The
visit to this Sri Mahadevar Sivan Temple at Agaram was a part of the “Ashta Siddhi
Temples” visit, located between Kosasthalaiyar and Koovam rivers, on the north
side of Perambakkam. Apart from Shiva temples, on the way visited Perumal and
Murugan temples also.
Moolavar : Sri Maha Devar
Consort : Sri Manonmani Amman
Some
of the salient features of this temple are….
The
temple faces east. The entrance to the temple is from the east. Balipeedam and
Rishabam are in the Mukha mandapam. Moolavar is a little large, hence called Maha Devar. In koshtam Vinayagar, Dakshinamurthy, Lingothbavar, Brahma and
Durgai.
Ambal
is in a separate sannidhi facing south in mukha mandapam. In praharam
Vinayagar, Sri Valli Devasena Subramaniar, Swarna Bairavar and Navagrahas.
Vinayagar and damaged Amman / Jyeshta Devi / Thavvai idols are under a Peepal
tree.
ARCHITECTURE
The
temple consists of sanctum sanctorum, ardha mandapam, and an open mukha mandapam.
The reconstruction of this does not confirm fully the temple architecture.
A 2 tala vesara Vimanam is on the sanctum sanctorum. Dakshinamurthy, Maha Vishnu, and Brahma are in the greeva koshtam.
There are no images in the 1st tala.
HISTORY AND
INSCRIPTIONS
It
is believed that the original temple was built during the 7th Century Pallava period and later received
contributions from Chozhas. The temple was completely reconstructed with bricks
and cement on the place where the Moolavar Shiva Lingam ( a Big green stone )
was unearthed and installed on 02nd
December 2018. Maha Kumbhabhishekam was
conducted on 30th January 2020.
As
per the inscriptions recorded from this
temple, Shri Shiva was called Mahadeva Pudumavilangai Nakkar ( Nakkar means
– laugh, which may be related to Tripura Samharam in which Shiva burnt the Tripuram with his laugh. ) This place was under Manavil Kottam in Pasali Nadu.
One
of the inscriptions records the endowment of a burning perpetual lamp by Servan,
the head of the Village through some gift.
Another
inscription records that there was a Jain temple called Vathavi Perumpalli that existed in the same Village. ( As per
Raja Velu and his students ).
LEGENDS
The
Shiva Lingam is big in size ( Maha ), hence Shiva is called Maha Devar. Hence
it is believed that devotees pray to complete big tasks and anything big.
This is one of the Ashta Siddhi Shiva
temples ( 8 Shiva Temple ) located between the Koovam and Kosasthalaiyar rivers on
the North side of Perambakkam. towards the north of Perambakkam in Tiruvallur
District. It is believed that the Sage Agasthiya installed these 8 Shiva
Lingas, worshiped and attained Ashta Siddhis. Each Shiva temple is associated
with one of the Ashta siddhis. The details of this Lahima Siddhi from Srimad Bhagavatam are...
Lahima - லஹிமா
ஆகின்ற
அத் தனி நாயகி தன்னுடன்
போகின்ற
தத்துவம் எங்கும் புகலது ஆய்ச்
சாகின்ற
காலங்கள் தன்வழி நின்றிடின்
மாய்கின்றதை
ஆண்டின் மால் அது ஆகுமே.
With this siddhi, one can reduce the weight
of the body like floating in the air. By worshiping Sri Agastheeswarar, now
called Sri Mahalingeswarar of this temple at Agaram, one can obtain the
siddhi of Lahima.
POOJAS AND
CELEBRATIONS
Apart
from oru kala pooja, special poojas are conducted on Pradosham, Maha
Shivaratri, Vinayagar Chaturthi, etc,.
TEMPLE TIMINGS
Since oru kala pooja is conducted the exact time of
opening and closing are unpredictable
CONTACT DETAILS
S
Venkatesan +919159055306, Nallathambi +918870765876, Annamalai +919445616899,
Vinod Kumar Sivachariyar +9655900921 & +919597651245 may be contacted for
further details and darshan.
HOW TO REACH
Agaram
is on the main road connecting Tiruvallur to Tiruttani and Poonamallee to
Arakkonam highways. The temple is about 3.00 KM from Kadambathur, 6.7 KM from
Perambakkam, 11 KM from Tiruvallur, 31 KM from Arakkonam, and 54 KM from Chennai
Central.
Nearest
Railway station is Kadambathur.
LOCATION OF THE
TEMPLE: CLICK HERE
Ref: A Book on Ashta Siddhi Temples by Mr Sai Kumar
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