15th September 2019.
The visit to this Sri Sakthi Bala Nara Mukha
Vinayagar ( Vinayagar with human face ) ( Sri Naramuga Vinayagar Temple ) is also called as Nara mukha Vinayaka
temple was a part of Temples Visit, in and around Sirkazhi on 15th
September. After the darshan of Sri
Thillai Kali Amman, on the way to Achalpuram happened to see this few centuries
old Vinayagar temple on the South Car street opposite to Sri Natarajar Temple’s
South Rajagopuram. There are two temples in Tamil Nadu for human face Vinayaga as Nara Mukha Vinayagar, before the episode of Lord cuts
the head of Mukha Vinayagar. The other Vinayagar temple is at Sethalapathy ( one of the 276 Thevara Paadal Petra Shiva Temples with moolavar as Muktheeswarar ),
near Koothanur in Thiruvarur District as
Adhi Vinayagar Temple.
Moolavar : Sri Sakthi Bala Nara Mukha Vinayagar
Some of the details are….
This small temple is facing north Rajagopuram of
Sri Natarajar temple. This road side temple is with sanctum sanctorum and a
front mandapa. The sanctum sanctorum is in rectangular shape with a vimana and
3 Kalasas. The mandapa pillars are round
in shape with capitals are of Chozha period style. The mandapa front arch has
the stucco image of Nara Mukha Vinayaka.
The weeds had grown on the top of the temple and
the walls are laid with with tiles. Sri Nara
Mukha Vinayagar ( Sri Naramuga Vinayagar ) is under worship.
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