VELLISWARAR TEMPLE, MANGADU







    Velliswarar Temple,  Mangadu. This temple is a Navagraha Sthalam of Sukra .The  temple is situated half a kilometre from the famous  Mangadu Kamatchi  amman temple. The  legend of the  temple says that Asura guru Sukra got back his eye by praying to Lord Siva  here. The Lord gave preference to  his devotee than Parvathi  who was also doing penance  here on one leg. The  main deity is called  Velliswarar  and there is no amman sannidhi here since Kamatchi is there in the  nearby temple. Only Kamatchi photo frame is there  in front  of Nandikeswar  statue. The temple must be late Chola era temple going by the  Inscription available  in the  temple. The  temple  has no Raja gopuram  and on entering the  Artha Mandapam  there are statues  of Lord Ganesha and Subramanyar  on either side of Garbhagraha. 

       The  Ganesha here is holding Paddy stalk and Mango in his hand  and is called  Mangani  Vinayagar.  The  place must have been  dense  in Mango forest and hence  called Mangadu.  Moolavar here is facing  East and may be around  6 feet tall  square  avudaiyar.   There are separate niches on the outer walls of the  sanctum for  Dakshinamurthy,, Durgai ,  Lingothpavar with Brahma and Vishnu worshipping him on either  side.  The  temple  also has separate  shrines for Vinayagar,  Kasi Viswanathar,  Veerabadra , Subramanyar and Navagraha. A visit  to  Mangadu can never be complete without  having  Darshan of Velliswarar.

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