The second visit to this Sri Kasi Vishwanathar temple at Nazarathpettai in Tiruvallur District was part of the 605th week's abhishekam organised by the Ancient Shiva Temples and Sivamayam Group on 7th June 2026.
The first visit to this Sri Kasi Vishwanathar Temple at Nazarathpettai was part of two Shiva temples and a Vishnu temple at Nazarathpettai and Meppur, on 21st April 2019.
Moolavar
: Sri Kasi Vishwanathar
Consort
: Sri Kasi Visalakshi
Some salient features of this temple are…
The temple faces
east with an entrance arch on the south side. Balipeedam, Dwajasthambam and
Rishabam are in front of the sanctum sanctorum. Beautiful Dwarapalakas are at
the entrance of the sanctum. Moolavar is of swayambhu on a round avudayar. In koshtam Vinayagar, Dakshinamurthy, Vishnu,
Brahma and Durgai.
In the inner praharam, Vinayagar, Srivalli Devasena Subramaniyar with Urchavars, Nagars, Veerabhadra,
Naalvar, Navagrahas, Suryan, Chandran, Natarajar, Chandikeswarar and Ambal. A statue of Nandhiamperuman is in the artha mandapam,
before the dwarapalakas. There is a separate sannidhi for Somaskandar.
In the outer
paraharam, Selva Ganapathy, Ayappan, a vahana / utsava mandapam and Shani Bhagavan. Nagar
and Vinayagar are under the bilva tree.
Veerabhadra - Bairavar
Ambal is in a separate snnidhi that faces south with Salakara Vimanam. Ambal is in a standing posture with abhaya varada hastam.
Ambal Temple
Ambal Temple's salakara vimanam
ARCHITECTURE
The temple consists of sanctum sanctorum, antarala, ardha mandapam and maha mandapam. The temple was constructed with stone from adhistanam to prastaram. The sanctum sanctorum is on a pada bandha adhistanam with jagathy, threepatta kumudam and pattikai. The bhitti starts with vedikai. The pilasters are of Vishnu kantha pilasters with square base and naga, kalasam, kudam, lotus petals mandi, palakai, veerakandam and poo mottu pothyals. Kumbha panjaras are on the bhitti in karnapathi and antarala outer walls. The prastaram consists of valapi and kapotam with nasikudus. The vimanam above the bhumi desam is with two talas, greevam and dravida sigaram. Stucco images of Shiva, Dakshinamurthy, Maha Vishnu and Brahma are on the tala and greeva koshtams.
HISTORY AND INSCRIPTIONS
About 450 years back, Doddacharya of Chozha Simhapuram did 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 architecture, this temple may be 500 to 600 years old. The pillars of the ardha mandapa and maha mandapam may belong to the Vijayanagara period. The Rajagopuram was constructed during the recent renovations.
On 1st June 2014, renovations were carried out, and Punaravatha Jirontharana Ashtabandhana Maha Kumbhabhishekam was conducted.
LEGENDS
As per the legend,
Karkodaka Maharishi, son of Kubera Vamsa Munthikeswarar (One of the Ashta
thikku Balakas – Kubera Vamsam), worshipped 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 Tamil month Panguni, sunlight falls on Moolavar.
Karkodaka
Maharishi worshipped Lord Shiva at this temple. Hence, a Snake is shown on the
base of the Rishabam.
POOJAS AND
CELEBRATIONS
Apart from regular
Poojas, MahaShivaratri, and the 10 days of Masi Urchavam will be celebrated grandly.
TEMPLE TIMINGS:
The temple will be
kept open from 07.00 hrs to 11.30 hrs and from 17.00 hrs to 20.30 hrs.
CONTACT DETAILS
Murugan Gurukkal may be contacted on his mobile number +919952986426 for poojas and further details.
HOW TO REACH:
The temple is at the
junction of Gandhiji Street and Eswaran Koil Street.
About 550 to 600
meters from the Nazarathpettai Bus stop on the 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
On 21st April 2019, I thought of visiting the 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.
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