01st
December 2019.
The
Visit to this temple was a part of the Pallava and Chozha Period Temples scheduled on 01st December
2019. We had a tough journey throughout the day due to rain. After our
visit to Ayapakkam, the Pallava period Sri Shenbakeswarar Temple had been to this temple on the Palar River island.
Moolavar
: Sri Kailasanathar
Consort : Sri Kanakambigai
Some
of the salient features of this temple are...
The
temple is on a rocky island of the river Palar. A Bridge was constructed to
reach the temple. A Dakshinamurthy sannidhi is on the right side of the bridge
end. The temple is facing east with Balipeedam, Dwajasthambam. A Lion pillar and
Nitupathungan inscription stone are kept at the entrance of the sanctum sanctorum. In
koshtam Vinayagar, Dakshinamurthy, Mahavishnu, Brahma and Durgai. In the
prakaram Chandikeswarar, Vinayagar, Navagrahas, Bhairavar and Valli Devasena Subramaniar.
ARCHITECTURE
The
sanctum sanctorum consists of sanctum, antarala, and artha mandapam. Vinayagar is on the left and Subramaniyar Nagars are at the entrance of Sanctum in the artha mandapam. Ambal sannadhi is in artha mandapam
facing south.
A Pallava Lion pillar
HISTORY & INSCRIPTIONS
An
inscription slab stone is installed on the right side entrance of the sanctum
sanctorum. As per the inscription the temple was built during Pallava King
Nirupathungan ( 869 – 880 AD ). The temple was constructed on a rocky surface.
The original temple was completely renovated and no trace of antiquity is found
outside. Only the mandapa pillars remind the temple as old. This temple was called Saileswaram.
No. 68.
(A. R. No. 258 of 1912).
Paramsvaramangalam, Madurantakam Taluk, Chingleput District.
On a slab near the Ganesa image outside the Kailasanatha temple.
This inscription records that a Brahman
lady Devachchani, wife of Dandiyankilar Pandiya-Kramavittar set up the image of
Ganapati-Bhatara in the temple of Sailesvaram at Paramesvaraman[ga]lam,
constructed a shrine for it and endowed 40 kadi of paddy for twilight lamps and
worship to the deity.
The record is dated simply in the 15th year, but the king’s name is not mentioned. Since the other face of the slab contains an inscription of Nripatunga, dated in his 16th year[12] which closely resembles the present inscription in its writing, this epigraph also may be assigned to the reign of the same king.
The record is dated simply in the 15th year, but the king’s name is not mentioned. Since the other face of the slab contains an inscription of Nripatunga, dated in his 16th year[12] which closely resembles the present inscription in its writing, this epigraph also may be assigned to the reign of the same king.
No. 69.
(A. R. No. 257 of 1912).
On the backside of the same wall.
This record states that,
in the 16th year of Nripatungavarman, the committee (Ganapperumakkal) of the
temple called Sailesvaram agreed to provide offerings during the mid-day
service of the god Mahadeva at Sailesvaram in Paramesvaramangalam instead of the
interest of 11 kalanju of gold received by them from Nandi-Niraimati, son of
Maramadakki-Vilupperaraiyar of Mannaikudi.
Udayachandra, the general of the Pallava king Nandivarman Pallavamalla claims to have defeated a Pandya king at Mannaikkudi[13] and if ‘Mannaikudi Maramadakki’ is taken as an epithet of Viupperaraiyar in the sense of ‘he who humbled the pride (of the enemy) at Mannaikkudi’, it may be presumed that one of the ancestors of Vilupperaraiyar had taken some part in the Pallava campaigns. But as there are villages actually known by the names of Mannakkudi and Maramadakki in the Arantangi taluk of the Tanjore district, it is also possible that the native village and hamlet of this Vilupperaraiyar are simply mentioned in this inscription (i.e.,) Vilupperaraiyar of Maramadakki near Mannaikkudi.
