The
visit to the Sri Veerabhadra Swamy Temple at Chengalpattu was a part of “Shiva
and Vishnu Temples of Chengalpattu Visit”, on 27th July 2025. During
ancient times, this place was called Sengazhunirpattu, which has become
Chengalpattu now. This is one of the temples dedicated to Veerabhadra Swamy, along with Daksha.
Moolavar: Sri Veerabhadra Swamy
Some
of the salient features of this temple are….
The
temple faces east with an entrance. Balipeedam and a Rishabam are in front of the
temple. In the sanctum sanctorum, Sri Veerabhadra Swamy is in a standing posture
along with Dakshan in the goat’s head. The Moolavar Sri Veerabhadra Swamy is in the
form of a bas relief on a flat stone. He holds an arrow and a bow in his upper
hands, and his lower right hand holds a sword, and his left hand is dola hastam (or
holding anything is not visible). There are no koshta images.
ARCHITECTURE
The
temple consists of a sanctum sanctorum and a mukha mandapam. The total temple
was constructed with bricks and concrete. The sanctum sanctorum is on
adhistanam with an eka tala vesara vimanam.
On top of the entrance mukha mandapam, a stucco image of Veerabhadra.
HISTORY
AND INSCRIPTIONS
The
Moolavar may be 300 to 400 years old, and the temple was constructed in
recent years.
LEGENDS
As per
the legend, Daksha, father of Dakshayani, did a yaga, without inviting Shiva, and also without giving the due share. When Dakshayani’s effort failed, she
jumped into the agni khund and died. Shiva became very angry and sent
Veerabhadra to destroy the yaga. Veerabhadra destroyed the yaga and severed the
head of Dhaksha. At the request of the celestial deities, Veerabhadra replaced
the head with a Goat’s head.
POOJAS
AND CELEBRATIONS
Apart
from regular poojas, special poojas are conducted on pradosham, 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 1.5 km from the Railway Station, 32 km from Tambaram Railway
Station, and 58 km from Chennai Central Railway Station.
The
nearest Railway Station/ Junction is Chengalpattu.
LOCATION
OF THE TEMPLE: CLICK HERE
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