Wednesday, July 24, 2019

Ardhanareeswarar & Ashtabuja Durgai Temples, Nanganallur, Chennai

Ardhanareeswarar & Ashtabuja Durgai Temples, Nanganallur, Chennai
Ardhanareeswarar Temple is a Hindu Temple dedicated to Lord Shiva located at Nanganallur, a well-known locality in Chennai City in Tamil Nadu. Presiding Deity is called as Arthanareeswarar / Jalakandeswarar and Mother is called as Arthanareeswari / Tripura Sundari. This is a unique Shiva temple with a life size Durga statue in a separate Shrine. This temple is also considered as Kethu Sthalam.




History
In the 1960s, the Paramacharya of Kanchi Kamakoti Peetam discovered this ancient temple when he was performing a morning puja at the abandoned temple tank here. He spotted an ancient Lingam in the tank as Ardhanareeswarar. Since then the temple was functioning in thatched sheds and consecration took place in March 2004.




The Temple
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Temple Opening Time
The temple remains open from 06.15 AM to 10.30 AM and 05.00 PM to 09.00 PM.
Festivals
Maha Shivaratri Navagraha Homam, Pradosham, Pushpanjali, Sumangali Puja, Vasantha Navaratri, Agni Pradhishta on all propitious days, Navaratri, Vijayadasami Chandi Homam, Thiru Karthikai, Margazhi Utsavam, Panguni Uthiram, Arudra Dharisanam, Aippasi Annabishekam, Anusha Puja (birth star of Mahaperiyava) and Mahaperiyava Jayanthi Utsavam are the festivals celebrated here.
Connectivity
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Location

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