19th January
2020.
Moolavar : Sri Vaaleeswarar
Consort : Sri Tripura Sundari
Some of
the salient features of this temple are....
The
temple is facing east with a 5 tier Rajagopuram. The temple tank with lotus
flowers is in front of the temple.
Balipeedam, Dwajasthambam and Nandhi are after the Rajagopuram.
Dwarapalakas are in the arthamandapam. Moolavar is in the sanctum and in
koshtam Vinayagar, Dakshinamurthy, Lingothbavar, Brahma and Durgai.
In
prakaram Vinayagar, Sri Valli Devasena Subramaniar, Ambal Sannadhi, Chandran,
Suryan, Saneeswarar, Bhairavar and Chandikeswarar. Ambal sannadhi is in the
mukha mandapam facing south.
ARCHITECTURE
The
sanctum sanctorum consists of sanctum, antarala, artha mandapam and
Maha mandapam. The temple was reconstructed during recent years. Granite tiles
are paved in the prakaram.
HISTORY & INSCRIPTIONS
The word
Koovam in Tamil means well. Since the 8 Holy rivers took form of Wells, this
place is called a Koovathur. It was told that the temple is more than 1000
years old and there is no inscription or evidence available in the temple. The
temple might have been built along with Adhi Kesava Perumal Temple, during 15th
to 16th Century, Vijayanagara period.
LEGENDS
As per
the legend Vaali /Vali killed demon Mayavi
after fighting 28 months in a cave. So he has got the brahma hatya dosha. To get
rid of dosha, Vaali worshiped Lord Shiva of this temple.
TEMPLE TIMINGS
The
temple will be kept opened between 08.00 hrs to 11.30 hrs and 17.30 hrs to
19.30 hrs.
CONTACT DETAILS:
The
Gurukkal Sathyamoorthy may be contacted on his mobile +919787271058
HOW TO
REACH:
About 200
meters from the Koovathur bus stop.
Koovathur
is on the ECR Road, 13 KM from Kalpakkam, 38 KM from Chengalpattu and 80 KM
from Chennai.
Nearest
Railway Station is Chengalpattu.
LOCATION: CLICK HERE
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SHIVAYA NAMA---
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