Suryeswarar Temple,
Kanchipuram
Suryeswarar Temple is a Hindu Temple dedicated to Lord Shiva located in Kanchipuram City in Kanchipuram District of Tamil Nadu. Presiding Deity is called as Suryeswarar and Mother is called as Kamakshi. The temple is situated in Dhamalvar Street in Periya Kanchipuram.
Legends
As per legend, Lord Surya
worshipped Lord Shiva at this temple. Hence, Lord Shiva came to be called as
Suryeswarar.
The
Temple
This Temple is facing
towards east with an entrance arch. The entrance arch has stucco images of Lord
Shiva and Parvathy flanked by Nandis. Nandi and Balipeedam can be found facing
towards the sanctum. The sanctum sanctorum consists of sanctum and ardha mandapam.
Sub shrines of Vinayaga and Murugan with consorts Valli & Devasena can be
seen at the entrance of the ardha mandapam on either side.
Presiding Deity is called
as Suryeswarar and is facing east. He is housed in the
sanctum in the form of Lingam. As in other temples in Kanchipuram, there
is no separate shrine of Parvathi as it is believed that Kamakshi of
Kanchipuram is the common Parvathi
shrine for all Shiva temples. Sundara Vinayagar can be seen on the left side of
the entrance arch.
Connectivity
For brief details, please refer below link;
https://tamilnadu-favtourism.blogspot.com/2021/11/suryeswarar-temple-kanchipuram-connectivity.html
