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October 12, 2004
"Ardhanareeswarar" Temple at Nanganallur
In the 1960s, the Paramacharya of Kanchi Kamakoti Peetam discovered a old temple when he was performing a morning puja at an abandoned temple tank in the area.
He also spotted an ancient Lingam in the tank and named it "Ardhanareeswarar". He directed some of his bhatas to place the lingam on the banks of the temple tank and asked them to perform pujas on a regular basis. The devotees fulfilled his wish immediately and retrieved the lingam and installed it in a makeshift thatched shed on the banks of the tank on the Fourth Main Road in Nanganallur. Soon a small shrine was constructed according to the stipulations of the Agama and the parivara devatas were put up around the sanctum sanctorum. A life-size idol of Sri Ashtabhuja Shanthi Durga, similar to the one in the ancient Pattiswaram temple in Thanjavur district, was installed in a separate shrine. Regular pujas were conducted after consecrating the idols. It is believed that the deities fulfil people's wishes and hence the temple is crowded most of the time. The Kumbaabhezam of the temple was recently done in the month of March 2004 which was well attended by the devotees at large and also graced by Sri Sankarachariyas of Kanchi.
Posted by Vasanth at October 12, 2004 04:28 PM