The visit to Sri Kasi Viswanathar Temple was a part of Vyasarpadi temples and Siddhar
Madams visited in and around Vyasarpadi on 21st August 2022. This
Shiva temple is on the Krishnappa ( Naicken ) Tank Street, Peddanaickenpet, a
part of Sowcarpet, close to Padmanabha Theatre. This place was once dominated
by the Telugu-speaking peoples, but now most of them are North Indians,
especially Jains.
Moolavar : Sri Kasi Viswanathar
Consort : Sri Visalakshi
Some
of the salient features of this temple are…
The
temple is facing east with an entrance arch. Sri Narayana Bavaji’s Jeeva
Samadhi is on the right side of the entrance with a Photo and a Balipeedam. Stucco
images of Lord Shiva with Parvati,
Vinayagar, Murugan, and Nandi. The Mukha mandapam top also has similar
stucco images along with Ambal. Balipeedam, Dwajasthambam / kodimaram and
Rishabam are in front of mukha mandapam. Sanctum sanctorum is a little elevated
level. Dwarapalakas are at the entrance of the sanctum sanctorum. Vinayagar,
Dakshinamurthy, Lingothbavar, Brahma and Durgai are in the koshtam.
In
praharam, Nalvar, Vinayagar, Saptamatrikas and Veerabhadra, Mahaganapathi,
SriValli Devasena Subramaniyar, Srinivasa Perumal with Sridevi and Bhudevi,
Natarajar, and Somaskandar. In the outer praharam A Shiva lingam with Rishabam,
Ko sala, Ayyappan, Navagrahas, Suriyan and Chandran.
ARCHITECTURE
The
temple consists of Sanctum Sanctorum, antarala, ardha mandapam and a open mukha
mandapam. The sanctum sanctorum is on a pada bandha adhistanam. Brahmakantha
pilasters with Pushpa pothyal are on the bhitti. The prastaram consists of valapi
and kapotam. An eka tala vesara vimanam is on the sanctum sanctorum.
HISTORY AND
INSCRIPTIONS
This
temple was constructed during 1806 CE and may be the ancestors of Sri K Nallamuthu Mudaliar. The
place name and the contributors of the temple tank name indicate that this
place Peddanaickenpet existed since the Vijayanagara period. The temple tank is
named after, the Krishnappa Naicken, as Krishnappa Naicken Tank, may be one of the
contributors to this temple or Vijayanagara Nayak’s representative or maybe
both. There is a street in the name of Krishnappa ( Naicken ) Agraharam Street,
close to the temple.
The
flooring of the mukha mandapam was paved with granite in the year 1951.
TEMPLE TIMINGS
The
temple will be kept open between 06.00 hrs to 11.30 hrs and 17.00 hrs to
20.00 hrs.
CONTACT DETAILS
HOW TO REACH
The
temple is on Krishnappa ( Naicken ) Street and the place is called Peddanaickenpet, Sowcarpet a part of George Town.
The
temple is about 1.5 KM from Basin Bridge Railway station, 2.2 KM from Chennai
Central, and 12.5 KM from Koyambedu Bus terminus.
The
nearest Railway Junction is Chennai Central.
LOCATION OF THE
TEMPLE: CLICK HERE
Krishnappa Nayakar Tank
Sri Narayana Bavaji's Jeeva samadhi
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SHIVAYA NAMA ---
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