VELUDHARAN TEMPLES VISIT : Shree Vasavi Kanyaka Parameswari Temple/ திரு கன்னிகா பரமேசுவரி கோயில், Audiappa Naicken St, kothawal bazaar, Broadway, George Town, Chennai, Tamil Nadu.

Friday, 27 June 2025

Shree Vasavi Kanyaka Parameswari Temple/ திரு கன்னிகா பரமேசுவரி கோயில், Audiappa Naicken St, kothawal bazaar, Broadway, George Town, Chennai, Tamil Nadu.

The visit to this Shree Vasavi Kanyaka Parameswari Temple on Audiappa Naicken Street in Broadway, Chennai was a part of “Amman, Shiva and a Vinayagar Temples of Chennai Visit”- on 30^th March 2025. The temple is being maintained by the SKPD TRUST of the Arya Vysya Community.

Moolavar: Sri Vasavi Kanyaka Parameswari

Some of the salient features of this temple are….

The temple faces east with a 3 tier Rajagopuram. Sri Kanyaka Parameswari is in a standing posture with abhaya varada hastam.

Vinayagar with Nagars are under a peepal tree. Navagraha sannidhi is on the southeast corner of the mandapam. Utsava vigrahas are on the northwest and southwest corners of the temple. Mandapa walls have the Tanjore paintings of Vasavi Kanyaka Parameswari’s incarnation and Charithra.

In the Mandahasa Mandapam are the Sri Nagareeswara (in Emerald), Sri Kothandaramar, Sri Venkatachalapathi, Sri Muruga, Sri Lakshmi Narasimha Swamy, Sri Hanuman, Rishabh vigrahas, Spatika Lingam, Maragadha Lingam, and Saligramams, which have been worshipped for more than a century. You can also see the Navarathri Kalasam with Narikelapalam which is received from the blessings of Sri Kanchi Sankara Matam and preserved until the next Navarathri.

ARCHITECTURE

The temple consists of the sanctum sanctorum and the ardha mandapam. The temple was constructed with stone from adhistanam to sigaram. The adhistanam consists of jagathy, vrudha kumudam, and pattikai. The Vimanam is of dravida style.

On the right side of the sanctum sanctorum are the Adhala Mandapam and Mandahasa Mandapam.

HISTORY AND INSCRIPTIONS

Sri Kanyaka Parameshwari Devasthanam and Charities owes its existence to the blessings of Sri Vasavamba, the presiding deity of the Arya Vysya community.

With the philanthropic services and support of the members of the Arya Vysya Community and under the able leadership of Suncoo Chinna Kistamah Chetty and Collah Moothoorama Chetty, a temple for Sri Kanyaka Parameshwari Ammavaru was constructed in the year 1720 in the “Kooragayala Thota” at Audiappa Naicken Street, Madras. The temple activities are being maintained by the SKPD Chennai Trust.

Maha Kumbhabhishekam was conducted in 1973, 1982, 1994, and 2006. The Rajagopuram was constructed in 1984, the Anna Sattram was constructed in 1985, the Rajagopuram kalasam was gifted in 1984, and the convention center was constructed in 2019.

Apart from temple activities, the trust extends its service in Education (Running an Arts College), Senior Citizens support, Anna Sattram, Crematorium, etc.

LEGENDS

POOJAS AND CELEBRATIONS

Apart from regular poojas, special poojas are conducted on Vasavi Jayanthi, Atmapanam, Annakoota Utsavam, Vasanthotsavam, Ugathi, Ganesh Chaturthi, Garuda Panchami, Varalakshmi Vratam, Sravana pournami, Navaratri, Kedara Gowri Viratham, Karthika Deepam, Makara Sankaranthi, Skanda Sashti, etc.