank. Balipedam Soolam and Simha Vahanam are immediately after the Rajagopuram. The sanctum sanctorum consists of Sanctum, Antarala and a mukha mandapam. The Mukha mandapam pillars are adorned with stucco images of deities. A 5 Kalasa vimana with a 3tier is above the sanctum.

In the mandapam stucco images of Kapila Munivar and Bakirathan on the base of the Rajagopuram. In the Mukha mandapam sannadhi for Navagrahas, Saneeswarar, Kala Bhairava, Anjaneyar, Durgai ( stucco), Vinayagar, Iyappan ( with a Kerala style Vimana ), Venkatesa Perumal, Valli Devasena Subramaniar.

HISTORY AND INSCRIPTIONS

It was told that the Amman is about 300 years old, installed under a Neem Tree. A new temple was constructed and kumbhabhishekam was performed in 2015. 

TEMPLE TIMINGS:

The temple will be kept opened between 05.30 Hrs to 12.00 hrs and 16.30 hrs to 20.30 hrs.

HOW TO REACH:

This Gangai Amman Temple is at Karapakkam on the OMR.

All the town buses towards Sholinganallur Thiruporur and Mahabalipuram stops at Karapakkam.

35 KM from Mahabalipuram, 20 KM from Thiruporur and 3 KM from Sholinganallur.

LOCATION:CLICK HERE

SRI KARPAKAMBAL SAMEDHA SRI KARPAGA ESWARAR TEMPLE.

This Shiva temple is on the back side of the Amman Temple. Temple is facing east with a Palipedam, Dwajasthambam and a Rishabam. The sanctum sanctorum consists of sanctum, antarala and a mukha mandapam. Naalvar Rishabam and Ambal facing south are in the mukha mandapam. Vinayagar, Dakshinamurthy, Vishnu, Brahma and Durgai are in the koshtam. Chandikeswarar is  on the north side.

SRI ANJANEYAR AND VISHNU TEMPLE.

There is a Anjaneyar Sannadhi facing West with an entrance arch. Sri Rama, Lakshman and Seetha stucco images are in the entrance arch. On the right side of the west side is the Vishnu sannadhi.

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