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 Temple info -1368 கோயில் தகவல் -1368 Shiva Vishnu Temple, Velachery, Chennai Shiva Vishnu Temple is a Hindu Temple located at Velachery, well-known locality of Chennai City in Tamil Nadu. The Shiva Vishnu Temple houses Lord Sundareswarar with his consort Meenakshi and Lord Vishnu as Kodanda Ramar. There are shrines and Idols for Kalabhairavar, Brahma, Dakshinamurthy, Durga, Valampuri Vinayagar, Siddhi Vinayagar, Narthana Vinayagar, Ayyappan, Anjaneyar, Navagrahas, Lingodhbava, Chandikeswarar, Andal and Garudazhwar in the Temple premises. Location The Temple is situated near Velachery MRTS railway station bus stop behind the supermarket. The Temple is located at about 150 meters from Velachery Railway Station Bus Stop, 200 meters from Velachery Railway Station, 700 meters from Vijayanagar Bus Stand, 6 Kms from Alandur Metro Station, 20 Kms from Chennai Central Railway Station, 17 Kms from Egmore Railway Station, 15 Kms from Koyambedu Bus Terminus and 10 Kms from Chennai Airport. சிவா வ

 Temple info -1369 கோயில் தகவல் -1369 Kundadam Kongu Vaduganatha Swamy temple,  Kundadam  Shri Kongu Vaduganathaswamy Temple.  Kundadam is around 10 kms from Dharapuram on the Dharapuram-Palladam road.  This is another ancient Shiva temple in Kongunadu.  In several temples like Thirunallar, Thirupathur etc,though the temples are those of Shiva, they are mainly known as Saneeswara, Bhairava temple etc.  Same thing has happened here.  This is a Shiva temple and the Lord is Vidangeswarar and the Mother is Visalakshi. However the temple is known more as Bhairava Kshetra, thanks to the presence of Shri Vaduga Bhairava. As per legend, this area was once known as Hindu Forest and Vidanga Maharishi was doing tapas here.  Since there were lot of interruptions to his spiritual activities, he prayed to Shri Kasiviswanathar.  Since Kasi is the most important Bhairava Kshetra, Lord sent one of His forms, Vaduga Bhairava, to offer protection to the Rishi.  Vaduga’s protection helped the Rishi in com

 Temple info -1367 கோயில் தகவல் -1367 Manapullikavu Bhagawathy Temple Manapullikavu is a Hindu temple located in Palakkad city, Kerala of India. The temple is most famous for the annual festival that takes place in the temple known as Manappullikavu Vela. Manapullikavu is also a major residential area in Palakkad city comprising apartments and residential colonies. Manappulikavu is ward 27 of Palakkad Municipality. Manapullikavu മണപ്പുള്ളിക്കാവ് Temple Coordinates: 10°45′29″N 76°39′54″E Country  India State Kerala District Palakkad Sree Manappully Bhagavathy Temple is situated in Palakkad city, Kerala . It is on the Palakkad–Chittur road and hardly 200 meters away from the National Highway 544 .Earlier the temple was under the private ownership of ‘Kenath Family’. Now the temple is under Malabar Devaswom Board (MDB). Kariyannur Manakkal Bavathrathan Namboothiripad of Pattambi is the Thanthri (Head Priest) of the temple now. Sri Manappully Bhagavathy Temple has a very ancient history. I

 Temple info - 1366 கோயில் தகவல் -1366 Paramekkavu Bhagavathy Temple, Thrissur Paramekkavu Bhagavathy Temple, situated very near to the Vadakkunnathan temple more than 1000 years old, this Paramekkavu is one of the grandest Bhagavathy temples in Kerala. It is one of the two groups participating in the famous Thrissur Pooram (other being Thiruvambadi temple group) festival. One elder member of an aristocratic Nair family of Kuruppal Tharavad was an ardent devotee of Bhagavathy used to visit this place regularly. On the last visit to this temple due to old age, he made heavy gratitude of his inability to visit her anymore. After his intense prayers, he was on his way back home and took rest under a tree near Vadakkunnathan temple. To resume his return journey, he tried to take his palmyrah umbrella that he kept on the ground. He made a vain attempt to take the umbrella which was firmly fixed to the ground. It was the time an astrological ritual carried out by the Namboodiris to interpret

 Temple info -1364 கோயில் தகவல் -1364 Kottur Kozhundeeswarar Temple, Thiruvarur Kottur Kozhundeeswarar Temple is a Hindu temple dedicated to Lord Shiva located at Kottur in Thiruvarur District of Tamilnadu. Presiding Deity is Swayambu Lingam known as Kozhundeeswarar / Sameevaneswarar / Akraparameswarar and is facing west. Mother is called as Mathupaashini / Thenar Mozhiyal / Thenambal / Madhura vachanambika and is facing east. The historical name of the place is Indirapuram. It is one of the shrines of the 275 Paadal Petra Sthalams - Shiva Sthalams glorified in the early medieval Thevaram poems by Tamil Saivite Nayanar Tirugnanasambandar. There are two temples in this village; the one on the west side has been glorified by the Thevaram while the other is praised by Thiruvisaippa (Keezhkotur Mani Ambalam). This is the 228th Devaram Paadal Petra Shiva Sthalam and 111th Sthalam on the south side of River Cauvery in Chozha Nadu. This Shivastalam is located in the vicinity of Thirukkalar. S

