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 Temple info -2772 கோயில் தகவல்-2772 Chandrasekara Swamy Temple, Kamakkur Where Moon, Muruga, Dasaratha, Arjuna and Manmatha-Rathi were freed of their sins   We weave our way through narrow winding roads before coming upon the ancient Treta Yuga temple - Sri Amirthambigai sametha Sri Chandrasekara Swamy Shiva temple at Kamakkur. The place of worship that remained unknown for several centuries and was in a dilapidated state, was renovated by King Jayamkonda Chozha in the 11 th  century CE. He was ordered to do so by Lord Shiva himself through a vision he had. A Thiruppugazh sthalam where Lord Muruga was glorified by the 15 th  century Tamil poet-saint Arunagirinathar, the temple enjoys several distinguishing features and is associated with many interesting legends.     A four-tiered Rajagopuram of modest height welcomes us to the complex which housesindividual sanctums for many deities. We pass the copper-coloured dhwaja sthambha which uniquely holds aloft t...

 Temple info -2095 கோயில் தகவல் -2095 Mathur Sathyavasakar Temple: Mathur is around 17 Kms on the Mayiladuthurai-Karaikal Road.  It is around 14 Kms from Thirukadayur.  Those who visit the Abirami temple, could cover this temple also as it is intimately connected with the sthala puranam of the former.  We are visiting the Shri Soundaranayaki sametha Shri Sathyavasakar temple at Mathur.  This is a Vaipu Sthalam ( though no Thevarams were sung on this Lord, the place/Lord is mentioned in other Thevarams) of Sambandar and Sundarar.  The Theertham is Mahalakshmi Theertham.  The temple is open from 7 to noon and from 5 to 9 pm. There are three segments in the sthala puranam.  The first is connected with Markandeyan.  As readers may be aware, he was given only 16 years of life and in order to escape from the clutches of Yama, he went to Thirukadayur to pray to Lord Amirthakateswarar.  When he came near this place, he could not make out the dir...

 Temple info -1879 கோயில் தகவல் -1879 Kalyana Veerabhadrar Temple, Chennivakkam, Thiruvallur Kalyana Veerabhadrar Temple is a Hindu Temple dedicated to Lord Veerabhadra, a form of Lord Shiva located at Chennivakkam Village in Ponneri Taluk in Thiruvallur District of Tamilnadu. Legends In days of yore, some traders in gems came to south for business. The group also included an old woman. As an Ambika devotee, she was ever carrying an idol of Mother and used to do worship in all places of the group’s stay. The traders stayed in this place one day. When the old woman tried to take the idol back after usual worship, she could not. The traders too could not move the idol. They stayed there for a day more postponing the journey. Ambica appeared in the dream of the old woman and pointed out a place near the idol and said that Lord Veerabadras was also there. When she informed her dream to the traders, they dug the ground and found the Veerabhadra idol. They installed him and built the tem...

 Temple info -1878 கோயில் தகவல் -1878 Sri Vedapureeswarar Temple / ஸ்ரீ வேதபுரீஸ்வரர் கோயில், ஏமாப்பூர் / Emapur, Villupuram District, Tamil Nadu.  During Chozha period this place was called as “Emaperur”. This is one of the Thevara vaippu sthalam, sung by Thirunavukkarasu Swamigal in his Thiruthandagam. But some of devotees considers the Emaperur on the Thiruvarur to Thiruthuraipoondi road and now called as “Thiruneiperu”, but this place maintains the same name with little corruption as “Emapur”.   இடைமரு தீங்கோ யிராமேச் சரம்         இன்னம்பர் ஏரிடவை ஏமப் பேறூர் சடைமுடி சாலைக் குடிதக்களூர்         தலையாலங் காடு தலைச்சங்காடு கொடுமுடி குற்றாலங் கொள்ளம் பூதூர்         கோத்திட்டை கோட்டாறு கோட்டுக் காடு கடைமுடி கானூர்  கடம்பந்துறை         கயிலாயா நாதனையே காண லாமே ........திருநாவுக்கரசு சுவாமிகள் Moolavar  : Sri Vedapureeswarar, Vedanathar Consort    : Sri Balakujambal Some...