Agastheeshwarar Temple, Nathanallur, Kanchipuram
Agastheeshwarar
Temple is an ancient Shiva temple is located in a small, beautiful village
Nathanallur. Nathanallur is at a distance of 6 kms from its main town
Walajabad in Kanchipuram district. The original name of this village was
nallur.
The
great poet Nathathanar, Composer of Sirupanatrupadai was born in this village
and hence the village is named as Nathanallur. The name of the main deity
is lord Agastheeshwarar. One can see Vinayaka, Ambal, Murugan and
Navagraha newly installed (Noodhana Pradistai).
One kala
Pooja is performed every day. The villagers gather periodically and
conduct bhajans regularly. Other festivals like Pradoshams, Shivarathri,
Annabishekam and Karthigai deepam are also celebrated here.
At
present the villagers are trying to perform Kumbabishekam for this temple.
There is a temple tank nearby. The ruined temple was constructed during the
period of Sanga Pulavar Nathathanar lived.
Connectivity
Nathanallur
is a small village in Walajabad
taluk, Kanchipuram district, Tamilnadu, India. Tamil Nadu state highway 48 is passing through
Nathanallur village. Nathanallur is 5.5 kilometres (3.4 mi) distance from
its Walajabad town, 20.9 kilometres (13.0 mi) distance from
its district main city Kanchipuram and 67.1 kilometres (41.7 mi) distance
from its state main city Chennai.
This
Village is located very near to Walajabad Town. There is no specific public
transport for Nathanallur. But people will get the public bus on junction
(Nathanallur Koot road) at SH 48 where route 79 and 579A buses are available at
every 10 minutes interval. Walajabad is the only nearby railway station for
local Trains.
