The Visit to this Sri Beemeswarar Temple was a part of Temples Visit in Tiruvallur District, before attending the Uzhavarapani at Janamejaya Eswarar temple at Panambakkam and Palalayam function at Senji Panambakkam Sri Kailasanathar Temple. The main purpose of visit to this temple is to see a Pallava period Kotravai near the temple.
Moolavar : Sri Beemeshwarar
Consort : Sri Maragathavalli
Some of the salient features of this temple are…
The temple is facing east on the banks of Valarpuram Eri. Since the temple is very small, there is no prahara. All the deities are installed inside the compound. Balipeedam and Rishabam are in front of the sanctum sanctorum. Vinayagar and Sri Valli devasena Subramaniar are on the left and right side of Sanctum Sanctorum. There is no murtis in koshtam. Ambal Maragathavalli is in a separate sannidhi facing south. Chandikeswarar and Chandran ( but wrongly written as Suryan ) are on the south east and north east corners of compound abutting the wall.
ARCHITECTURE
The Temple consists of sanctum sanctorum, ardha mandapam and mukha mandapam. The eri bund is above the sanctum sanctorum adhisthanam. So couldn’t asses the type of adhistanam. There is no Vimanam above the sanctum sanctorum. The front mandapam pillars are of square base with Nagabandham and vettu pothyal. The Pillars has the bas reliefs of Donors, Cow worship Lord Shiva, Kalinga narthanar, Monkey, Bhuta Ganas, Munis, Krishna, Solar / Lunar eclipse, etc,.
HISTORY AND INSCRIPTIONS
It is claimed that the temple belongs to more than 2000 years Old, but there is no evidence to prove the same. As per the iconography of Rishabam and Chandran, the temple may belongs to 15th to 16th century and may be reconstructed during Nayakas period.
LEGENDS
It was told that this temple’s legend is associated with Epic Mahabharata. The Pancha Pandavas during their exile, they lived around this place and Beema worshipped Lord Shiva of this Temple. Hence Lord Shiva is called as Beemeshwarar. Also further told that, some of the Villages around this place are in the names of the characters of Epic Mahabharat.
POOJAS AND CELEBRATIONS
Apart from oru kala special poojas are conducted on pradosham and Maha Shivaratri days.
TEMPLE TIMINGS
Since oru kala pooja is conducted, the closing opening times are unpredictable. 9 During my Visit the temple was kept open after the Poojas around 08.00 hrs )
CONTACT DETAILS
Phone number to Check +91 9025602544 may be contacted for further details.
HOW TO REACH
This Place Valarpuram is on the Poonamallee to Thakkolam Road via Perambakkam. All the City buses will stop at Valarpuram and the Temple is about 400 meters from the bus stop.
The temple is 5.6 KM from Mannur Junction, 10.00 KM from Sriperumbudur, 14 KM from Poonamallee, 28 KM from Koyambedu and 32 KM from Chennai Central.
LOCATION OF THE TEMPLE : CLICK HERE
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