Vazhakkuraitheeswar Temple, Adissonpettai, Kanchipuram
Vazhakkuraitheeswar
Temple is dedicated to Lord Shiva and located in Adissonpettai in Kanchipuram. Lord Shiva is said to free people from court
cases and litigations. On every Monday, we can see lot of lawyers visiting the
temple. In ancient days, Legal cases were not taken to the king’s court,
instead brought to this temple. Shiva of this temple solves all the problems
placed in front of him. Still people approach the Vazhakkuraitheeswar with
cases to solve their problems.
The
temple attained significance when Vasanthi Stanly, a Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam party functionary prayed for Kanimozhi (the daughter of ex-chief minister of Tamil
Nadu, Karunanidhi and accused in 2G spectrum case), offered special
worship to relieve her of trial of 2G
spectrum scam.
This
temple is located right inside Kanchipuram and is one of the sacred Shiva
temples in the town. There is a much more ancient Parasareshwarar Shiva linga
inside the temple but this has become very famous. Even though its small
temple, pilgrims visit it in large numbers on Mondays/Thursdays. Various kinds
of lamps are lit - some with Ghee, some with Oil, some with different kind of
wigs made of lotus stem etc. with prayers to the lord to resolve their legal
problems.
