Navagraha temples around Chennai Porur Kunrathur - a Quick reference

 

The Navagraha temples are all situated close to Porur Kunrathur road. It is possible to cover them all in half  a day. The temples open by 7 AM and close by 12 noon . Evening  they are open between 4 to 7 PM. It would be best to start with the  Mangadu Sivan koil first  finish the Poonamallee Vaidyswaran koil and then proceed to Ramanatheshwara koil and then proceed  in two ways.Either you can complete Kovoor, Kunrathur Somamangalam in one direction and return back to Kovoor then proceed to Gerugambakkam , kolapakkam and Pozhichallur or go vice versa from kovoor to Gerugambaakkam etc and return to kovvor to proceed to kunrathur and somamangalam. The road between Gerugambakkam and Pozhichallur will test your spine as it crossed the Adayar river causeway . Similarly the road to Somamangalam from Kunrathur skirts the Chembarambakkam tank Parrallel to the Bangalore highway and in rainy season will be inundated and slushy.

Click the link below to access  my Google maps  for these places.

https://maps.google.com/maps/ms?msid=203993314615202603204.0004a1ac46d45bf0bbae6&msa=0&ll=12.947181,80.085526&spn=0.118614,0.181789

Happy Temple hopping!

 

Guru Jupiter Ramanadheshwara temple Wireless road Porur Guru sthalam Ramanadheshwarar

Sukran Venus Mangadu Velleshwarar koil Sri velleswarar Sukran

Chandran Moon Somamangalam Somanatheshwara koil Sri Chandran sthalam

Shani Saturn Pozhichallur Agastheeswarar koil Shanishwarar

Suryan Sun Kolapakkam Agastheeswarar koil Suryanar

Kethu Gerugambakkam Neelakanteshwarar Koil Ketu sthalam

Budhan Mercury Kovoor Thirumaeneeswarar koil Budhan sthalam

Rahu Kundrathur Thiru Naageshwarar koil Rahu sthalam/2011/04/naageshwarar-temple-kunrathur.html

Sevvai Mars Vaidheeswaran koil Poonamallee http://drlsravi.blogspot.in/2010/07/vaidhyeeswaran-temple-in-poonamalle.html

A few handy tips from wikipedia about the Navagrahas

Character	Guru (Jupiter)	Shukra (Venus)	Shani (Saturn)	Rahu (north node)	Ketu (south node)
Consort	Tara	Sukirthi & Urjaswathi	Neeladevi	Simhi	Chitralekha
Color	Gold	White/Yellow	Black/Blue	Smoky	Smoky
Gender Associated	Male	Female	Neutral	Female	Neutral
Element	Ether	Water	Air	Air	Earth
God	Indra	Indrani	Brahma	Nirriti	Ganesha
Pratyadi Devataa	Brahma	Indra	Yama	Durga	Chitragupta
Metal	Gold	Silver	Iron	Lead	Mercury
Gemstone	Yellow Sapphire	Diamond	Blue Sapphire	Hessonite	Cat's Eye
Body Part	Brain	Semen	Muscles	-	-
Taste	Sweet	Sour	Astringent	-	-
Food	Chickpea	kidney beans	Sesame	Urad (bean)	Horse gram
Season	Winter	Spring	All Seasons	-	-
Direction	North East	South East	West	South West	-
Day	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	-	-

Character	Surya (sun)	Chandra (Moon)	Mangala (Mars)	Budha (Mercury)
Consort	Suvarna & Chaaya	Rohini	Shaktidevi	Ila
Color	Copper	White	Red	Green
Gender Associated	Male	Male	Male	Neutral
Element	Fire	Water	Fire	Earth
God	Agni	Varuna	Subramanya	Vishnu
Pratyadi Devataa	Rudra	Gowri	Murugan	Vishnu
Metal	Copper	Silver	Brass	Zinc
Gemstone	Ruby	Pearl/Moonstone	Red Coral	Emerald
Body Part	Bone	Blood	Marrow	Skin
Taste	Pungent	Salt	Acid	Mixed
Food	Wheat	Rice	Pigeon pea	Mung bean
Season	Summer	Winter	Summer	Autumn
Direction	East	North West	South	North
Day	Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday

Kanchi mutt periyavaal adhishtanams blogs

Given below are the links to the blog pages of the various known adhishtanams of the periyavaals of the Shri Kanchi Kamakoti peetam, Click on the link to visit the blogs concerned.

