Jambugeswarar Temple, Sembakkam, Kanchipuram
Jambukeswarar
Temple is dedicated to Hindu God Shiva located at Sembakkam Village in
Kanchipuram District of Tamilnadu. Presiding Deity is called as Jambukeswarar
and Mother is called as Azhagambigai. Sembakkam village is situated about
45 kms from Chennai. It lies on the road connecting Thiruporur (OMR) and
Chengalpattu and at about 7 kms while going from Thiruporur. There is an arch
on the left side of the road, indicating the direction to the temple. The
temple is about 1 km from the main road.
It is an
ideal environment for a peaceful worship. It is believed that doing Kundalini
Yoga and other yoga/meditations under the big and beautiful Sthala vruksha tree
here will give a spiritual uplift since Siddhars lived here and they are still
visiting the place to do pooja during midnights. It is considered as the Temple
of Water God and called Vada Thiruvanaikka in relation to Then Thiruvanaikka
near Srirangam, Trichy.
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Contact
Jambukeswarar
Temple
122,
Sembakkam, Chengalpet taluk,
Chennai-Thiruporur-Chengalpet
route
Kancheepuram
district - 603 108
Phone: 044 27400117
Connectivity
Jambukeswarar
Temple is located in Sembakkam, Chennai suburb. Sembakkam is around 7 kms
from Thiruporur bus terminus on the Thiruporur – Chengalpattu road. Private and
government buses ply on this road between Thiruporur and Chengalpattu. The
temple is located at 43 kms from Chennai (Adayar) in Thiruporur - Chengalpet/
Guduvancheri route, southwest of Thiruporur at 7 kms from Thiruporur and 20 kms
from Chengalpet.
If you
go from Adayar/Thiruvanmiyur, you have to take the Old Mahabalipuram Road or
the now called Rajiv Gandhi Road or the IT Highway and go via Sholinganallur,
Siruseri and Kelambakkam to Thiruporur and after the Thiruporur Murugan temple
and the Bus stand, you have to take the road at right (west) towards
Chengalpet/ Guduvancheri. There is an arch in the main road from where the
temple is about a km inside.
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