WHY SO MANY TEMPLES BEAR THE NAME agastheeswarar Shri UmaMaheswarar, the saviour of the world, He, who creates and protects all the creatures in the world, will be in the form of Swayambhu (self-created), Aarsham (consecrated by Sages, Rishis and Maharishis) and Manusham (consecrated by the kings or devotees).
Here in Semmangudi alias Swarnapuri alias Kanagapuri, Lord Shiva is in the Aarsham form, consecrated by Maharishi Shri Agasthiyar, fond disciple of the horse-faced God, Lord Hayagrivar. Shri Hayagrivar, is the one who received Sri vidya upasaka directly from the Supreme Goddess Ambal. Shri Hayagrivar in turn gave the ardent secret to Shri Agasthiyar and hence to the world. And since Shri Agasthiyar consecrated Lord Siva, this place is well known for its Shri vidya upasana and Lord Shiva is called as “Shri Agastheeswarar”. Going back to the history of how Shri Agasthiyar consecrated Lord Shiva as “Shri Agastheeswarar” ….Once there was a Pralayam (“Pralayam” means “Cyclone”. This was created by Lord Siva, as evil took an upper hand in the world), and, Shri Agathiyar was in his meditation, he did not realize that his Kamandalam, containing genes for the creation of next generation, post world destruction, is moving along the stream. When he woke up from his meditation, he realized his miss, went to Lord Shiva for help. By Lord Shiva’s grace, Shri Agathiyar found the Kamandalam near Kumbakonam, close by the Cauvery river bank. However, he could not open the same and went back to Lord Shiva for help. Lord Shiva with his Banasthram (one of the various asthrams) broke open the Kamandalam and the same hit a place, which is called as “Kuda vasal” and the water from the Kamandalam started flowing as a river, which is called as River Kudamurutti. Later, this river was named as “Chozha Sudamani” by the Chola king. As a mark of respect and devotion, Maharishi Shri Agathiyar consecrated the Dhyanalinga, Sri Agastheeswarar, in the river bank of “Chozhasudamani”. He performed Poojas and rituals and thanked the revered Shri Agastheeswarar, for his magnanimity. Now this relationship of Agastya and Siva in History is adopted in raising so many, similar patterned temples, apart from one more reason that oldest agastheeswarar temples were addressed as padal petra sthalam. The naming may equate the rest also in line with the older ones. K R IRS 19 3 24 On Tue, 19 Mar 2024 at 17:54, Jambunathan Iyer <[email protected]> wrote: > Temple around Chennai – Share No. 44 > Sri Agatheeswarar Temple , Pakkam, Ramanathapuram, Kilkondaiyur, > Tiruvallur District, Tamil Nadu. > > Moolavar : Sri Agastheeswarar > Consort : Sri Swarnambigai > > The temple is facing east with balipeedam, Dwajasthambam and Rishabam. A > Metal image of Nandi worshiping Shiva is hung from the Dwajasthambam. > > The Temple consists of sanctum sanctorum, antarala, ardha mandapam and a > mukha mandapam. An open metacolour sheet mandapam is on the south side. The > sanctum sanctorum and Vimanam is in the form of Gajaprishta Style. From > adhisthanam to prastaram, the temple was built with stone and the super > structure was built with bricks. The Vimanam is of Two talas. Stucco images > of Ardhanareeswarar, Ambal embracing Shiva ( The Sthala Purana of > Kanchipuram ), fusion of Anjaneyar and Vinayagar, Agasthiyar, > Sankaranarayanar, Saraswati are in the first tala. In Greevam Stucco images > of Shiva, Dakshinamurthy, Maha Vishnu and Brahma. > > Bas-relief of Agasthiyar worshiping Shiva of this temple is on the east > side face of the Dwajasthambam. Moolavar is on a square avudayar. Vinayagar > and Bala Murugan are at the entrance of sanctum sanctorum. Nalvar are in > the mukha mandapam. In koshtam Vinayagar, Dakshinamurthy, Lingothbavar, > Brahma and Durgai. > > In Praharam Agasthiyar, Chandikeswarar, Swarna Akarshana Bairavar with his > consort on his lap, Navagrahas, Bairavar and Hanuman. Natarajar with > Sivakami and Manickavasagar are in the mukha mandapam. Ambal is in a > separate sannidhi facing south. Ambal is in standing posture with abhaya > varada hastam. > > It was told that the moolavar with square avudayar was in a bush on the > east side of the pond. The Avudayar was found in cracked condition. The > people of this area was afraid of approaching this place, due to the > poisonous snakes and Scorpion. Mr Gajendran, who took initiative to rebuild > this temple as a Gajaprishta Vimana Stone Temple. > > Do not know the antiquity of the Shiva Linga. Hence Mr Gajendran had seen > a Muruga Peruman Jeeva nadi at Anthiyur in Erode District. As per the > Muruga Peruman Nadi, this moolavar is more than 2000 years old and temple > can be re-built as KaRRali / Kalkaram. Siddhars, which includes 18 siddars > worships Shiva of this temple. The Moolavar was installed and worshipped by > the sage Agasthiyar. Agasthiyar has got the darshan of Shiva and Parvati’s > marriage / Kalyana kolam at this place. This temple was very much > associated with Chozhas, Thillai / Chidambaram and Thirupattur. Shiva will > cure many deceases, will give mukthi and will change this world. > > Apart from regular poojas, special poojas will be conducted on pradosham, > Maha Shivaratri, Arudra darshan etc,. > > Utsavars : Swarna Akarshana Bairavar > > POOJA TIMINGS > The temple will be kept opened between 06.00 hrs to 08.00 hrs and 17.00 > hrs to 19.00 hrs. > > HOW TO REACH > This Temple is about 100 meters from Periyapalayam Road, Kilkondaiyur, 6 > KM from Tiruninravur Railway station, 18 KM from Tiruvallur, 19 KM from > Periyapalayam & Poonamallee and 39 KM from Chennai Central. > Nearest Railway station is Tiruninravur. > > N Jambunathan Rengarajapuram-Kodambakkam-Chennai-Mob:9176159004 > > *" What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you > become by achieving your goals. 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