The
visit to this Sri Sakthipureeswarar Temple was a part of Shiva, Maha Vishnu,
Vinayagar, Murugan Temples Visit”, in Choolaimedu, Aminjikarai, Chetpet, and
Choolai areas on 25th September 2022. This temple is on the 2nd
street of Sakthi Nagar in Choolaimedu and close to the Gill Nagar bus stop.
Moolavar : Sri Sakthipureeswarar
Consort : Sri Thiripura Sundrai / Sri Tripurasundari
Some
of the salient features of this temple are…
The
temple is facing east with a 3 tier Rajagopuram on the north side. Balipeedam
and Rishabam are in front of Sanctum Sanctorum. The Moolavar in the sanctum is a little short. Dakshinamurthy, Maha Vishnu, and Brahma are in the koshtam. Ambal
is in a separate sannidhi facing east.
In
Praharam, Selva Vinayagar faces North, Sri Valli Devasena Subramaniyar faces
east, and Anjaneyar, Durgai, Chandikeswarar, Bairavar, and Navagrahas.
ARCHITECTURE
The
main sanctum sanctorum is on an adhistanam elevated about 2 feet from the ground
level. The whole temple was built with bricks. The Vimanas are partially
visible since the Praharam ceiling was constructed covering all the
Vimanas.
HISTORY AND
INSCRIPTIONS
This temple was built in the year 1980 and the first
Samvathsara abhishekam was conducted on 26th January 1986.
From another inscription, in connection with
Jayendra Saraswati Swamigal of Kanchi Mutt and with support of "Choolaimedu Hindu Samaya Samaj", Selva Vinayagar, Sri Subramaniar, Chandikeswarar,
Navagrahas, Sri Durgai, Sri Anjaneyar and Sri Tripurasundari samedha Sri
Sakthipureeswarar temple Ashta Bandhana Maha Kumbhabhishekam was conducted on
04th February 1995.
As per the inscription this Sri Tripurasundari
Samedha Sri Sakthipureeswarar temple is being managed by the “Sri Ammaiyappan
Thiruvarut Sabha”, which was established in the year 1992.
The Rajagopuram was built and Jeernodharana Ashta bandhana
maha Kumbhabhishekam was conducted on 05th February 1993. The
required fund for the first tier was donated by the Sakthi Nagar devotees, the Second tier was donated by Thanjavur K S Gopala Swamy Iyyer, and the Third tier was
donated by Gill Nagar and Suburban devotees.
LEGENDS
There
is no particular legend(s) associated with this Sri Sakthipureeswarar temple. In
general, the legend is associated with Sakthi aka ma Parvati and Dakshan.
Dakshan’s daughter Dakshayani married Shri Shiva. When Dakshan was conducting a Yaha, he invited all the Devas and Maharishis except Shiva. Dakshayani got
angry and went to the Yaha sala. She cursed Dakshan, all Devas & Maharishis, and the Yaha to be destroyed. Then She jumped into the Yaha kunta. This made Sri
Shiva angry and sent Veerabhadra to destroy the Yaha. Fearing to Veerabhadra
all devas ran away from Yaha sala. Later Shri Shiva restored the position of
Devas, which includes Indra, and blessed them.
POOJAS AND
CELEBRATIONS
Apart
from regular poojas special poojas are conducted on Fridays, Pradosham, Maha
Shivaratri, etc,.
TEMPLE TIMINGS
The
temple will be kept open between 06.30 hrs to 10.30 hrs and 17.00 hrs to
20.30 hrs.
CONTACT DETAILS
HOW TO REACH
The
temple is on the Sakthi Nagar 2nd street, from Nelson Manickam Road,
while coming from Nungambakkam take a left turn on Shanmuganar Salai.
The
temple is 1.1 KM from Nungambakkam Railway Station, 5.2 KM from Koyambedu Bus
Terminus, and 7.6 KM from Chennai Central Railway Station.
Nearest
Railway Station is Nungambakkam.
LOCATION OF THE
TEMPLE: CLICK HERE
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OM SHIVAYA NAMA ---
Hi, My name is Ramani, I am looking to contact Mr.Elango of temple management committee. Can you please forward it to my mail id venkeee@yahoo.com
ReplyDeleteSorry Sir, I couldn't contact him over phone..
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