Sri Beemeshwarar Temple / ஸ்ரீ பீமேஸ்வரர் கோயில், வளர்புரம் / Valarpuram, Tiruvallur District, Tamil Nadu.

The Visit to this Sri Beemeswarar Temple was a part of the Temples Visit in Tiruvallur District, before attending the Uzhavarapani at Janamejaya Eswarar temple at Panambakkam and Palalayam function at Senji Panambakkam  Sri Kailasanathar Temple. The main purpose of a visit to this temple is to see a Pallava period Kotravai near the temple.

Moolavar  : Sri Beemeshwarar

Consort    : Sri Maragathavalli

Some of the salient features of this temple are…

The temple faces east on the banks of Valarpuram Eri. Since the temple is very small, there is no prahara. All the deities are installed inside the compound. Balipeedam and Rishabam are in front of the sanctum sanctorum. Vinayagar and Sri Valli devasena Subramaniar are on the left and right side of Sanctum Sanctorum. There is no murtis in koshtam. Ambal Maragathavalli is in a separate sannidhi facing south. Chandikeswarar and Chandran ( but wrongly written as Suryan ) are on the southeast and northeast corners of the compound abutting the wall.

ARCHITECTURE

The Temple consists of sanctum sanctorum, ardha mandapam, and mukha mandapam.  The eri bund is above the sanctum sanctorum adhistanam. So couldn’t asses the type of adhistanam. There is no Vimanam above the sanctum sanctorum. The front mandapam pillars are of a square base with Nagabandham and vettu pothyal. The Pillars have the bas reliefs of Donors, Cow worshiping Lord Shiva, Kalinga Nardhanar, Monkey, Bhuta Ganas, Munis, Krishna, Solar / Lunar eclipse, etc,.

HISTORY AND INSCRIPTIONS

It is claimed that the temple is more than 2000 years old, but there is no evidence to prove the same. As per the iconography of Rishabam and Chandran, the temple may belong to the 15^th to 16^th century and may be reconstructed during the Nayakas period.    

LEGENDS

It was told that this temple’s legend is associated with the Epic Mahabharata. The Pancha Pandavas during their exile, lived around this place and Beema worshipped Lord Shiva at this Temple. Hence Lord Shiva is called Beemeshwarar. Also further told that some of the Villages around this place are in the names of  the characters of Epic Mahabharat.

POOJAS AND CELEBRATIONS

Apart from oru kala special poojas are conducted on pradosam and Maha Shivaratri days.

TEMPLE TIMINGS

Since oru kala pooja is conducted, the closing opening times are unpredictable. 9 During my Visit the temple was kept open after the Poojas around 08.00 hrs )

CONTACT DETAILS 

Phone number to Check +91 9025602544 may be contacted for further details.

HOW TO REACH

This Place Valarpuram is on the Poonamallee to Thakkolam Road via Perambakkam. All the City buses will stop at Valarpuram and the Temple is about 400 meters from the bus stop.

The temple is 5.6 KM from Mannur Junction, 10.00 KM from Sriperumbudur, 14 KM from Poonamallee, 28 KM from Koyambedu, and 32 KM from Chennai Central.

LOCATION OF THE TEMPLE: CLICK HERE

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