The
visit to this Sri Vasishteswarar 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 Vashishteswarar
Consort :
Sri Veda Nayagi
Some of the salient features of this temple are…
The temple faces east with an entrance gate on
the east side. A 3-tier Rajagopuram is under construction. Balipeedam and
rishabam are in the mukha mandapam. Moolavar is a little big on a square
avudayar. In koshtam Vinayagar, Dakshinamurthy, Lingothbavar, Brahma and Durgai.
In praharam Chandikeswarar and Amabl. Ambal is in
a separate sannidhi facing south.
ARCHITECTURE
The
temple consists of Sanctum sanctorum, ardha mandapam and a open mukha mandapam.
The sanctum sanctorum is on a simple pada bandha adhistanam. The walls are
constructed in the Village style without pilasters or any sculptures or ornamental
works. An eka thala Nagara Vimanam is on the sanctum sanctorum with 4 maha
nasis in the cardinal directions. The
whole temple was constructed with bricks and cement concrete.
HISTORY AND
INSCRIPTIONS
It
is believed that the original temple was built during the Pallava period and later
received contributions from Chozhas. The temple was completely reconstructed
in recent years and maha kumbhabhishekam was conducted on 27th
June 1997, along with Kariyamanicka Perumal temple.
As
per 11th-century inscriptions, Saptamatrikas temple existed in
the same place. This Shiva Temple is located on the Southwest corner ie Eesanya moola – of the Village.
The 11th-century inscription records the names of Unamili Pandithan of
Kaushika Gotra, Kailasa Pandithan, and Sivalikanantha Pandithan of Athreya Gotra.
It
was told that there was an inscription on the base of the Vinayagar. Since the
same was installed couldn’t see that.
Vimanam
with Parivara sannidhis was built and Jeernortharana Ashta Bandana maha
kumbhabhishekam was conducted on 27th June 1997, with the blessings
of Paramahamsethyathi Srirangam Srimath Andavan Srirangam Ramanuja Mahadesikan.
This was conducted through Karumanika Perumal Trust.
LEGENDS
This is one of the Ashta Siddhi Shiva
temples ( 8 Shiva Temple ) located between Koovam and Kosasthalaiyar rivers, on the north side of Perambakkam in
Tiruvallur District. It is believed that the Sage Agasthiya installed these 8
Shiva Lingas, worshiped and obtained Ashta Siddhis. Each Shiva temple is
associated with one of the Ashta Siddhis. The details of the Karima Siddhi from
Srimad Bhagavatam are...
Karima - கரிமா
ஆகின்ற மின் ஒளி ஆவது கண்டபின்
பாகின்ற பூவில் பரப்பவை காணலாம்
ஏகின்ற காலம் வெளிஉற நின்றது
போகின்ற காலங்கள் போவதும் இல்லையே.
With this siddhi, one can increase the
weight of the body to any extent. By worshiping Sri Vasishteswarar of this
temple at Satharai, one can obtain the siddhi of Karima.
It
is further believed that the square avudayar might have been installed by some rishis maybe Vashishters and also worshiped Lord Shiva of this temple, hence Lord Shiva is called Vashishtswarar.
During
reconstruction, a new Ambal idol was made and the renovation works were moved to
a snail space. In the meantime, the original Ambal idol was unearthed on the
same site. Kumbhabhishekam couldn’t be carried out due to many reasons. Ambal
came in the dream of one organizer and asked to install both idols. Later both
were installed as per Ambal’s instruction and kumbhabhishekam was
conducted.
POOJAS AND
CELEBRATIONS
Apart
from oru kala poojas, 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 and morning poojas will be conducted between
09.30 to 10.30 hrs.
CONTACT DETAILS
Sridhar
Gurukkal from Mappedu +919444943644 or Dilli of the same Village +91 9842010643
may be contacted for darshan and further details.
HOW TO REACH
Satharai
is on the main road connecting Tiruvallur to Tiruttani and Poonamallee to
Arakkonam highway. The temple is about 6.00 KM from Kadambathur, 4.0 KM from
Perambakkam, 14 KM from Tiruvallur, 28.3 KM from Arakkonam, and 51 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
The Rajagopuram is under Construction
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