Tuesday 8 August 2017

Sri Dilli Paalaachi Amman and Sri Thaanimarathu Muniswarar Temple / Muneeswaran Temple, Kovilanchery, Chennai, Tamil Nadu- A Heritage Walk.

Sri  Thaanimaraththu  Muniswarar  is in the premises of Sri Dilli Paalaachi Amman Temple, a village deity of Kovilanchery near Tambaram and Medavakkam. Sri Thaanimaraththu Muniswarar is  51 feet tall and  one of the tallest  stucco statues available in & around Chennai and sitting under open to Sky. ( Nandambakkam Muneeswarar is 48 feet ). Near to this there is a small Karuppanasamy installed on the banks of the temple tank.

One day Sri Thaanimaraththu Muneeswaran  came in the dream of  Sri V.  Vinayagam Swamikal one of the devotee,  to install a tall statue for him. With the public contribution Sri V.  Vinayagam Swamikal installed this statue of 51 feet high and painted with light green colour in the year 2014 AD. Sri Thaanimaraththu Muneeswaran is in sitting posture on a pedestal with his right leg resting on a demon. The pedestal has the image of Arjuna with a chariot and horse. In addition to this the seven forms of Muneeswarar, Ganesha, Amman sitting on a lion & Subramaniyar, female goddess, are found around the pedestal. Elephants, Horses, Nandhis, Swans are also found in the pedestal.

He is holding a sickle in his right and a mace in the left. He looks ferocious & eyes wide open with a big mustache. The images of Ganesha, Shiva, Vishnu and Brahma on all four sides of his crown.  In his ornament images of Sakthi Amman ( may be Dilli Paalaachi Amman ), Hanuman and Gajalakshmi. At the base of the Pedestal a Shiva Linga with Muneeswarar face with Nandhi. It is believed that Shiva Linga is Sri Thaanimaraththu Muneeswarar. 

HOW TO REACH:
Kovilanchery is about 5 KM distance from Medavakkam and 15 KM from Tambaram.
From Medavakkam to Mambakkam via Pomar bus get down at Kovilanchery and the temple is about a KM distance off the main road.

LOCATION:CLICK HERE




 Sri Karuppannaswami







 Sri Dilli Paalaachi Amman temple 
 The team of heritage enthusiasts

---OM SHIVAYA NAMA---

6 comments:

  1. I am ganesan s/o V.e.ramamoorthy want to know about this & address

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    1. The Link to the google map is given Sir You can click and go.. There is no office or bog temple. .. it is open to sky and you can visit any time...

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  2. Pls send palachiamman kovil address

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    1. Sorry Sir the link of the google map is give, but I do not have address

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  3. Hello your content is sharing great information.Nice post. Thanks for share us..
    Regards,
    Oneday Trip around Chennai

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