Arulmigu Shanmuga Vinayagar Temple / அருள்மிகு சண்முக விநாயகர் ஆலயம், எழுச்சூர் / Ezhichur, Kanchipuram District, Tamil Nadu.

After visiting Sri Nallinaikeswarar temple at Ezhichur, happened to see the Vinayagar temple on the north side of the temple. Initially, I thought this may be a typical Vinayagar temple, on the contrary, this temple has a rich history. The inscription of this temple has a connection with the history of Shiva Temple.  

Main Deity       : Sri Shanmuga Vinayagar.

Some of the salient features of this temple are….

This temple faces east with an entrance arch. A Balipeedam is in front of the Temple. The entrance arch has stucco images of Lord Shiva with Parvati, Vinayagar, Murugan, Kali (…?) and maha Vishnu. Vinayagar’s vahanam is in the mukha mandapam. Dwarapalakas are at the entrance of the sanctum.

In praharam Sri Kamakshi Amman Samedha Ekambaranathar, Sri Valli Devasena Subramaniar, Srinivasa Perumal, Sri Bairavar, Nagar, Sri Dakshinamurthy, Narthana Ganapathy, Sri Lingothbavar, Brahma and Durgai 

HISTORY AND INSCRIPTION

This inscription is also connected to Sri Nallinaikeswarar Shiva temple on the south side of the temple Tank ). This inscription tablet is fixed on the compound wall. As per the inscription, when the Shiva temple became dilapidated condition ( The Shiva Linga avudayar and Rishabam were found damaged condition ),  in 1896 CE, Kodi Samarapuri Mudaliar and his brother Shanmuga Mudaliar reconstructed this temple through the Sthapathi Ganesha Achari. The above works were done through own fund of Kodi Samarapuri Mudaliar. The required stones are sourced from Pattimalaikuppam alias Sankarapuram. A new Shiva Lingam with Rishabam was made and installed.  In 1906 Arumugar and Tripura Sundari Amman idols are also made as new. Singara Mudaliar established the Navagrahas. Maha Kumbhabhishekam was conducted. The temple affairs were looked after by Samarapuri Mudaliar as a Trustee.

Due to various unknown reasons the Villagers didn’t like Samarapuri Mudaliar to continue as a trustee and filed a suit in Poonamallee and Thiruvallur Court. Even though the judgment came in favor of Samarapuri Mudaliar, relieved himself from the trustee.

In 1918, with the same sthapathi, This Vinayagar temple was constructed in the same place where his brother Shanmuga Mudaliar planted the sapling of the Arasamaram/peepal tree and named it Shanmuga Vinayagar Temple. The Vinayagar temple was consecrated on  11^th August 1920.

With the wishes of Samarapuri Mudaliar, his great grandson M Balasubramanian, established, Sri Kamakshi Amman Samedha Ekambaranathar, Sri Valli Devasena Subramaniar, Sri Bairavar, Nagar, Sri Dakshinamurthy, Narthana Ganapathy, Sri Lingothbavar, Brahma and Durgai are in the Shanmuga Vinayagar Temple and maha Kumbhabhishekam was conducted on 13^th April 2009.

Another 1920 CE inscription records as சிவ புண்ணியம் 1920 ஆம் வருடம் ஆகஸ்டு மாதம் 11ந்தேதி எழுச்சூர் சமரபுரி முயர்ச்சி…. Probably this gives the date of consecration of this Vinayagar temple.

Another inscription records the name of sthapathi as V Selvamuthu, of Thirukannapuram who constructed this Vinayagar Temple with his contact details.

POOJAS AND CELEBRATIONS

Apart from regular poojas special poojas are conducted on maha Shivaratri day, Vinayagar Chaturthi, etc.

TEMPLE TIMINGS

The temple will be kept open between 07.00 hrs to 11.00 hrs.

CONTACT DETAILS

The mobile numbers of  Mr. Ramamurthy +91 96001 22162, Ramesh +91 97101 95191, and Muralidharan +91 96771 79420 may be contacted for further details.

HOW TO REACH

The temple at Ezhichur is about 500 meters off from Ezhichur Road and Ezhichur is about 7 KM off from Tambaram to Kanchipuram viz Padappai. All the buses to Kanchipuram will stop at Kandigai.

The temple is  28.2 KM from Tambaram, 7.5 KM from Oragadam Industrial Hub, 32 KM from Kanchipuram, and 60 KM from Chennai.

The nearest railway station is Tambaram.

LOCATION OF THE TEMPLE: CLICK HERE

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