Temple Visits of Parantharami Mani

       Nandiswarar  Temple,  Nandivaram, Guduvancherry. This temple  is situated in Nandivaram,  Guduvancherry half km from Guduvancherry bus stand  on the left side of  GST Road 35 km from  Madras. It is a Pallava era temple built in 8th  century and a Thevara padal petra sthalam. But no antiquity in the  form of Inscriptions  is available which perhaps might have been lost over the years due to  renovations. The  main deity is Nandiswarar in a big Linga form attractive with  Ganesha and Muruga on both sides of  main Sannidhi. Ambal Soundara Nayagi is around  4 feet in height with  Simmam and Bali Peetam in front of her. Around the walls of  Sivan Sannidhi there are Koshta Idols of Dakshinamoorthy, Durga,  Brahma, Maha Vishnu, Ganapathy and Chandikeshwar.  The legend of the temple says that Lord Shiva after taking the Alakala Visham danced here with his Nandi and ...

      Siddi Buddi Sameda  Karpaga Vinayaga Temple, R.A.Puram.  This  temple situated on 2nd cross  Street  comparatively has a history of less than 60 years.  It is  said  that the  Senior  Sankaracharya   while on a padayatra in Madras in the  year 1957 stayed in this place  and requested his disciples to construct a temple for  Vinayagar. The  temple was constructed by the efforts made by Avibakthammal wife of  Idaiyathimangalam Vaidhyanatha  Iyer and Kumbabhishekam was done on 12/6/1960. After that at least four  renovations have been done and extensions made. The  main deity is Karpaga Vinayagar with his consorts and there are niches for Guruvayoorappan, Durga, Anjaneyar,  Subramanyar, Sridevi Bhoodevi  sameda Lakshmi Narayanan,  Dakshinamoorthy.  There are separate shrines  for Sivan and Goddess  Thirupurasundari. The  temple is ...

       Yoga Narasimhar Sannadhi of Parthasarathy  Temple. This  is a separate  shrine facing West with separate Kodi Maram and Bali  Petam.  Until the turn of 19th century this was given to  Vadakalai Iyengars by East  India Company in view of the dispute on the  Sampradayam of worship  with  Thengalai  Iyengars. Moolavar  Yoga Narasimhar is in meditation and has been mentioned  by Thirumangai Alwar as "  Thellia  Singathi  Thevai  Tiruvallikeni  Kandene" in his Pasuram. The  street  outside has been  named  Thellia Singa Perumal  Koil Street  in the  name of  Utsavar.  The  shrine was renovated  in 1908 extensively with  granite stones by Parthasarathy  Iyengar.  The  26 pillared  mandapam outside the Sannadhi has been constructed in the  year 1912 by Raghavaiah  Chetty  cha...

          This 190 year old temple is situated on Veeraraghava  Mudali  Street  (Big Street ) Triplicane, a stone throw away  from  Pycrofts Road junction. It is a unique temple in the  sense that it has no Dwajasthambam,  Prakaram and Rajagopuram. It is a private  temple not under the control  of HRCE but owned by Chinakavaram Mudaliyar clan. The  temple was intially  consecrated around  1827 by Muthiah Mudaliyar.  His grandson Chinakavaram  Solayappa Mudaliyar was the  trustee from  1881-1911 followed by his son Thatulinga Mudaliyar  from 1911-1954. They have to fight a bitter  battle in the  courts  with  HRCE at various  stages to have the rights over the  temple. As you enter the  temple the main Sannidhi of Pillaiyar  facing  East can be seen. There is a small enclosure having the Navagrahams on the  left hand side. Th...

       Arunachaleswarar and Varadharaja Perumal Temple, George  Town.  This  temple on Palliappan  Street  was built  around  250 years  ago by Mylai Subbaraya  Mudaliyar. Mudaliyar used to visit  Thiruvannamalai for Karthigai Deepam  every year and one year he missed it. So he built Arunachaleswarar  Temple in Madras for  devotees to worship  Deepam. The  Moolavar here is Arunachaleswarar  and during  Pradosham six Pradakshanam and Six Apradakshanam of the sannidhi gives you the benefit of  doing  Aswamedha  Yagam. Ambal here is Abhithakusambal  standing  6 feet tall facing  south.  Kanchi  Sankaracharya in 1967 installed  Srichakra in Amman  sannidhi. There are shrines /niches for  Valli Devasena  samedha  Arumugar, Dakshanamurthy, Durgai,  Vilveswarar,  Mahishasura  Mardhini, and Varahi Amman....

         Aranganathaswami Temple, Mulla Sahib Street, George Town, Chennai.  This  temple was intially  a Bhajanai  Koodam during the years 1845 to 1854. The beautiful statue of  Moolavar  Ranganathar in sayana kolam with  Brahma from his  Nabhikamalam with Sridevi and Bhoodevi was later installed and  worshipped as per Vaikasana Agama  rituals. This  temple has connection with  Parthasarathi  Swamy  temple  in the  sense  that a statue of  Perumal called Kaudukar was kept and worshipped with  Parthasarathi for  6 months and  installed by Kancheepuram Manavala  Ramanuja Jeeyar in the  temple.  Thayar Ranganayaki  is on the  South side of  Moolavar and Andal Sannidhi is on the North side.  There are separate shrines for  Ramar with Sita along with  shrines for Srinivasar and Varadarajar. The  Annua...

        Luz Anjaneyar Temple. There are four exclusive Anjaneyar  temples in Mylapore.  The  one at Mosque Street,  Alamelumangapuram, Alwarpet and Luz Anjaneyar. The  first three are less than 40 year old where as Luz Anjaneyar is more than 200 years old. It was built around 1800 AD by Salivahana  Chettiar  community  who migrated from  Mysore in 18th  century due to harassment by Muslim  rulers there. They came and settled in Kosapettai  area of Mylapore  inhabited by Potters. They were digging the earth for a  Vinayagar  temple when they discovered the  self manifested  statue of  Anjaneyar.  A temple was built  there and Perumal Chettiar  was the first  Dharmakartha  during  1800-1830 AD. The  main  deity is facing  West and is seen as if walking towards  south. The  right hand is in " Abhaya  Mudra" and ...