Sri Kapaleeswarar Temple, Mylapore Panguni Peruvizha 2016, Chennai, Tamil Nadu.

 22^nd March 2016.

The 10 days Mylapore Sri Kapaleeswarar temple Brahmotsavam or Panguni Peru Vizha  used to held during Tamil Panguni month ( March – April ). This year the festival started on 13^th March 2016 and ends on 24^th March 2016. During this festival Utsavars used to circumambulate in all 4 mada street and bless the devotees. Yesterday on the ninth day and called as Arupathu moovar Vizha.  Urchavar Sri Periyanayaki samedha Sri Kapaleeswarar in chariot came around the mada streets. Moovar urchava murtis  in individual pallakku and other nayanmars were kept in a group facing Lord Shiva  carried around the mada streets.

It was an enjoyable sight and I went around all the four mada street swimming in the crowd.  This is the first time I am visiting to Mylapore Panguni Peruvizha after I shifted to Chennai  from Tuticorin. Free prasadam, food in stalls, sweets, Chocolates, cucumber, buttermilk, water are served by the donors to the devotees. This added more confusions to the crowd. The crowds are not regulated properly. Devotees are not keeping one direction ie left but, walked  in crisscross manner.

Temple website : http://www.mylaikapaleeswarar.tnhrce.in/

Panguni peruvizha Thirukalyanam :CLICK HERE 

  Urchavar Sri Periyanayaki samedha Sri Kapaleeswarar 

 Nayanmars in a row –South  mada street

 Devotees reciting the Thiruvasakam

 Naalvar in Pallakku

 Naalvar in Pallakku

 Naalvar in Pallakku

 Naalvar in Pallakku in front of Velleecharam Shiva Temple 

 Velleecharam Shiva Temple

 Vinayagar

 South  mada street

 Naalvar in Pallakku 

 Naalvar in Pallakku- Front Sundarar 

 Naalvar in Pallakku- Thirunavukkarasar 

 Naalvar in Pallakku 

 Nayanmars in a row –west mada street

 Nayanmars in a row –west mada street

 Nayanmars in a row –west mada street

 Nayanmars in a row –west mada street

 Nayanmars in a row –west mada street

  Nayanmars in a row –west mada street- All the four female Nayanmars are grouped as Kathaliyars means Lover of God through their hymns.

 Nayanmars in a row –west mada street

 Nayanmars in a row –west mada street

 Nayanmars in a row –west mada street

   Nayanmars in a row –west mada street

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Sri Parinthurai Eswarar Temple, Thathaimanji, Sri Tripura Sundari Sametha Sri Thiruvaleeswarar, Pulicat / Pazhaverkadu, Thiruvallur District, Tamil Nadu.

 16^th March, 2016.

After our darshan of Sri Paleeswarar we decided to return back to Chennai.   Instead of continuing further we return back for about 3 KM and taken the route to Minjur through Kattur.  While crossing the place called Thathaimanji my friend stopped near a shiva temple found to be of recently constructed. But when we went inside the temple  and found the temple was very old may be 300 to 400 years and reconstructed latter keeping the mandapam old pillars.

SRI PARINTHURAI ESWARAR – THATHAIMANJI

Moolavar    : Sri Parinthurai Eswarar

Consort      : Sri Thiripura Sundarai

Some of the important details of this temple are……

The temple is facing east  with an entrance arch on the south side. Balipeedam and Rishabam are in the outer prakaram. Moolavar is small and looks beautiful.

Vinayagar, Sri Valli Devasena Subramaniar, Navagrahas and Chandikeswarar sannadhis are also in the outer prakaram.

TEMPLE TIMINGS :

Since one kala pooja is conducted the timings are not predictable.

HOW TO REACH :

The place Thathaimanji is on the way to Kattur, Minjur.

LOCATION OF THE TEMPLE:CLICK HERE

The Gurukkal  told us there is also an old temple at  Kattur on our way back to home. On the way to Shiva temple we had the darshan of Sri Vainkuntavasa Perumal.

SRI VAIKUNDAVASA PERUMAL TEMPLE - KATTUR

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Vaikundavasa Perumal temple is facing west with a Rajagopuram on the south side. Thayar Vaikundavalli is not in a separate sannadhi but  in the mandapam of main sanctum. Garudalwar is in front of moolavar. There are separate sannadhi for Ramar and Chakkarathalwar.

The Shiva temple temple is at the end of the  street and it welcomed us with the Sharp Rajagopuram  on the east side. We could not obtain more information about the temple and sanctum was closed, keeping the Rajagopuram main gate open.

Chakkarathalwar sannadhi 

TIRUVALEESWARAR TEMPLE KATTUR

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Moolavar    :  Sri Valeeswarar

Consort      : Sri Thiripura Sundarai

Some of the important details are ….

In the outer prakaram sannadhi for Navagrahas, Suryan, Hanuman or Vaali, Kalabhairava, balipeedam and Rishabam. In koshtam Vinayagar, Dakshinamurthy, Lingothbavar, Brahma and Durgai.

Ambal is facing south. We could not judge the antiquity of the temple since the temple was completely reconstructed  and tiles were paved on the prakaram floors.

TEMPLE TIMINGS :

Since one kala pooja is conducted the timings are not predictable.

HOW TO REACH :

The place Kattur is on the way to Minjur to Pazhaverkadu.

LOCATION OF THE TEMPLE:CLICK HERE

Pulikuthi bas-relief

With this Kattur Shiva temple visit we closed our temple darshan travel and  return back to home. My friend Mr Boominathan dropped me at Kathivakkam railway station  and returned back to home via Central Park and Guindy. At Central station ( After new painting )  took some of the photos and the same were posted in my facebook

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