Temples in and around Chennai with geographical map

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Temples in and around Chennai with geographical map

Dear All,

Do you know

 

there are more than 100 Chola/ Pallava and older temples within Chennai City

there are more than 100 Chola/ Pallava and older temples around Chennai (within 100 km radius)

Agasthiar has installed 108 temples in North Chennai and only some exist now

Koyampedu/ North Chennai is the place where Lava-Kucha, twin sons of Rama were brought up

For information on Temples like this and more please visit:

For Travelogues:

http://shanthiraju.wordpress.com/

For Geographical map of temples in and around Chennai:

http://www.platial.com/raju0704/map/85205#Temples_of_Tamilnadu

For Photos:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/rajushanthi/collections/

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Visit to Thennangur Pandurangan Temple

Nootretteswarar Temple at Chinna Kavanam

The temple at a place called Chinna Kavanam 3 kms from Ponneri has a 2500 years old rare tree called Eru Azhinjil (or ankola) which has an unique importance. Its fruit ripens, falls on the ground and after the essense is eaten by ants and other insects, the seeds get attracted to the parent tree like a magnet, signifying that the final destination of the human beings being the lotus feet of the lord.

When Agasthiar worshipped Lord Shiva with a hand made Shivalingam from the river sand with a lingam per day for 108 days, on the final day, all the 108 lingams got merged into a Vinayagar and is present under the Ankola tree as a Swayambu Vinayahar.

Sri Ananthavalli sametha Sri Varamoortheeswarar temple at Ariyathurai (Kavarapettai)

This 6000 years old temple is present in the Kolkatta highways at around 35 kms from Chennai near Kavarapettai at the banks of Araniyar. Lord Krishna stood here as a Aswatha tree for 1000 years. Water, believed to be from River Ganges, is flowing out from a pit perennially all though the year, though in small quantity. Due to this, the place is considered more sacred than Kasi

Pancheshti

Here Agasthiar stayed for many years and conducted five yagnas (Pancha – five, Ishti – Yagna and that's why Pancheshti). There are many beautiful sculptures in the outer and inner walls of the Rajagopuram. This is a parihara sthalam and there is an `Agasthia Theertham' temple tank which was created by Agasthiar by spitting a little water after drinking the complete sea.

Pancha Brahma Sthalams:

The Brahma Aranya river, considered to be created by Lord Brahma flows, in North Chennai (Ponneri side) and merges with sea at Pazhaverkadu. Many sages have meditated at the banks of this river and created many temples. Out of these, in five places they have put in all their meditative powers into Shivalingams and built temples. They are called Pancha Brahma Sthalams, representing the five faces of Lord Shiva and they are:

 

Ramagiri alias Thiru Arikarai in Andhra near Suruttapalli/ Nagalapuram represents Eesana face of Lord Shiva

Pallikondeswaram alias Suruttapalli represents Thath purusha face

Vamadhevapuram alias Arani near Periyapalayam (not North Arcot) represents Vamadheva face.

Varamoorthy Kshethram alias Ariyathurai represents Sathyojatha face.

South Gokaranam alias Chinthamaneeswaram – Kattur near Minjur the place where Brahma Aranya river merges with sea represents Agora face of Lord Shiva.

Regards,

Raju