Sri Vallabha Eswarar Temple/ ஸ்ரீ வல்லப ஈஸ்வரர் கோயில், Vallanchery, Chengalpattu District, Tamil Nadu.

The visit to this Sri Vallabha Eswarar Temple at Vallanchery, on the back side of Zoho Corporation at Potheri, Kattankulathur, was part of the 627th week’s abhishekam by the Ancient Shiva Temples and Sivamayam Group on 8th November 2026.

Moolavar  : Sri Vallabha Eswarar

Consort    : Sri Maragathambal

Some of the salient features of this temple …

The temple faces east inside a metal-coloured sheet shed. A Vinayagar Sannidhi is in front of the temple. The Shiva Lingam is on a square avudaiyar with damage on the top. A balipeedam and Rishabam are in front of the Moolavar. Chandikeswarar faces south on the right side of the Moolavar, installed in recent years.

On the right side of the moolavar, a Vishnu Durga in the form of bas-relief on a flat stone is worshipped as Maragathambal.

Durga with alangaram

Durga

Chandikeswarar - Durgai

Vinayagar

Utsavar - Rishabaroodar

ARCHITECTURE

The temple is not in a formal brick or stone structure. Instead, Shiva, Vishnu Durga, are in the Metal-coloured sheet shed, under a big banyan tree.

HISTORY AND INSCRIPTIONS

Since there is no physical evidence available to prove its antiquity. Based on the iconography of Vishnu Durga in the form of a bas-relief on a flat stone, the temple may belong to the 14th to 15th centuries.

In addition to the above, an inscription carved on a separate flat stone at the Selli Amman temple near the lake of this village, Vallancheri, in the inner circle of Kattangolathur in Chengalpattu District, states that those who had the right to fish made arrangements to remove the mud deposited in the lake at the rate of thirty kuzhi per year and store water. The inscription stone is missing now.  

Reference

Annual Report on South Indian Epigraphy Year 1934-35, No. 41.

LEGENDS

The Shiva Lingam and Durga are found in the same spot under the big 300- to 400-year-old banyan tree. A permanent temple might have existed. Based on the Shiva Lingam on a square avudaiyar, devotees believe that the Shiva Lingam was installed and worshipped by Siddhars. 

POOJAS AND CELEBRATIONS

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

627th week Abhishekam by the Sivamayam is also uploaded below.

CONTACT DETAILS

Poojas are done by the Sivanadiyars. Mr. Mahesh mobile number is +919444188136, and Mr. Rajasekar's mobile number +9840596966 may be contacted for poojas and further details.

HOW TO REACH

The temple at Vallanchery is just behind the Zoho Corporation office, before SRM Institute of Science and Technology on GST Road.

The temple is about 5 km from GST Road, via 3^rd Main Road, Vallanchery Main Road, Vallanchery Ration Shop, and Vallanchery Shri Venugopal Swamy Temple. 

The temple is about 17 km from Tambaram Railway Station and 8.5 km from Potheri Railway Station.

The nearest railway station is Potheri Railway Station.

LOCATION OF THE TEMPLE: CLICK HERE

 Selli Amman Temple (approximately 100 meters from this Shiva Temple), where the inscription stone was recorded. This photo was taken in 2013, during the search for the inscription 

This photo was taken in 2013, during the search for the inscription 

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