Acharya	Related blog page link
2 3 68 69	https://drlsravi.blogspot.com/2018/05/adhishtanams-in-kanchi-mutt.html https://drlsravi.blogspot.com/2018/04/adhishtanam-of-shrijayendra-saraswathi.html
11 13 16 37 46 54	https://drlsravi.blogspot.com/2014/06/adhishtanam-of-12-th-kanchi-acharya-sri.html https://drlsravi.blogspot.com/2016/08/sri-meenakshi-sundareshwarar-koil.html https://drlsravi.blogspot.com/2012/05/pandrethan-shiva-temple-srinagar-j-k.html https://drlsravi.blogspot.com/2013/09/sri-bhuvarahaswamy-temple-srimushnam.html https://drlsravi.blogspot.com/2014/04/sri-sundareshwarar-sabhai-tiruvannamalai.html https://drlsravi.blogspot.com/2012/10/sri-nallinaikeshwarar-temple-ezhichur.html
55, 61	https://drlsravi.blogspot.com/2010/06/adhishtanams-in-thiruvotriyur-chennai.html
57 ,  59	https://drlsravi.blogspot.com/2017/03/adhishtanams-of-kanchi-seers-sri.html https://drlsravi.blogspot.com/2010/06/thiruvenkadu-and-govindapuram.html
58	https://drlsravi.blogspot.com/2010/06/vizhupuram-and-vadavambalam.html
60  62,63,64	https://drlsravi.blogspot.com/2011/12/adhishtanams-of-kanchi-seers-keezhambi.html https://drlsravi.blogspot.com/2013/12/the-kanchi-mutt-kumbakonam.html
65	https://drlsravi.blogspot.com/2010/06/adhishtanam-at-elayathangudi.html
66,67	https://drlsravi.blogspot.com/2010/06/adhishtanams-at-kalavai.html

Sri Nallinaikeshwarar temple Ezhichur- Adhishtanam of Shri Vyasachala Mahadevendra saraswathi the 54th pontiff of the Kanchi Kamakoti peetam

I had read a lot about this temple being 1200 years old and being rebuilt after 1948. The kumbabishekam was performed in June 2012 . This is in addition the jeeva samadhi adhishtanam of Shri Sri Vyasachala Mahadevendra Saraswati the 54 th  Pontiff of the Kanchi Kamakoti peetam.
(Pic taken from the official website of the kamakoti peetam)
Today we went visiting this temple which was very peaceful and easily accessible from Chennai. It is about 55 kms from Chennai near oragadam.
How to reach:
Ezhichur is close to oragadam near Sriperumbudur.
1) from Chennai proceed on GST road after Perungalathur take the first  over bridge  turn right towards Wallajahbad.This is a six lane highway that goes all the way to Oragadam. Near the Renault factory over bridge you will see the road from Sriperumbudur joining. Proceed straight and then in about half a KM  take the  first small road to the left to Ezhichur . This can easily be missed. There is a provision store and bus stop on the main road. If you cross this the next building is the Maha meru peetam. So make sure you do not miss this peetam. On the left road proceed for about 2 kms and you will see a left turning cement paved road which leads you to the Temple.
2) On the Chennai Bangalore highway ,In Sriperumbudur  Just after The Rajiv Gandhi memorial there is a road to left 6 lane which leads to Oragadam. This will meet the oragadam KOOT road turn right here and take the first left to Ezhichur

