Thiru Mukkoodal Appan Venkatesa Perumal Temple,
Kanchipuram
Appan
Venkatesa Perumal Temple is dedicated to Hindu God Vishnu located at Thiru
Mukkoodal Village in Kanchipuram District of Tamilnadu. The temple is
beautifully located on the banks of the river giving a scenic view. The
compound of the temple is just on the shore of the river is a wonderful site to
see. Lakshmi
Narasimhar temple is located in Pazhaya Seevaram on one side of the river and Appan Prasanna
Venkatesa Perumal temple on the other bank of the river. This temple is said to
be 1200 years old, as the oldest inscription found in this temple belongs to
9th Century.
This
temple is said to have built by a king ruling Thondai Mandalam (with capital as
Kanchipuram), by name Raja Thondaiman Chakravarthy. Appar Thirunavukarasar
has sung praise of the Lord. Hence, this is also referred to as the ‘Appar’
koil. Thiru Mukkoodal got its name as three rivers Palar (Ksheera Nadhi),
Vegavathi (Saraswathi) and Cheyyar (Bahu Nadhi) merge together at this place.
This place is called Triveni Sangamam and is considered equivalent to Ganges.
Taking bath here is considered as holy as bathing in Prayag.
This is
an ASI maintained temple and once this village was flourishing with Vedic
College, Ayurvedic hospital and hostels. Appan Venkatesa Perumal is standing on
an (Shiva linga) Avudaiyar which is very rare to see. Lord changed his original
Sayana Kolam to provide darshan to Thondaiman Chakravarthy in a standing
posture. Tirupathi Lord sent his Original Conch and Chakra, to the king, which
is now seen here at this temple.
Varadar
makes his annual trip to Thiru Mukkoodal on Maatu Pongal day. The Temple is located
at about 70kms South of Madras, off the Chengalpet-Kanchipuram SH58 at the
confluence of three rivers – Palar, Vegavathi and Cheyyar. The temple is one km
South of Pazhaya Seevaram Narasimha temple on the Salavakkam Highway.
Legends
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brief details, please refer below link;
The
Temple
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brief details, please refer below link;
Inscriptions
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Temple Opening
Time
The
Temple will be open from 8.30 am – 11 am and 4 pm – 6 pm. On Thiruvonam day
every month, the temple will be open between 8 am – 1 pm and 3 pm – 7 pm. On
Saturdays and Sundays the temple is open from 08.30 am till 1 pm and from 3 pm
till 7 pm.
Festivals
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brief details, please refer below link;
Contact
Appan
Venkatesa Perumal Temple
Thiru
Mukkoodal,
Kanchipuram
District
Mobile: +91 – 94437 78352
Connectivity
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brief details, please refer below link;
http://tamilnadu-favtourism.blogspot.com/2016/12/thiru-mukkoodal-appan-venkatesa-perumal_23.html
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