Moolavar: Sri Nakkareeswarar
Amman: Sri Kalanthai Nayagi
This is one of the temples with the treasure of Rajaraja Chozha’s 3 inscription stones inscribed on granite stone slabs.
The temple faces east, only with the sanctum sanctorum. Moolavar is of Swayambhu on a square avudayar. Balipeedam and Rishabam / Idabam are in front of the sanctum sanctorum. The Vinayagar, Murugan, and Chandikeswarar shrines are without images. Ambal is in a separate shrine facing South
The present shrines/structures seem to have been built in recent years. But Moolavar is original and may belong to the Pallava period. There are two stone slabs with inscriptions containing Rajaraja Chozha-I’s period found near the shrine. The presence of these inscribed stone slabs indicates that a Pallava-period brick Shiva temple might have existed in this same spot. The inscriptions are inscribed on a separate stone since the original temple may have been made of brick during the Chozha period. During the Chozha period, this place was called Kalanthai in Nedungunra Nadu, a sub-division of Puliyur Kottam, and Lord Shiva was called Kalanthai Nakkar or Nakkar. The place and Lord Shiva retain their name even after 1000 years.
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Location: Sri Nakkareeswarar temple, Kilambakkam, Chennai
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