Sri Pozhichaleeswarar Temple, Agaramthen

 

 

Moolavar: Sri Pozhichaleeswarar 
Amman: Sri Anandhavalli
Place: Agaramthen, Madambakkam,Chennai

Amazing temple in middle of a beautiful village. It is belived to be over 1300 years old temple and built by the Hoysala kings.

The pozhichaleeswarar name has come because of good pozhichal which means abandunce of paddy growth. There is good amount paddy fields around this village. The place is famous for Chandran and it is belived that around 1000 snakes has worshiped this place and also recently too snakes visit this temple often. The wood above the sivalingam is karinkali wood and it represents the importance of angaragam or mars.

Ambal is facing south and there is a separate Sannidhi for sarabeshwarar.

Location:
Sri Pozhichaleeswarar Temple, Agaramthen

Sri Aavundeeswarar Temple,Thirumazhisai

 

Moolavar:Sri Aavundeeswarar
Amman: Sri Amirthambikai
Place: Neman, Thirumazhisai, Chennai

Over 1500 plus years old temple built in the Chola period by a king named Jayamkonda Chozhan. Interestingly this temple faces south and the lord faces east and the temple is situated in the North East corner ( Eshanya moolai) of the village and in middle of paddy fields.The lingabanam is really tall and it has a square Avudayar. 

It is said that all ladies has to visit this temple atleast once in their life time and all those whoes name starts with letter ‘Gho’ like Gopalan, Gomathy Govindan or Godavari has to pray to this lord for their life long. Also when visited during ‘Amritha Yogam’ of the day amazing Amrithashakthi is released in the premise of this temple.

Ladies wanting marriage boon worship Amirthambikai by offering garlands made of glass bangles. Goddess Amirthambikai faces south and her head is tilted slightly towards the right as if she is ready to listen to your prayers. Also those who are seeking child has to to Gho pujai and pray to get a good Santhanam.

It is belived that all pithru dhosam also gets cleared here in this temple. The theertham or temple tank is known as Pithru theertham or Agnitheertham.Those who have Shani Gruha issues have to perform abhishekam to Sri Amrithayogeshwarar as well as Byravar here on Saturdays and will be relived of all Shani dhoshams. It’s a parihara sthalam for Magham and Poora Nakshathiram people.

One of the most beautiful temple and well maintained in a very serene atmosphere and a peaceful place to meditate.

Location:

Sri Aavundeeswarar Temple, Nemam
 

Sri Parasurameeswarar Temple, Chengalpet

 

Moolavar: Sri Parasurameeswarar
Amman: Sri Gnambigai Ambal 
Place: Mullipakkam, Chengalpet

A very old and beautiful temple in a serene atmosphere with all four sides having beautiful Paddy fields. The Concrete road leading the temple is on a straight line through the fields. The temple is facing west with an entrance arch on the south side. Balipedam and Nandhi are in front of the temple. 

In goshtam you can see Vinayagar, Dakshinamurthy, Mahavishnu, Brahma and Durgai.Inside the mandapam you can see Vinayagar and Subramanian with Valli and Devasena.The sivalingam has a round Avudayar which shows it was was installed by kings.

The temple is old but renovated completely. There is no inscription on the adhisthana or on the walls. Looking at the arthamandapa pillars the temple may be 200 to 300 years old.

The temple opens by 6 am 

Contact: 
The Kurukal Shankar can be reached on 9944029225

Location:
Sri Parasurameeswarar Temple, Mullipakkam

Sri Nageswarar temple, Kundrathur

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.

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

Arulmigu Agatheeswarar Temple (Agni Lingam), Thiruverkadu

 

Moolavar: Agatheeswarar(Agni Lingam)
Amman: Anandavalli
Place: Noombal, Thiruverkadu

1200 year old temple built by kuloathunga chozhan, dedicated to lord shiva located in Noombal.Presiding deity is called as Agatheeswarar and mother is called as Anandavalli. This temple is found to the south east of Thiruverkadu Vedapureeswarar temple. 

There are 8(ashta) lingams in eight directions around Thiruverkadu temple.This temple represents the Agni Lingam, one of the Ashta lingams.This is a small beautiful temple with one parikaram. Agatheeswarar is housed in the sanctum in the form of Lingam. Sanctum follows Gaja brishti construction. Nandi and Balipeedam can be found facing the sanctum. Mother Anandavalli is housed in a separate shrine.

There are shrines for Navagrahas along with their consorts (special here) available. Muruga, vinayaga, chandikeswarar and Bairavar also available in the respective places.

Temple opens at 6 am in the morning.

Contact: 9840123464

Location:
Sri Agatheeswarar Temple (Agni Lingam), Noombal

Sri Neelagandeswarar Temple, Old Pallavaram

Moolavar: Sri Neelagandeswarar
Amman: Sri Trirupurasundari Ambal
Place: Old Pallavaram, Chennai

A good 1000 year old temple and possibly built when Thirusulanathar Temple was built. This temple is about 10 mins drive from the famous Tirusulanadhar temple. Small and peaceful temple. The goddess is Tirupurasundari,  same name as the goddess at Tirusulanafhar temple and even looks similar.

The Ambal inside the grabhagraham is known as Sri Nirmalambal. Very beautiful statue of Ambal in the standing posture with her head slightly tilted. 

The Navagrahas are along with their Devis which is very rare and can be seen in very few temples.The temple has Dhwajadthambam, Bali peedam and a beautiful prakaram. It has a small temple tank. There is Arasa Maram and Neem tree together joined at the root itself.
The temple has a south entrance and the temple facing East.

Contact:
The temple Kurukal Raju can be reached at 9782896855

Location:
Eashwaren Temple, Old Pallavaram

Sri Kaleeswaraswamy Temple, Kanchipuram

 

Moolavar: Sri Kaleeswaraswamy
Amman:Sri Sivakamasundari Ambal
Place: Seethanancherry, Kanchipuram

The lord is known as Seeyalanathar and the earlier name of Seethancherry was Krishnapuri as lord Krishna has worshipped lord Siva here. A lovely temple located about 15 kms from chengalpet, the shrine is one of the old temple in Kanchipuram district, Seethanancherry. It houses a pada salai and is educating few students on vedas.

The Sivalingam, swayambu, was said to have been worshipped by Sri Krishna, Subramanya, Pandavas and Bharadwaja Rishi. Legend has it that a pepper trader offered worship to the lingam. He would take rest under a Manipunga tree. On such occasions he noticed that herds of cows came and showered milk on the lingam. Siva appeared in his dream and ordained him to build a temple for Him.The merchant used his wealth to raise a temple on five acres of land and the pujas continued. The two Kodimaram next to each other for both Swamy and Ambal in the same line is very unique. 

Now the temple wears a new look with separate shrines for Sri Kaleeswarar and Sri Sivakamasundari Ambal, Sri Vinayaka and Subramanya. There are two dwajasthamba one each for the Lord and His consort. The Rajagopuram is five-tiered. Huge halls where devotees could assemble on special occasions and a beautiful tank with well laid out steps completes the temple.

Location:

Sri Kaleeswaraswamy Temple, Seethanancherry