Vaitheeswaran Temple, Pillaipakkam, Kanchipuram
Vaitheeswaran
Temple is dedicated to Hindu God Shiva located at Pillaipakkam village in
Kanchipuram District of Tamilnadu. Presiding deity is known as Vaitheeswaran
and Mother is known as Thaiyal Nayagi.
Legends
Once,
the son of the temple’s Archagar was bitten by a snake and the Archagar put him
in front of the Lord and prayed to him. The Lord then came in the form of a cow
and licked the part of the boy which was bitten by the snake. He got cured and
thus the Lord Vaitheeswaran’s curing power came to light. The village was then
known as “Pillai Nakkiya Pakkam” and became Pillaipakkam later.
History
This
Temple is a Pallava era temple renovated later by Paranthaka Chola II (Sundara
Chola). The temple was destroyed by the invasion of Golkonda Nawab around 550
years back and renovated in 1977 by Sri Namachivaya Chettiar of this village.
The
Temple
The
temple is called as Vada Vaitheeswaran Temple. The vimanam is Gajaprashta Style.
Presiding deity is known as Vaitheeswaran and Mother is known as Thaiyal
Nayagi. Lord Dakshinamoorthy is very special here and called as Kala
Dakshinamoorthy. He is seen with Sulaayutham and Nagabaranam and so he is
considered to relieve people from Naga Dhosham. Kala Bairavar is present. As a
special feature, Chandikeshwari also present along with Chandikeswarar.
Connectivity
Pillaipakkam
is located at about 3 kms from the Bangalore highway en route Manimangalam.
