21st
April 2019.
Last week, with
the elections combined, there were 4 days spared for my personal work. Thought
of spending usefully. Had been to Villupuram for Koovagam Koothandavar Temple’s
annual festival. On 21st
April 2019, thought of visiting old Shiva and Vishnu temples around Nazarathpettai
& Meppur, near Poonamallee. During my earlier visit, all 4 planned temples
were found closed. So on Sunday, started a little earlier in the morning to try my
luck. On this visit able to cover Two Shiva temples and a Vishnu Temple. First
Visited the Sri Kasi Viswanathar Temple at Nazarathpettai.
Moolavar : Sri Kasi Viswanathar
Consort : Sri Kasi Visalakshi
Some of the
salient features of this temple are….
The temple is
facing east with an entrance arch on the south side. Palipedam, Dwajasthambam
and Rishabam are in front of sanctum sanctorum. A snake relief is on the left
side of the Rishabam. It was said that Karkodaka Maharishi installed and
worshiped Lord Shiva of this temple. A Sudhai small Rajagopuram was constructed during
the recent renovations. Beautiful Dwarapalakas are at the entrance of the
sanctum. In koshtam Vinayagar, Dakshinamurthy, Vishnu, Brahma and Durgai.
Sannadhi for Vinayagar,
Srivalli Devasena Subramaniyar with Urchavars, Nagars, Veerabhadra, Naalvar,
Navagrahas, Suryan, Chandran, Natarajar, Chandikeswarar and Ambal are in the
inner prakaram. A Nandhiamperuman’s statue is in the artha mandapam, before
dwarapalakas. There is a separate sannadhi for Somaskandar.
In the outer
parakaram sannadhi for Seva Ganapathy, Iyappan, A maha mandapam and Shani
Bhagavan. Nagar and Vinayagar are under the bilva tree.
ARCHITECTURE
The temple consists of sanctum Sanctorum, antarala, and artha mandapam.
Kumbapanjaram
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.
Based on the
structure, the temple maybe 500 to 600 years old. The pillars of the
artha mandapam and maha mandapam may belongs
to Vijayanagara period. On 1st June 2014, renovation were carried
out and Punaravatha jinothaarana ashtabhandhana Maha Kumbhabhishekam was
conducted.
LEGENDS
As per the
legend Karkodaka Maharishi, son of Kubera Vamsa Munthikeswarar ( One of the Ashta
thikku Balakas – Kubera Vamsam) worshiped Lord Shiva of this temple. To signify
this there is a snake relief on the Rishabam. Shiva gave darshan to one of the
disciples of Sri Dharma Sivachariyar 1000 students. It is believed that this
temple is equivalent to Kasi/ Varanasi in all respects.
5 days in the month of Tamil month Panguni, sunlight falls on Moolavar.
Karkodaka Maharishi worshiped Lord Shiva of this temple - Hence a Snake is shown on the base of the Rishabam
POOJAS AND CELEBRATIONS
Apart from regular Poojas, MahaShivaratri, 10 days of Masi Urchavam will be celebrated in a grand manner.
TEMPLE TIMINGS:
The temple will
be kept open between 07.00 hrs to 11.30 hrs and 17.00 hrs to 20.30 hrs.
HOW TO REACH:
The temple is at
the junction of Gandhiji Street and Eswaran Koil Street.
About 550 to 600
meters from Nazarathpettai Bus stop on Chennai to Bangalore/Mumbai Highway.
All the city
buses from Chennai via Poonamallee to Kanchipuram and Sriperumbudur stop at the
Nazarathpettai bus stop.
LOCATION OF THE TEMPLE: CLICK HERE
Nandhiyam Peruman and Dwarapalaka
Dwarapalaka
Mandapa Pillar reliefs - Vishnu
Mandapa Pillar reliefs - Shiva
---OM SHIVAYA
NAMA---
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