Vaitheeswarar Temple, Madayampakkam, Kanchipuram
Vaitheeswarar
Temple is dedicated to Hindu God Shiva located at Madayampakkam Village in
Kanchipuram District. The Temple was built by Pallava Kings. The Pallava kings,
who were ardent devotees of Lord Siva have built many large temples, some of
them cave temples. But because of flow of time and negligence many of them are
now ruined and dilapidated. One such temple is at Madayampakkam village. The
small village is situated about 30 Kms from Mathuranthagam.
The ruin
is not only showing in the temple but the Lord of the shrine, Sri Vaitheeswarar
himself is in a pitiable state. The siva linga is in pieces. Some good hearted
people have taken efforts and taken the Siva Linga to a separate Mandapam.
Pallava kings have built 108 siva temples in the region. This is one of them.
Dakshinamurthy, Suriya, Ganapathy, Murugan, Bhairavar and Nandhi are some of
the idols that remain intact still. The temple has a sacred pond. To reach here
one has to get down at Seekanankuppam bus stop on Chennai Pondy ECR road. Share
Auto is also available from seyyur, a small town on ECR road.
Contact Details: 9952671878, 9994291878 & 8754208371