Sri Mundakanni Amman Temple / Mundaka Kanni Amman Temple / Arulmigu Mundaga kanni Amman Temple and Nagathamman Temple Mylapore, Chennai, Tamil Nadu.

12^th January 2020.

The Visit to this temple was a part of the Goddess of Mylapore Heritage Walk, curated by Mrs Padmapriya Baskaran on 12^th January 2020, in connection with the Mylapore festival. Mylapore is a part of Chennai, one of the oldest and has the most historic places, the so-called, Madras. The Historical places include Saptha Sthana Shiva temples, Vishnu, and Village Deities. Greco-Roman, a famous geographer of the 2^nd Century CE, mentions Mylapore as Mylarphan.  From ancient times Mylapore was called Mayilarpil, Mayilai, Tirumayilai, Mahilup, Mirapolis, Mirapor, and Malepur. During the Chozha period, Mylapore was under Jayankonda Chozha Mandalathu Puliyur Kottam. During the Pallava period, Nandhivarman-III assumed the title of “Mayilai Kavalan” ie guardian or protector of Mylapore.

Presiding Deity: Sri Mundaka Kanni  Amman

Some of the salient features of this temple are...

The temple is facing east with a 3 tier Rajagopuram and a small entrance arch. The sanctum is surrounded by the mandpa also acts as a praharam. Deity Amman is in the form of a Conical shape  or Lotus bud shaped over which Amman-shaped kavasam is provided. A Trishul/ Trident is on her back. A Simha vahana is in front of the sanctum.  Dwarapalakis are at the entrance of the sanctum.

In the praharam Vinayagar, Iyappan, Sri Valli Devasena Muthukumaraswamy, Dakshinamurthy, Ramalinga Swamigal, Kasi Viswanathar with Visalakshi, Annapoorani, Veera Anjaneyar, Naga Kanni, Saptamatrikas  Samundeeswari, Vaishnavi, Maheswari, Brahmi, Varahi, Nagendri and Kaumari (  in the form of brick like stones ) and Urchavar is in a separate sannidhi.

 The thatched roof of the sanctum

HISTORY & INSCRIPTIONS

The temple existed before the British period and was called a Pagoda. The temple was one of the guarding deities of this village Mylapore.

The Rajagopuram and side entrance with arch was constructed  in 1979 through the donation received from Palani Achari and Chokkammal and praharam stone pavement was done in the same year. The stone pavement was provided in 1982. Pongal mandapam was constructed in 1985. Marble flooring was done in 1997.  Dwarapalakis was installed in 2001.  Golden Chariot was inaugurated in 2007. Kumbhabhishekam was performed in 1992 and 2015.

TEMPLE TIMINGS:

The temple will be kept open between 06.00 hrs to 12.00 hrs and 16.00 hrs to 21.00 hrs.

CONTACT DETAILS:

The temple may be contacted on the landline at +91 44 24981893 may be contacted for further details.

Temple Web site: http://www.mundagakanniamman.tnhrce.in/

HOW TO REACH:

This temple is on Mundakanni Amman Koil Street Mylapore, Chennai.

The temple is 500 meters from Mundaka Kanni Amman Koil MRTS Railway Station, 1 km from Thirumayilai MRTS Railway Station, and 8 km from Chennai Central Railway Station.

Nearest Railway Junction is Chennai Central Railway Station.

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 Saptamatrikas

 Urchavam Amman sannadhi

ARULMIGU NAGATHAMMAN THIRUKOVIL.

This temple is dedicated to Nagathamman, a female deity / Village deity / Grama Devatha, on the MundaKanni Amman Koil Street, on the back side of Sri Madhava Perumal Temple.  The worship of Nature and creatures like snakes as gods and goddesses has followed since ancient times. The reason may be due to fear, but it is also considered as fertility.

This is a small temple on the roadside facing east. A Trident with Simha vahana is in front. Vinayagar and Sri Valli Devasena Subramaniar are at the entrance of the sanctum. The presiding deity Amman is a Head size image with a snake hood on the top. Decorated with a fierce look. This temple may be 100 years old.

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