Bageeshwarar Shiva Temple, Uthiramerur Road, Kanchipuram, Kanchipuram District, Tamil Nadu.

The list of Shiva temples in and around Kanchipuram with link to GooglePhotos, Location link on Google Map and Location QR Code are posted already in this blog.  

Maha Shivaratri 2020 – Kanchipuram  Shiva Temples  Visit- 2

21^st February 2020.

The visit to this Sri Bageeshwarar Temple, at Kanchipuram  was a part of 2020 Maha Shivaratri Temples Visit, on 21^st February 2020. The temple is located on south side of river Vegavathi - Thumbavanam Street -Uthiramerur Road.  Bhargava and Birugu maharishis worshiped Lord Shiva of this temple. Hence this temple was called as Bharhavesam.

Moolavar : Sri Bageeshwarar

Consort   : Sri Tripura Sundari

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

The temple is facing east with and entrance arch. Stucco images of Shiva with Parvati, Subramaniyar on the left and Vinayagar on the right. There is also another entrance arch with Shiva and Parvati’s stucco images on the top. In koshtam Vinayagar, Dakshinamurthy, Maha Vishnu, Brahma and Durgai. Stucco dwarapalakas are at the entrance of sanctum sanctorum.

In artha mandapam Nalvar, Navagrahas, Bhairavar, Shaniswar, In Prakaram, Chandikeswarar, Vinayagar ( with stucco dwarapalakas ), Atheeswarar –  ( in Stucco Shiva with Dwarapalakas, stone Nandhi and balipeedam ), Vinayagar with Raghu & Kethu under peepal tree and Bala Vinayagar on the wall. Nandhavanam is on the back side of the temple.

ARCHITECTURE AND HISTORY

It was told that the original temple belongs to 7^th to 8^th Century Pallava Period and the same was reconstructed with out keeping any trace of antiquity. The arthamandapa and sanctum was completely laid with modern tiles. 

The sanctum sanctorum consists of sanctum, antarala and artha mandapam.  The adhisthanam is of simple padabandha adhisthana. An ekathala vesara vimana is on the sanctum sanctorum.

Jeernodhara Ashta Bandhana maha Kumbhabhishekam was conducted in 1998. Even though the temple is under the control of HR&CE, maintenance and poojas are conducted by the Mannam Veerasamy Mudaliar Trust.

TEMPLE TIMINGS:

Since oru kala pooja is conducted the opening closing time is unpredictable. Pradosham is conducted regularly during that time temple will be kept opened from 16.00 hrs.  

HOW TO REACH:

This temple is on Uthiramerur Road.  

The temple is about 3 Km from Kanchipuram Bus Stand, 5 Km from Kanchipuram Railway station, 40 KM from Arakkonam and 75 KM from Chennai.

Nearest Railway Station is Kanchipuram and Railway Junction is Arakkonam.

LOCATION: CLICK HERE

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