Sri Cholaipureeswarar Temple / ஸ்ரீ சோலைபுரீச்வரர் கோயில் and Prasanna Venkatesa Perumal Temple, Sundara Cholapuram / Avadi, Chennai Metropolitan area, Tiruvallur District, Tamil Nadu.

The Visit to This Sri Cholaipureeswarar Temple at Sekkadu was a part of the Shiva, Maha Vishnu, Amman, and Hero Stones Visit in and around Avadi, in Tiruvallur District on 17^th September 2023.

This is one of the Shiva temples constructed on the banks of Holy River Cooum.  Some of the Devotees as Kubera Lingam, one of the Ashta lingam temples  around Thiruverkadu Shiva temple, is not correct since the Kubera lingam temple is very near to this Temple. The details of a maha Vishnu Temple, on the way to this temple from Serkadu, are also added at the end of this article.

Moolavar  : Sri Cholaipureeswarar

Consort    : Sri Kamakshi Amman

Some of the salient features of this temple are…

The temple complex consists of a Shiva Temple, a Durgai Amman Temple, a Madurai Veeran Temple, and a Vinayagar with Nagar under a Peepal tree.

Sri Cholaipureeswarar Temple….  This temple is facing East. Balipeedam and Rishabam are in front of the temple. Vinayagar, Balamurugan, and Dwarapalakas are at the entrance of the temple. Stucco images of Shiva and Parvati are on the top of the Sanctum Sanctorum entrance. Nagars with Vinayagars are under a peepal tree. A 3 tier Vesara Vimanam is on the sanctum sanctorum. The Chozha period temple was reconstructed in recent years.

Durgai Amman Temple…   Durgai Amman is in a sanctum sanctorum. Durgai Amman is in standing posture with sankha and Chakra in the upper hands and Lower hands, the right hand is in abhaya and the left hand is in kadi hastam. A Shiva and an Amman’s head is in front of Durgai Amman.  In addition to this, there is an in-sitting posture. It was learned the idol was damaged and covered with cloth. A Simha Vahana and Shiva Lingam are in front of this Amman.

Vinayagar…  Vinayagar with Nagars are under a peepal tree. This Vinayagar belongs to the 12^th to 13^th Centuries. Even though the idol is not perfectly finished, the head, ears, trunk, and legs can be identified. Vinayagar is sculpted out of a boulder.

Madurai Veeran Temple… The stucco image of Madurai Veeran is on a platform along with Sri Pommi Amman and Sri Vellai Amman. Madurai Veeran is with a big mustache and holding a sword in the right hand.  A Stone idol of Madurai Veeran is also installed under the platform. A stucco horse is with a man near the Madurai Veeran.

POOJAS AND CELEBRATIONS

Apart from oru kala poojas, special poojas are conducted on pradosham and Maha Shivaratri, etc,.

TEMPLE TIMINGS

Since oru kala Pooja is conducted the opening and closing times are unpredictable.

CONTACT DETAILS

HOW TO REACH

The temple is about 2.6 KM from Thiruverkadu Karumariamman Temple, 4.7 KM from Avadi railway station, 16 KM from Koyambedu Bus Terminus, and 23 KM from Chennai Central Station.

Nearest railway Station is Avadi

LOCATION OF THE TEMPLE: CLICK HERE

Sri Prasanna Venkatesa Perumal and Anjaneyar Temple…. This temple is on the right side of the road on the way to Thiruverkadu from Avadi. The Perumal may belong to the 12^th to 13^th Century.  Perumal is in standing posture with 4 hands. The upper hands holds shankha and chakra. And lower right hand is in abhaya hastam and the left hand is in kadi hastam. Anjaneyar is in front of Perumal.

Location of the  Temple: Click Here 

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