The
visit to this Sri Vibhutheeswarar Temple at Vemanambudur, was a part of “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
temples also.
Moolavar : Sri Vibhutheeswarar
Consort : Sri Sugantha Kunthalambal
Some
of the salient features of this temple are....
The
temple is facing east with an entrance from South side. Balipeedam and Rishabam
are on the east side. Stucco image of Lord Shiva and Parvati are on the top of
east side entrance. Moolavar is on a square avudayar. In Koshtam Vinayagar,
Dakshinamurthy, Lingothbavar, Brahma and Durgai.
In
praharam Vinayagar, Anjaneyar, Sri Valli Devasena Subramaniar, Ayyappan,
Navagrahas.
ARCHITECTURE
The
temple consists of sanctum Sanctorum, antarala, ardha mandapam and a mukha
mandapam. The old temple was reconstructed during recent years on a upanam
without following the temple architecture. An eka thala vesra vimanam is on the
sanctum sanctorum. Dakshinamurthy, Maha Vishnu and Brahma are in the greeva
koshtam. Ambal
is in a separate sannidhi facing south, with a vesara vimanam.
HISTORY AND
INSCRIPTIONS
It
is believed that the original temple was built during Pallava period and latter
received contributions from Chozhas. Since the original temple was dilapidated and
the same was reconstructed completely with brick during recent years.
As
per the Annual report 1944-45, Sl nos 23-24, This village was gifted to this
temple as Sarvamanyam by the Idangai community and tax on the gifted lands are
exempted.
In
another 8th Century inscription records the gift of Gold to this
temple by Avaduuraiyan Bhuvanakadan ( Ashta Siddhi temples by Sai Kumar ).
Bukkan-I’s
period ( 1344 – 1357 CE ) inscription records the gift of Villages as
Sarvamanyam.
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. The each Shiva temple is
associated with one of the Ashta siddhis. The details of the Anima Siddhi from
Srimad Bhagavatam are...
Anima - அணிமா
முடிந்திட்டு
வைத்து முயங்கி ஓர் ஆண்டில்
அணிந்த
அணிமாகை தான் ஆம் இவனும்
தணிந்த
அப் பஞ்சினும் தான் ஒய்யது ஆகி
மெலிந்து
அங்கு இருந்திடும் வெல்ல ஒண்ணாதே.
With this siddhi, one can reduce the
size of the body like cotton. By worshiping Sri Agastheeswarar now called as
Vibhutheeswarar of this temple at Venmanambuthur ( a Tamil Name of Sanskrit
name of Vibhutheeswaram ), one can obtain this Anima siddhi.
POOJAS AND
CELEBRATIONS
Apart
from Regular poojas, special poojas are conducted on pradosham and Maha
Shivaratri days.
TEMPLE TIMINGS
Since oru kala pooja is conducted the exact time of
opening and closing are unpredictable
CONTACT DETAILS
Sakthi
Gurukkal +919894936427, Srinivasan +919087970030, +919791329434 and Jaisankar
alias Sankar of the same Village
+919655811271 may be contacted for further details and darshan.
HOW TO REACH
The
temple is about 5 KM from Kadambathur, 12.5 KM from Perambakkam, 12. KM from
Tiruvallur, 27 KM from Arakkonam and 50
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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