01st December 2019.
The Visit to this temple was a part of Pallava and Chozha Period Temples scheduled on 01st December 2019. We had a tough journey throughout the day due to rain. After our Visit to Ayapakkam, Pallava period Sri Shenbakeswarar Temple, had been to this temple.
Moolavar : Sri Kailasanathar
Consort : Sri Kanakambigai
Some of the salient features of this temple are...
The temple is on a rocky island of the river Palar. A Bridge was constructed to reach the temple. A Dakshinamurthy sannadhi is on the right side of the bridge end. The temple is facing east with Balipedam, Dwajasthambam. A Lion pillar and Nitupathungan inscription stone are kept at the entrance of sanctum sanctorum. In koshtam Vinayagar, Dakshinamurthy, Mahavishnu, Brahma and Durgai. In the prakaram Sandikeswarar, Vinayagar, Navagrahas, Bhairavar and Valli Devasena Subramaniyar.
The sanctum sanctorum consists of sanctum, antarala and arthamandapam. Vinayagar is on the left and Subramaniyar Nagars are at the entrance of Sanctum in the arthamandapam. Ambal sannadhi is in arthamandapam facing south.
HISTORY & INSCRIPTION
An inscription slab stone is installed on the right side entrance of the sanctum sanctorum. As per the inscription the temple was built during Pallava King Nirupathungan ( 869 – 880 AD ). The temple was constructed on a rocky surface. The original temple was completely renovated and no trace of antiquity is found out side. Only the mandapa pillars reminds the temple as old. The temple was called as Saileswaram
No. 68.
(A. R. No. 258 of 1912).
Paramsvaramangalam, Madurantakam Taluk, Chingleput District.
On a slab near the Ganesa image outside the Kailasanatha temple.
This inscription records that a Brahman
lady Devachchani, wife of Dandiyankilar Pandiya-Kramavittar set up the image of
Ganapati-Bhatara in the temple of Sailesvaram at Paramesvaraman[ga]lam,
constructed a shrine for it and endowed 40 kadi of paddy for twilight lamps and
worship to the deity.
The
record is dated simply in the 15th year, but the king’s name is not mentioned.
Since the other face of the slab contains an inscription of Nripatunga, dated
in his 16th year[12] which closely
resembles the present inscription in it’s writing, this epigraph also may be
assigned to the reign of the same king.
No. 69.
(A. R. No. 257 of 1912).
On the backside of the same wall.
This record states that,
in the 16th year of Nripatungavarman, the committee (ganapperumakkal) of the
temple called Sailesvaram agreed to provide offerings during the mid-day
service of the god Mahadeva at Sailesvaram in Paramesvaramangalam in lieu of the
interest of 11 kalanju of gold received by them from Nandi-Niraimati, son of
Maramadakki-Vilupperaraiyar of Mannaikudi.
Udayachandra, the general
of the Pallava king Nandivarman Pallavamalla claims to have defeated a Pandya
king at Mannaikkudi[13] and
if ‘Mannaikudi Maramadakki’ is taken as an epithet of Viupperaraiyar in the
sense of ‘he who humbled the pride (of the enemy) at Mannaikkudi’, it may be
presumed that one of the ancestors of Vilupperaraiyar had taken some part in
the Pallava campaigns. But as there are villages actually known by the names of
Mannakkudi and Maramadakki in the Arantangi taluk of the Tanjore district, it
is also possible that the native village and hamlet of this Vilupperaraiyar are
simply mentioned in this inscription (i.e.,) Vilupperaraiyar of Maramadakki
near Mannaikkudi.
LEGEND
As per the legend, the Ayapakkam Sri Shenbakeswarar came to this place and hid on a small hill in the middle of the river Palar. Parvati came in search of him. She climbed the hill with her knees. Lord Shiva and Parvati stayed here as Sri Kailasanathar and Kanakambigai. The depression markings on the rock is believed to be Parvati’s knee marks. The Shenbakeswarar Temple Nandhi is facing this Sri Kailasanathar temple and waiting for Lord Shiva’s arrival to that temple.
TEMPLE TIMINGS:
The temple will be opened at 08.30 hrs and 16.30 hrs and will be closed after the pooja.
CONTACT DETAILS.
The mobile numbers 9789056615, 9786058325, 9843916069 and 9952951142 may be contacted for further details.
HOW TO REACH:
The temple is on the island of Palar at Vasavasamudram.
The temple is 12.4 KM from Kalpakkam, 24.7 KM from Tirukazhukundram, 40 KM from Chengalpattu and 85 KM from Chennai.
Buses are available from Chennai and Chengalpattu up to Kalpakkam from there autos are available.
LOCATION: CLICK HERE
believed to be of Ma Parvati's knee markings
A Pallava Lion pillar
Nirupathungan inscription
---OM SHIVAYA NAMA---
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