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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