Moolavar: Sri Nageswarar
Amman: Sri Kamatchi Amman
Place: Kundrathur, Chennai
The temple was built by the celebrated saivite poet Sekkizhar. The Vinayaka is lord Anungai Vinayaka. The temple has a five tier tower. Saint Sundarar with Paravai Nachiyar, Lord Satyanarayana in form of a serpent, Nagendrar and lord Naga nadheswarar grace from their shrines in the parikara. There is shiva linga in the middle of these serpents. There are also shrines for Lord Kasiviswanatha mothers Lakshmi and Saraswathi, lord Muruga with his consorts Valli and Deivanai, lord Karpaga Vinayaka and Sani baghwan.Those afflicted with serpent planet adverse aspects and those facing problems due Ragu planet transition pray for relief.
Amman: Sri Kamatchi Amman
Place: Kundrathur, Chennai
The temple was built by the celebrated saivite poet Sekkizhar. The Vinayaka is lord Anungai Vinayaka. The temple has a five tier tower. Saint Sundarar with Paravai Nachiyar, Lord Satyanarayana in form of a serpent, Nagendrar and lord Naga nadheswarar grace from their shrines in the parikara. There is shiva linga in the middle of these serpents. There are also shrines for Lord Kasiviswanatha mothers Lakshmi and Saraswathi, lord Muruga with his consorts Valli and Deivanai, lord Karpaga Vinayaka and Sani baghwan.Those afflicted with serpent planet adverse aspects and those facing problems due Ragu planet transition pray for relief.
Lord Nageswarar represents the attribute of planet Raghu. Mother Kamakshi on her lion vahan Grace's from a separate shrine facing south.Sekkizhar graces from a separate shrine in standing form in parikara facing west worshipping the lord with chinmudra and holding palm leaves in hand.
Sekkizhar belongs to the period of king Ananaya chola. The poet enriched the saivite philosophy and the Tamil literature there by through his magnum opus Periya Puranam speaking the greatness of 63 Nayanmars.
Sekkizhar once visited Thiru Nageswaram near Kumbakonam, a place attributed to Raghu planet. After worshipping lord Nageswarar, Sekkizhar desired to enjoy this darshan everyday which was not possible due to the long distance from his place. He decided and built this temple following the same model and installed the shiva linga,named lord Nageswarar. The temple become famous as Vada Nageswaram.
A fewyears ago, the shiva linga installed by Sekkizhar was damaged. Devotees removed it and put it in the surya theertha and replaced it with a new linga. At night lord shiva appeared in the dream of shiva devotee and directed him to install the original linga itself again in the sanctum sanctorum. The order of the lord was duly carried out and the new linga was placed behind the shrine and named as lord Arunachaleswarar.
Location:
Sri Nageswarar temple, Kundrathur
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