For me Triplicane evokes fond memories of Parthasarathy temple,its divine prasadam , it is also the home of another ancient temple for Shiva the Thiruvetteswarar temple. Today after visiting the Pudupet temple I had an opportunity to visit
HOW TO REACH:
The temple is situated near the main Triplicane high road. I entered the Triplicane high road behind the new Omundurar medical college and turned right. As I proceeded straight I turned right into Mayor chittibabu street and a further left turn brought me in front of the temple
THE LEGENDS AND STORIES:
Arjuna obtained the pasupatha from Shiva and was returning back when he prayed here. Since he incurred a sin of opposing Shiva during the fight in the forest when both claimed that the boar hunted belonged to them Arjuna was re born as Kanappa nayanar and is celebrated as a great Shiva devotee here
Thirunavukkarasar has sung about this temple but not visited
The savant Sundarar has a sannidhi here with both wives here
Goddess Lakshmi prayed to Shiva here for enabling her marriage to Mahavishnu here There is a carving on a pillar to substantiate this . there is also a sannidhi for Lakshmi with Saraswathi inside in the praharam
(image courtesy TNHRCE from the temple website)
It is the place where Rahu and ketu prayed to Shiva for redemption. The roof of the inner praharam has a huge carving of the swallowing of sun and moon here
It is one of the few temples with a huge pond un encroached and with a large garden in this bustling concrete jungle
There are 3 dhwaja stambha in this temple one in front one in front of the Ambal sannidhi and one in front of the Murugan sannidhi
As you enter the Rajagopuram you see the main praharam entrance
The outer praharam has certain unique sannidhis like
the Vallabha Ganapathy who is thanked with coconut offerings and lamp lit with coconut oil
The Adhikara Nandi sannidhi
The Southern side showing Dwajasthambam of Ambal sannidhi
The western and northern side have a nandavanam and also the huge pond which is dry now
The main praharam has a single hall from where we can pray to both Shiva and Ambika .The temple has been re built inside to include a sannidhi for the utsava vigrahas Thyagaraja swami and Parvathi as somaskandar. This somehow makes the sanctum look cramped but is well maintained
The Koshta vigrahas are all small and there is a huge sannidhi for the 63 nayanmars which is well lit and organised. The Durga sannidhi is very well maintained with grill gate and the idol itself is warmly welcoming with a benevolent smile.
The outer praharam has a Bhairavar sannidhi
and a Navagraha sannidhi as below
A truly ancient oasis in the midst of the concrete metropolis Chennai
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