Legends and History of the temple:
The temple has been in existence since a very long time. It was initially built by The Cholas and later when the Vijayanagara kings were in power the temple Ezhichur and Vennagaram were presented to Shri Vyasachala Mahadevendra saraswathy the 54 th pontiff of the Kanchi kamakoti mutt. This has been found recorded on stone edicts which were unearthed during renovation and also in the copper plates in possession of the Kanchi Mutt and also verified recently by the ASI.
The temple tank is called Surya Pushkarani and was built  by Lord Surya when he came to worship shiva here
The Temple also houses the Adhishtanam of Sri Vyasachala Mahadevendra Saraswati the 54 th  Pontiff of the Kanchi Kamakoti peetam.
The hereditary trustee Mr..Ramamurthy said there were almost 31 samadhis in the Temple premises which are still to be unearthed properly.
For more details visit http://www.dharsanam.com/2008/03/ezhuchur-sri-nallinakkeeswarar.html.
As you enter the compound there is a vinayaka temple on the right  called Vazhithunai vinayakar
In front of this shrine is the unique Rajo guna Nandhi

The uniqueness of the Nandhi is that he has blunt horns ,sharp ears and is supposed to be in Yogic meditation. He is chanting the Om namashivaya and Listening to Gayathri manthra here. The Idol is beautifully carved with shawl,Bells around the neck, Rudraksha mala and the Nose rope  with the tongue licking the right Nostril. You can see the right back hoof and the tail curled from beneath the Nandi on to the left side . So three hoofs are seen .
( picture from http://www.dharsanam.com/2008/03/ezhuchur-sri-nallinakkeeswarar.html)
The main sanctorum houses a huge Shiva lingam with a massive avudiar . The lingam is about 5 feet . The Hall also houses sannidhis for Murugan and Deivambikai ambal . Murugan faces north and Ambal faces south seen on the right below.
There are many sthala vrukshas here. The main are the Azhinjal tree or the angora tree see my blog for further details (http://drlsravi.blogspot.in/2012/05/sri-nooreteashwarar-koil-chinnakavanam.html)


The Palmyra tree and the Arasa maram  which is usually the seat for Dakshinamurthy


This palm tree behind the adhishtanam of shri Vyasachala mahadevendra saraswathy shows a palm  tree which will not grow taller than the temple  as seen in the last 3 generations as per Shri.Ramamurthy trustee.
There is a Vilva tree also behind.
The Sides of the garba gruha have the usual Narthana ganapathy and Dakshinamurthy, Mahavishnu and Brahma and Durga as the Koshta vigrahas.
The South east corner has a Vinayaka temple
and between this and the main temple is
the adhishtanam where in there is  Chandramouleeshwara
There is also a separate sannidhi for Vallalar seen on the southern side


It is a very peaceful temple with lots of antiquity. For details contact
Shri Ramamurthy Hereditary trustee Cell No:+919442555187
for more details and for supporting the temple and activities please visit the official  site of the temple here
http://www.srinallinekeswarartrust.com/

From the Kanchi calender 2018

54. Sri Vyasachala Mahadevendra Saraswati
1498 - 1507 A.D.
आचाय - 54 - ासाचलमहादेवेः
काीकामेराया ··· िसिम ् ॥ १०७ ॥
अयमनवर ··· साचलम ् ॥
Born as the son of Kāmeśvara and Kamalāmbā
of Kāñci, the one named Kupanna who having
received the initiation and preceptor-ship with the
name Mahādeva, conducted the lectures on Bhāṣya
ably for twenty-one times in nine years rejoicingly,
attained siddhi on the pratipad of black fortnight in
the month of Āṣāḍha of the year Akṣaya.
As he stayed ever in the Vyāsācala, he is known as
Vyāsācala and the author of Vyāsācaliya and other
works. He attained siddhi in Vyāsācala.