Gangadeeswarar Temple, Sarva Theertha Kulam, Kanchipuram District, Tamil Nadu.

21^st February 2020.

The list of Shiva temples in and around Kanchipuram with links to Google Photos, Location links on Google Maps, and Location QR Codes are posted already in this blog. The visit to the above Temples on the banks of Sarva Theertam  Kulam was a part of the 2020 Maha Shivaratri Temples Visit, on 21^st February 2020. This Gangadheeswarar temple is on the eastern banks of Sarva Theertam Kulam.

The 18^th Century saint Sri Sivagnana Swamigal, had written the sthala purana of this temple in Kanchipuranam under Sarva Theerta Padalam.

46. சர்வ தீர்த்தப்படலம் (1619 - 1644)

1619   இருட்கொடும் பிறவி மாற்றும் இலகுளீச் சரமீ றாகத்

      தருக்கறு காட்சி யோகா சாரியர் தளிகள் சொற்றாம்

      மருத்துத மலர்மேற் பூத்த வளம்புனல் குடைவோர் தங்கள்

      கருத்தவிர் சருவ தீர்த்தக் கரைபொலி தலங்கள் சொல்வாம் 1

1638 கங்காவரேச்சரம்

      மற்றதன் கரையின் கீழ்பால் வருணெனம் பெருமான் றன்னை

      முற்றிழைக் கங்கை யாளோ டிருத்திமுன் தொழுது நீருள்

      உற்றுறை உயிர்க்கும் நீர்க்கும் ஒருதனித் தலைவ னாகப்

      பெற்றனன் அதன்பேர் கங்கா வரமெனப் பிறங்கு மாலோ

Moolavar: Sri Gangadeeswarar

Some of the important details are...

The temple faces facing west with an entrance from the south. Balipeedam and Rishabam are in front of Sanctum Sanctorum. Moolavar in the sanctum is a little large. Sri Vinayagar and Sri Valli Devasena Subramaniar are in the ardha mandapa.

ARCHITECTURE

The Temple consists of a Sanctum and artha mandapam. An Ekathala vesara Vimana is on the sanctum Sanctorum. In griva koshtam stucco images of Dakshinamurthy, Maha Vishnu, Brahma, and Durgai. The 8 Rishabas and 8 Vimana Thangis ( Baravaahaa)  are in the eight directions on the Vimana.  It is believed that the original temple was built during the 7^th to 8^th Century Pallava period.

LEGEND:

Varuna along with Sri Ganga Devi, worshiped Lord Shiva of this temple. Varuna heads this earth’s requirement of water and the living things in the water. Hence Lord Shiva is called Gangadeeswarar. 

TEMPLE TIMINGS:

Since Oru kala/one-time pooja is conducted the opening and closing times are unpredictable.  

HOW TO REACH:

This temple is on the bank of Sarva Theertham Kulam and Kanchipuram to Vellore Road.

About 2.4 KM from Kanchipuram Bus Stand, 2.0 KM from Kanchipuram Railway Station, 27 KM from Arakkonam Railway Junction, and 75 KM from Chennai Central Station.

Nearest Railway Station is Kanchipuram and Nearest Railway Junction is Arakkonam.

LOCATION OF THE TEMPLE: CLICK HERE

--- OM SHIVAYA NAMA---