Sri Kailasanathar Temple / ஸ்ரீகைலாசநாதர் கோயில், between Agaramel and Meppur Village, Poonamallee, Chennai, Tamil Nadu.

21^st April 2019.

This temple visit is one of the 4 temples planned on 21^st April 2019. During my earlier Visit, this temple was found closed. Since the planned temples are close to each other shuttled between the temples. Finally, around 11.00 hrs. the temple was found kept open.

Moolavar    : Sri Kailasanathar

Consort      : Sri Parvathi.

Some of the salient features of this temple are…

The temple is facing east with a mottai Rajagopuram. Stucco images on the mottai Gopuram.  A small Deepasthambam, Balipeedam, and Rishabam are immediately after the entrance. In koshtam Vinayagar, Dakshinamurthy, Lingothbavar, Brahma and Durgai. There is no vimana on the sanctum.

In the prakaram sannadhi for Nagar, Hanuman, Loose Sculptures with a Shiva linga, Bairavar, Navagrahas, Chandran and Suriyan.

ARCHITECTURE

The temple consists of a sanctum, antarala, and ardha mandapam. Ambal sannidhi is constructed abutting the artha mandapam. The complete sanctum sanctorum was built with brick. 

 Sanctum without Vimana Brick structure 

 The Artha mandapa Pillar relief - A Nayak the donor

HISTORY AND INSCRIPTIONS

About 450 years back Doddacharya of Chozha Simhapuram, who does services to Sri Yoga Narasimhar of Sholingur. Sri Doddacharya was the descendant of Dasarathi ( who is from Chennai – Nazarathpettai which was originally called Dasarathi Pettai ), nephew of Sri Ramanujar.

The temple was not as old as expected.  A 4 Pillar mandapam form the artha mandapam. The pillars have the Nayak period donor reliefs. Hence we may conclude that this temple may have existed before the Nayaka Period and the mandapa was added by them, which may be 300 to 400 years old.

TEMPLE TIMINGS:

The opening of the temple is unpredicted and a Vishnu Archakar is doing pooja. May be kept open for about 1 hour between 07.00 hrs to 10.30 hrs.

HOW TO REACH.

The Temple is on the Malayambakkam Road in continuation to Meppur Road, about 3 KM from Nazarathpettai Bus stop.

About 500 meters from MSJM Matriculation School.

All the city buses from Chennai via Poonamallee to Kanchipuram and Sriperumbudur stop at the Nazarathpettai bus stop, about 3 KM from Nazarathpettai bus stop.

LOCATION OF THE TEMPLE:    CLICK HERE

  Artha mandapam with Nayaka period pillars 

 Loose Sculptures 

A recent period Bhairavar

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