Wednesday, September 14, 2016

Malleeswarar Temple, Karasangal, Kanchipuram

Malleeswarar Temple, Karasangal, Kanchipuram
Malleeswarar Temple is dedicated to Hindu God Shiva located in Karasangal near Chennai in Kanchipuram District of Tamilnadu. The temple is around 2 km from the Karasangal bus stop. Karasangal is in the Tambaram-Padappai route and comes after Manivakkam bus stop. The Malleeswarar Temple is dedicated to Sri Shiva as Malleeswarar and Shakti as Maragadambigai.

Brahma, Mahavishnu, Dakshinamurthy and Durga are located in the Koshtas. Shrines of Vinayaga, Muruga with his consorts Valli and Deivanai, Chandikeswara and Navagrahas are present in this Temple. Karasangal is famous for the Sivarathri celebration in the Malleeshwarar Temple during which 10,008lamps are lit inside the temple and Puja is performed for the entire night.

Karasangal is a village in the Kancheepuram District of Tamil NaduIndia. It is very close to Chennai city and is 45 km from the famous temple town of Kancheepuram and close to Vandalur and Tambaram. The transportation to this village is only through roads and all buses moving towards Padappai will cross Karasangal. The villages Manimangalam and Karasangal are famous for TV Serial shooting spots.