Parthasarathy Temple, Triplicane, Chennai
Parthasarathy Temple is a Hindu Temple dedicated to Lord
Vishnu located at Triplicane in Chennai City in Tamilnadu. The Temple is
an 8th-century Hindu Vaishnavite temple dedicated to the god Krishna. The temple is glorified in the Divya
Prabandha, the early medieval Tamil
literature canon of the Alvar saints from the 6th–9th centuries CE and is
classified as among the 108 Divya Desams dedicated to Vishnu. This temple is 61st Divya Desam in 108 Vaishnava Divya Desams. The name 'Parthasarathy', in Sanskrit, means the 'charioteer of Arjuna', referring to Krishna's role as a charioteer to Arjuna
in the epic Mahabharata.
The temple is one of the oldest structures in Chennai. It was originally built by the Pallavas in the 8th century by king Narasimha
Varman I. The temple has icons of five
forms of Vishnu: Narasimha, Rama, Gajendra
Varadaraja, Ranganatha and Krishna. The temple subscribes to Vaikhanasa agama and
follows Thenkalai tradition.
There are separate entrances for the Krishna and Narasimha temples. The gopuram (towers) and mandapas (pillars) are decorated with
elaborate carvings, a standard feature of South Indian Temple Architecture. Swami Vivekananda, Maths genius Ramanujam, politician
Sathyamurthy had worshipped Lord Parthasarathy.
The Parthasarathy Swamy temple in Tiruvallikeni is the
only Divya Desam among the 108 strictly within Chennai city limits. The other
two Divya Desams close to Chennai are the Nithyakalyana Perumal temple in Thiruvidandai and the Ranganatha Swami temple in Thiruneermalai (both in Kanchipuram
District). Steeped in mythologies and eulogized by the Azhwars in their sacred
hymns in Tamil glorified as Divya Prabhandham the Parthasarathy temple at Tiruvallikeni
or Triplicane, as the Britishers called it, happens to be the oldest temple in
the city.
The existence of the Tiruvallikeni village is seen in
records dating back to the Pallava period and earlier. One of the
distinguishing features of Parthasarathy Temple is that it has representations
of four incarnations or avatars of Vishnu: Narasimha, Rama, Varaha and Krishna.
It also has letters written to the deity by Swami Vivekananda from the USA as
he wanted to share his achievements with someone about spreading the message of
Hinduism in the World Parliament of Religions that was held in Chicago on
September 11, 1893. He chose Parthasarathy.
Legends
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History
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The
Temple
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Inscriptions
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Temple
Opening Time
The temple remains open from 6.00 a.m. to 12.00 a.m. and
from 4.00 p.m. and 9.00 p.m.
Pooja
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Literary
Mention
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Contact
Parthasarathy Temple,
Tiruvallikeni, Chennai – 600 005
Phone: +91 44 2844 2462
/ 2844 2449
Fax: +91 44 28447042
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