This visit to the Sri Neelakandeswarar Temple at Old
Pallavaram was a part of the Shiva and Amman Temples in Chromepet, Old Pallavaram, and Madipakkam Visit, on 20th November 2022. Believed to be a
Pallava period Shiva temple, reconstructed with stone during the 20th
Century.
Before Kumbhabhishekam ( 27th April 2023 )
Moolavar : Sri
Neelakandeswarar
Consort : Sri Nirmalambal
& Sri Tripurasundari
Some of the salient features of this temple are….
The temple faces east with an entrance arch on the south side.
Balipeedam, dwajasthambam are in front of mukha mandapam. Rishabam and
balipeedam are in the mukha mandapam. Moolavar is on a little elevated level. Ambal
Nirmalambal is in the same sannidhi of moolavar. In Kostam Vinayagar,
Dakshinamurthy, Lingothbavar, Brahma and Durgai.
In praharam, Vinayagar with Rishabam is in front (a unique feature of this temple ), Sri Veera
Sanjeevi Anjaneyar, Sri Valli Devasena Subramaniyar, Dhandayuthapani,
Chandikeswarar, Navagrahas with their
consorts, Vinayagar, Naga Lingam and Nagar are under Peepal Tree.
Ambal Thiripurasundari is in a separate sannidhi facing south in
standing posture with abhaya varada hastam.
ARCHITECTURE
The temple consists of sanctum sanctorum, antarala, ardha mandapam
and mukha mandapam. The complete adhistanam is not visible above the ground
level. The sanctum sanctorum was built with stone from adhistanam to prastaram.
A 2-tier stucco vesara Vimanam is on the sanctum sanctorum. Dakshinamurthy, Maha
Vishnu, and Brahma are in the tala and greeva kostas.
HISTORY
AND INSCRIPTIONS
It is believed that this temple was built during the Pallava period. After renovation, a mini Kumbhabhishekam was
conducted in 1976. Again the temple was renovated and maha Kumbhabhishekam was
conducted in 2010. ( 2008..?)
Vasantha mandapam was opened by Sri Jayendra Saraswati Swamigal on
29th January 2010. This mandapam was donated by R Bhatri Iyer &
his wife Sarathambal in memory of his parents, Jagathambal & Ramanatha Iyer.
The temple is under palalayam and thirupani was started on 24th
June 2022. The thirupani is being carried out through “Pallavaram Seva Trust”. After Thirupani Sri Nirmalambal - Thirupurasundari samedha Sri Neelakandeswarar alaya Noothana Garbha Grugam and Noothana Vimana Sthabana Punarutharana Jeernotharana Ashtabandhana Maha Kumbhabhisheka Samprokshanam was conducted on 27th April 2023.
Palalayam
The photo was taken during the renovation
LEGENDS
As per the legend, Shiva swallowed the poison which came out
first, in the process of churning milk ocean by Devas and Asuras for the
Amirtha. Ma Parvati stopped the poison at the throat itself by pressing with her fingers. Due to this the throat changed into to blue colour. Hence Shiva is
called Neelakandeswarar.
As per the local legend, Shiva came in the dream of a blind lady of this place gave darshan told her to construct a temple, and revealed to her where he was hiding. She had constructed this temple after overcoming many hurdles.
POOJAS
AND CELEBRATIONS
Apart from regular poojas special poojas are conducted on
Pradosham, Maha Shivaratri, Navaratri, New Year's, etc.
TEMPLE
TIMINGS
The temple will be kept open between 06.00 hrs to 9.30 hrs and
17.00 hrs to 19.30 hrs.
CONTACT DETAILS
The temple office is +91 9677011908 and Gurukkal Raju
may be contacted on his mobile at +91 9782896855 for further details.
website address: www.neelakandeswara.org
Since the temple is under renovation
the temple requests donations from the public, for the same bank's account number,
IFC code, and QR code are uploaded.
HOW TO REACH
This Sri Neelakandeswarar temple is at
Zamin Pallavaraam, a part of Pallavaram, about 100 meters from Duraikannu Salai.
The temple is 2.8 KM from Pallavaram
Railway Station, 9.8 KM from Tambaram Railway Station, and 25 KM from Chennai
Central.
Nearest Railway Station is Pallavaram
Railway Station.
LOCATION OF THE TEMPLE: CLICK HERE
THE TEMPLE IS READY FOR KUMBHABHISHEKAM
--- OM SHIVAYA NAMA ---
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