Udayachandra, the general of the Pallava king Nandivarman Pallavamalla claims to have defeated a Pandya king at Mannaikkudi[13] and if ‘Mannaikudi Maramadakki’ is taken as an epithet of Viupperaraiyar in the sense of ‘he who humbled the pride (of the enemy) at Mannaikkudi’, it may be presumed that one of the ancestors of Vilupperaraiyar had taken some part in the Pallava campaigns. But as there are villages actually known by the names of Mannakkudi and Maramadakki in the Arantangi taluk of the Tanjore district, it is also possible that the native village and hamlet of this Vilupperaraiyar are simply mentioned in this inscription (i.e.,) Vilupperaraiyar of Maramadakki near Mannaikkudi.
Nirupathungan inscription
This is the Nirupathungavarman’s 15th – 16th reign year inscription ( with a mixture of Tamil & Grantha ) that mentions Lord Shiva as Parameswara Mangalathu Sailechuraththu Mahadevar. This inscription records the endowment of Naivedya offered in the Midday and the burning of a perpetual lamp by Mannaikudi MaRamadakki Vizhuperaraiyar’s son Nandi Niraimathi. For the same 15 kalanju gold was gifted. ( Mannaikudi maRamadakki may mean that Vizhuperaraiyar ancestors might have participated in the war against Rajasimha Pandya-I, at Mannaikuruchi, as per Velvikudi Cheppedu). The Tamil script reads as...
- "ஸ்வஸ்தி ஶ்ரீ ந்ருபதுங்க வ
- ர்ம்மற்கு யாண்டு பதினாறாவது ப
- ரமேஸ்வர மங்கலத்து ஸைலேஸ்வ
- ரத்து மஹா தேவர்க்கு மத்யாஹந வேலை
- யிற் றிருவமுதுக்கு மண்ணைக்கு
- டி மறமடக்கி விழுப்பேரரையர் ம
- கன் நந்தி நிறைமதி ஸைலேஸ்வ
- ரத்து கணப் பெருமக்கள் வழி குடுத்
- த செம்பொன் பதினொரு கழஞ்சு இதன்
- பொலியூட்டினா னசதி நாடுரி குத்தலரிசியு
- மொருபிடி நெய்யுமப்போது காட்டும் விள
- க்கிடுக்கு ஒருபிடி எண்ணெய்யு முட்டாமை
- ச் செலுத்துவோமானோங் கணப்பெ
- பெருமக்களோம் இது மஹா ஸபை ரக்ஷை"
South Indian Inscriptions Volume 12.
As
per the legend, the Ayapakkam Sri Shenbakeswarar came to this place and hid on
a small hill in the middle of the river Palar. Parvati came in search of him.
She climbed the hill on her knees. Lord Shiva and Parvati stayed here as Sri
Kailasanathar and Kanakambigai. The depression markings on the rock are believed
to be Parvati’s knee marks. The Shenbakeswarar Temple Rishabam this Sri
Kailasanathar temple and waiting for Lord Shiva’s arrival at that temple.
TEMPLE TIMINGS:
The
temple will be opened at 08.30 hrs and 16.30 hrs and will be closed after the
pooja.
CONTACT DETAILS.
The
mobile numbers 9789056615, 9786058325, 9843916069, and 9952951142 may be
contacted for further details.
HOW TO REACH:
The temple is on the island of Palar at
Vasavasamudram.
The
temple is 12.4 KM from Kalpakkam, 24.7 KM from Thirukazhukundram, 40 KM from
Chengalpattu, and 85 KM from Chennai.
Buses
are available from Chennai and Chengalpattu up to Kalpakkam from there autos
are available.
LOCATION OF THE TEMPLE: CLICK HERE
It is believed to be of Ma Parvati's knee markings and experts believe that these are the sharpening marks of stone tools used during the Stone Age period.
---OM
SHIVAYA NAMA---
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