The
Visit to this Sri Jyeshta Devi Temple at Veerapuram near Thirukalukundram was a
part of the Heritage Visit to Veerapuram in Chengalpattu District on 16th
April 2023. In fact, Veerapuram Village has
a rich history of more than 1300 years, since the Pallava period. Some of the
Heritage structures and temples in the Village include Koochileeswarar Temple
/ Sri Veera Mangala Nathar Temple, Jyeshta Devi with Manthan / Kulikan and
Manthi, Oyyalamman Temple, Solaivazhi
Amman Temple ( a Saptamatrikas Temple ) and Sengazhani Amman Temple.
Moolavar: Sri Jyeshta Devi with Manthan / Kulikan and Manthi.
Some of the salient features of this temple
are….
The temple is facing east with a
Tortoise ( stucco ) pond & Trishul.
Muneeswaran and Karuppanna Swamy are on both sides of the entrance of the
temple and Sanganidhi and Padma Nidhi are at the entrance of Sanctum Sanctorum.
Stucco images of Iravatham, Kamadhenu, Bala Thiripurasundari, Panchakalyani,
Ayyanar with his consorts, Yoga Prthiyangara, Yoga Varahi, Narasimha, and their
Vahanas are in the open mukha mandapam.
In Sanctum Jyeshta is with Manthan / Kulikan
and Mandhi on a flat stone. In addition to that Manthan / Kulikan and Mandhi
are separate individual sculptures that are
also installed.
ARCHITECTURE
The Jyeshta Devi Temple consists of Sanctum
sanctorum and a mukha mandapam. The
sanctum sanctorum is rectangular in shape with an eka tala salakara Vimanam. The
temple was constructed with bricks in Gramiya style.
HISTORY AND INSCRIPTIONS
These Jyeshta Devi / Thavvai, Manthan /
Kulikan, and Mandhi sculptures are unearthed during the renovation of the Shiva
temple. Maha Kumbhabhishekam was conducted after the installation of Jyeshta Devi
on 11th September 2019. Later the stucco images were added in the Mukha mandapam and again Kumbhabhishekam was conducted on 23rd June
2021.
LEGENDS
During the process of churning Thiruparkadal to
get amith, Jyeshta Devi came first. Kamadhenu, Iravatam, Asvam, Karpaga
Vruksham, and Panchasanyam came later. Maha Lakshmi came after and married Maha
Vishnu as per the Purana. Jyeshta Devi married Sanieeswaran and had a son
and daughter called Manthan / Kulkan and Mandhi.
This temple is unique in nature since, Manthan
/ Kulikan and Manthi are individual
idols, apart from the combined sculpture of Jyeshta Devi with Manthan and Manthi.
It is believed that worshiping Jyeshta Devi
can get rid of Marriage and Childbirth obstacles, Eval, Billi Sunyam /
Black magic, business obstacles, etc,. It
was learned from Thiru Ramachandra Reddiar, who is also known as Chandra Hasan,
that after the construction of this temple, more than 200 devotees have got benefited.
POOJAS AND
CELEBRATIONS
Apart from regular poojas, special poojas are
conducted on Sunday’s Rahu kala time ( 16.30 to 18.00 hrs ). One of the specialties is that the Devotees will do the Abhishekam through their own hands. A lot of Rush will be there on Sunday Evenings.
TEMPLE TIMINGS
The temple will be kept open during Morning
Pooja Hours ie 07.00 hrs to 10.00 hrs.
CONTACT DETAILS
Mr. Chandra Hasan ( usually available on Sundays
) at +91 98403 46076 and Suresh at +919626297282 may be contacted for further
details.
HOW TO REACH
Veerapuram is about 7.6 KM from Anupuram Bus
stop, 09.00 KM from Thirukalukundram, 21 KM from Chengalpattu Railway Station,
19 KM from Mamallapuram and 74 KM from Chennai Central Station.
Nearest Railway station is Chengalpattu.
LOCATION OF THE
TEMPLE: CLICK HERE
---OM SHIVAYA NAMA---
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