Wednesday, 5 July 2023

Sri Chennakesava Perumal Temple / ஸ்ரீ சென்னகேசவ பெருமாள் கோயில், புதுகும்மிடிபூண்டி / Pudugummidipoondi, Tiruvallur District, Tamil Nadu.

The Visit to this Sri Chennakesava Perumal Temple at Pudugummidipoondi, was a part of the “Shiva, Maha Vishnu, Saptamatrikas and Jain Tirthankara Temples Visit”, in and around Gummidipoondi and Minjur on 13th May 2023. When I was returning to the Railway station, happened to see this 16th to 17th Century Vijayanagara Period Maha Vishnu temple with some unique features.


Moolavar  : Sri Chennakesava Perumal
Consort    : Sri Kanagavalli Thayar

Some of the salient features of this temple are….
The temple faces North with an entrance arch / mini Gopuram with mandapam. Stucco images of Chennakesava Perumal and Sridevi and Bhudevi are on the mini gopuram. Dwajasthambam, balipeedam, and Garudan are after the entrance of Gopuram.   

Dwarapalakas are at the entrance of the sanctum sanctorum. Moolavar Sri Chennakesava Perumal is with Sridevi and Bhudevi in the sanctum. Utsava murtis are in front of Moolavar.  Kostas is empty now. Thayar sannidhi was built at a later period without Vimanam facing North, on the right side of the main sanctum sanctorum.

ARCHITECTURE
The total temple consists of sanctum sanctorum, antarala, ardha mandapam and Maha mandapam. The reliefs of Fish, Lizards, and Snakes with the Sun & Moon represent the Solar and Lunar eclipses on the ceiling of the maha mandapam.

The whole temple was built with bricks. Vahana mandapa was built with stone. The sanctum sanctorum is on a rectangular base. The adhistanam is of Pada bandha adhistanam with jagathi and three patta kumudam. A salakara Vimanam is on the sanctum sanctorum.

The Vimanam is eka tala. The maha nasis has the stucco images of Sarasvati on one side and Gajalakshmi is on the other side. Maha Vishnu’s avatars forms and stucco images are in Greeva Koshtam




HISTORY AND INSCRIPTIONS
The original temple belongs to the Vijayanagara period, A 1643 CE inscription stone with donor images is fixed on the top of the entrance to the sanctum sanctorum.

Thirupani was started in 1969  by G Velu Chettiar, a managing Trustee, and completed by his son in 1977 maha Samprokshanam was conducted on 21st March 1977.

Again Maha Samprokshanam was conducted on 07th June 2004 after completing the thirupani on 31st May 2004.


 Vijayanagara period 17th Century inscriptions

POOJAS AND CELEBRATIONS
Apart from regular poojas, special poojas are conducted on Hanuman Jayanti, Krishnar Jayanti, Vaikunta Ekadasi, etc,.


TEMPLE TIMINGS
The temple will be kept open from 6.30 hrs. The present managing Trustee is staying in the temple itself.

CONTACT DETAILS
The Trustee Vedamani’s mobile numbers +919841655708,   +91 9884155708, and  +919884755708 may be contacted for further details. Since the trustee wishes to replace the Dwajasthambam and Thirupani at an estimated cost of 1 Crore, donors or interested persons may donate and get the blessings to Sri Chennakesava Perumal. 

HOW TO REACH
The temple is about 3.8 KM from Gummidipoondi railway station,  16 KM from Ponneri, 20 KM from Periyapalayam, 43 KM from Chennai Central, and 60.6 KM from Tiruvallur.
The nearest railway station is Gummidipoondi. 

LOCATION OF THE TEMPLE: CLICK HERE




Solar - Lunar eclipse 

--- OM SHIVAYA NAMA ---

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