 Temple info -1365 கோயில் தகவல் -1365 Subramanya Swamy Temple, Thinniyam, Trichy Subramanya Swamy Temple is a Hindu Temple dedicated to Lord Murugan located at Thinniyam Village in Trichy District of Tamilnadu. The Temple is said to date back to the Chola Period and Rajaraja Chola’s sister Kunthavai is believed to have built this temple. Legends It is believed that Raja Raja Chola’s sister, Kunthavai, desired to construct a temple for Lord Muruga and while moving the idols in a bullock cart, the cart got stuck in the mud and would not move. A decision was then taken by her to build the temple in this place. The Temple This Temple is an east facing Shiva temple where the beautiful and rare south facing Lord Subramanyaswamy (Muruga) is more popular. The entrance is through an arch gate in the south and Lord Muruga is visible from his shrine as you enter. Lord Subramanya with his six faces is sitting on an elegant peacock. His concerts Valli is seated on his left and Devayani is seated on

 Temple info -1363 கோயில் தகவல் -1363 Periya Thirumangalam Arulmiku Arungarai Amman Temple, Karur  Source: Arunkarai Amman  Thala Vridsha: Swing tree  Thirtham: Amaravati  Age: Less than 500 years  City: Periyathirumangalam  District : Karur  State : Tamil Nadu  Festival  The ceremony is held here only once in 100 years.  This was called the 'carriage festival'. Only during this festival, the box containing Ambal's idol would be taken around the village for a stroll. This festival was not held for a few centuries due to Ambal's order not being received. The ceremony of giving Pongal seer to Ambal from the nearby Nadrayar temple is held in Thaimatham.  Head specialty  Turmeric and kunguma prasad, which is usually offered in Ambal temples, is also not offered here.  She is given ashes from the oven where Naivedyam is made.  It is said to be medicinal.  The Amaravati river that flows near the temple returns to this place as if it garlanded Ambal.  In the beginning Ambal wa

 Temple info -1362 கோயில் தகவல் -1362 Subramanya Swamy Temple, Marungoor, Kanyakumari Subramanya Swamy Temple is a Hindu Temple dedicated to Lord Murugan located at Marungoor Village in Kanyakumari District of Tamilnadu. Marungoor, also spelt Marungur, is located near Suchindrum in Kanyakumari District. In most of the Murugan temples, Lord Murugan can be seen on peacock but here Lord Murugan can be seen on a horse. Legends Sage Agastya installed Lord Murugan here: It is believed that when Sage Agastya came down to Podhigai malai, he has installed this Murugan here. Indra’s horse, Uchchaisiravas attained salvation here: After Indran got cleansed from the curse of Sage Gowthama at Suchindrum temple, Indra’s horse, Uchchaisiravas also wanted salvation. It asked the same with Suchindrum Lord Shiva. He directed the horse of Indran to go to Marungoor and worship the Murugan there for salvation. It came along with Sunandhan and worshiped Murugan here and got salvation. Since the horse got sal

 Temple info -1361 கோயில் தகவல் -1361 Sadaiyar (Thirukadaimudi mahadevar) Temple, Thiruchennampoondi, Thanjavur Sadaimudinathar Temple is a Hindu Temple dedicated to Lord Shiva located in Thiruchennampoondi Village in Budalur Taluk in Thanjavur District of Tamilnadu. Presiding Deity is called as Sadaimudinathar / Sadaiyar / Thirukadaimudi Mahadevar / Thiruchadaimudi Mahadevar and Mother is called as Siddambikai. The Temple is considered as Thevara Vaippu Sthalam as Devaram hymns had a mention about this Temple. This temple is situated on the banks of Kollidam River between two villages Koviladi and Thiruchennampoondi. Legends Curse of a devotee on Lord Shiva: Pallava King Nandivarman III had no child and later on he was asked to construct a Shiva temple by Brinki Rishi and based on his direction he completed the temple and started doing daily poojas. Later on, he was blessed with a child. Later, a lady from Thiruchennampoondi had no child and she used to offer regular prayers to Lord S

 Temple info -1360 கோயில் தகவல் -1360 Vazhkaiputhagalur Paramasundarar Temple (Nannilam)   Vazhkaiputhagalur is very close to Nannilam.  We have already seen the Achuthamangalam Temple.  This temple is around 3 kms from there.  Those who visit Sri Vanjiam and Achuthamangalam temples, could easily cover this temple.  The temple we are going to visit is Shri Parameswari sametha Shri Paramasundarar temple. As per records, this ancient temple dates back to 917AD ( period of Paranthaka Chozhan).  Though it is present for over 1000 years, until recently, the condition of this temple was pathetic as it was totally dilapidated.  Parts of the temple could be seen in the midst of paddy fields.  The renovation work was taken by Shri Mahalakshmi Charitable Trust of Chennai and the work was in full swing till a couple of years back.  I hope that the Kumbabhishekam is already done.  Since the renovation work was going on, despite the temple timings of 6 am to 10 am and from 5 to 8 pm, the availabili