The
Visit to this Sri Athipatheeswarar Temple on Aladi Pillayar Koil Street in
Kanchipuram was a part of the “Maha Shivaratri 2023- Shiva Temples Visit” organized
by “தெய்வ வழிபாட்டு
குழு காஞ்சி”, under the leadership of Mr. Barani Daran and Mr. Vels Kumaran.
Moolavar
: Sri Athipatheeswarar
Some
of the salient features of this temple are.....
The
temple faces east with a 3 tier Rajagopuram. Balipeedam and Rishabam are
immediately after the Rajagopuram. There are no koshtas. In prakaram Vinayagar,
Nagars and Chandikeswarar. A Rishabam / damaged is kept on the back side
ARCHITECTURE
The
temple consists of a sanctum sanctorum, Ardha mandapam, and a mukha mandapam ( the
Meta color sheet mukha mandapam was added during recent years ). The temple is
about 3 feet lower than the road level. The complete temple was reconstructed
in recent years with brick and an Eka tala Vesara Vimanam is on the sanctum
sanctorum. The walls and the Greeva don’t have the koshtas/niches, hence
there are no images.
LEGENDS
The legend of the Kanchipuram temples is also applicable to this
temple. Brahma was in the process of conducting the Yaga without Saraswati. Saraswati got angry, took the form of the Vegavathi river during the night time, and tried to
destroy the Yaga. As per the instruction of Shiva, Maha Vishnu in the form of
Vilakkoli Perumal stopped Vegavathi for conducting the Yaga without
interruption. Maha Vishnu installed this Shiva Linga and worshipped.
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 opening and closing times
are unpredictable. But usually, the temple will be kept open during morning
hours.
CONTACT DETAILS
HOW TO REACH
The
temple is close to Moongil Mandapam, and all the buses towards Bus stop at Moongil Mandapam.
The
temple is about 1.8 KM from Kanchipuram Bus stand, 3.3 KM from Kanchipuram
Railway station, and 82 KM from Chennai.
Nearest
Railway Station is Kanchipuram.
LOCATION OF THE
TEMPLE: CLICK HERE
--- OM SHIVAYA NAMA
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