The visit to this Sri Veerajyotheeswarar Temple
at Morai, near Red Hills, was part of the 624th week’s abhishekam by the Ancient Shiva Temples and Sivamayam Group on 18th October 2026.
Moolavar : Sri Veerajyotheeswarar
Consort : Sri Mangalambigai
Some
of the salient features of this temple are…..
An arch is at the entrance of the street on the main road. The
temple faces east with an entrance on the east side. Balipeedam and Rishabam
are in front of the sanctum sanctorum. Stucco dwarapalakas are on either side
of the ardha mandapam. Vinayagar and Murugan are on either side of the sanctum
sanctorum. Moolavar is on a round avudaiyar with lotus petals. In the koshtam are Vinayagar,
Dakshinamurthy, Maha Vishnu, Brahma, and Durgai.
In
the praharam are Vinayagar, Sri Valli Devasena Subramanaiar, Nagathamman, Maha
Bairavar, and Navagrahas.
Ambal
is in a separate small Sannidhi and faces south. Ambal is in a standing posture
with Abhaya Varada hastam.
Ambal Swarnabhishekam
ARCHITECTURE
The
temple was constructed with brick and cement concrete. The temple consists of
sanctum sanctorum, antarala, and open meta colour sheet mukha mandapam.
The sanctum sanctorum includes an upanam, adhistanam, bhitti, and prastaram. An
eka tala vesara vimanam is over the bhumi desam. Stucco images of Shiva, Dakshinamurthy,
Maha Vishnu, and Brahma are in the greeva koshtams.
HISTORY
AND INSCRIPTIONS
The Shiva Lingam is believed to be at least 700 years old. The
Shiva Lingam and Rishabam were unearthed from the pond of the same village, Veerapuram, about 30 years ago. Installed in two different places, this is
the third place. This permanent structure was constructed in recent years.
The
Shiva of this temple was named after the name of the village Veerapuram as
Veerajyotheeswarar, by a Siddhar from the Sri Dhandayuthapani Swamy Temple of
the same village.
LEGENDS
It
is believed that the original temple was destroyed during Muslim’s rule and the Shiva Lingam was thrown into the Veerapuram pond.
POOJAS AND CELEBRATIONS
Apart from regular oru kala poojas, special poojas are conducted on pradosham, Maha Shivaratri, Pournami, Amavasya, Sankadahara Chaturthi, Kirithigai, Chitra Pournami, Adi Kiruthigai, Thaipoosam, Panguni Uthiram Thirukalyanam, etc.
Special poojas are conducted on the day; devotees proceed to Siruvapuram Pada Yatra.
TEMPLE
TIMINGS
The
temple will be open from 06.00 hrs to 09.00 hrs and from 17.30 hrs to 20.00 hrs.
CONTACT
DETAILS
The
mobile numbers of Sivakumar +919840898781 and Devadoss +918124391445 may be
contacted for further details.
HOW
TO REACH
The
temple at Veerapuram, Morai, is 1.3 km from the Outer Ring Road, 11 km from
Pattabiram, 17 km from Red Hills, and 33 km from Koyambedu CMBT.
The
nearest railway station is Pattabiram.
LOCATION
OF THE TEMPLE: CLICK HERE
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