Moolavar: Sri Ambalavaneshvarar
Amman: Sri Sivakamsundari Ambal
A beautiful temple on the banks of Palar river and is also known as the Uthira Chidambaram or Chidambaram of the north Tamil Nadu. This temple is said to be in existence even before 10th Century which is Rajaraja Chozha ( 985 – 1014 CE ) period. The Rajaraja–I, period inscription on a pillar records the gift of goats to light perpetual lamp. During Kulothungan period, the temple was renovated and an inscription records the donation of 96 kuzhi land to bring 2 pots of water to carry out daily abhishekam. Inscriptions are available up to Sadaya Varman Sundara Pandyan’s period.
The temple with Rajagopuram base may be 400 to 500 years old, built during Vijayanagara Nayaka period. The temple prakaram was found rebuilt at a latter stage. It was told that the temple has 60 acres of land and a 3 floor House at Chennai Purasawalkam. But no income is received from the property. There are two 20th Century inscriptions found in the temple which records the gift of lands ( one by a person .thaiappa, from Mudaliar Community belongs to Attuputhur Village and an another by a Vedagiri Mudaliar’s son Nallanna Mudaliar. It was learnt the the person, who donated the land belongs to this place and he moved to Attuputhur Village, about three generations before ) with survey numbers for conducting regular poojas.
A legend says that a Brahmin was on his way to Kashi to immerse his father’s remains / asthi, when he crossed this place with the pot of asthi and worshiped Lord Shiva of this temple from outside itself. After which he sat to take some rest and when he opened the asthi pot found that it turned to fragrant Jasmine flower and performed his tharpanam at this place itself. Hence this place obtained its name as Angambakkam as the Asthi or body angam changed to flowers and is also considered similar to Kashi, to perform tharpanam to the ancestors.
The temple is facing east with a Rajagopuram base ( mottai Gopuram ) with two prakaras. Dwarapalakas are in the mukha mandapam at the entrance of inner prakaram. Nataraja with Sivagami & Urchavars / procession deities are in the artha mandapam.
In Koshtam Vinayagar, Dakshinamurthy, Mahavishnu, Brahma and Durgai. In Prakaram Nalvar, Suryan, Somaskandar, Lakshmi, Kasi Viswanathar and Visalakshi, Murugan, Vishnu, Sri Valli Devasena Subramaniar, Chandikeswarar and Navagrahas.
Ambal Sri Sivakama Sundari is in a separate sannidhi facing South.
Contact: The temple is opened in the morning and evening and Sri Sundarasekaran can be reached on 9600678032
Location: Sri Ambalavaneshvarar Temple, Angambakkam, Kanchipuram
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