Purasawalkam Gangadeeswarar Temple
Purasawalkam Gangadeeswarar Temple is a Shiva Temple situated in Purasawalkam neighbourhood of Chennai district in Tamil Nadu state in the peninsular India.[2] It is a five-tiered temple. The main deity of this temple is Gangadeeswarar and deity goddess is Pankajambal.[3] This temple is maintained under the control of Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments Department, Government of Tamil Nadu.[4] This temple is considered to have the same glory as Kashi Vishwanath Temple.[5][6] This is the shrine of the 108th Shiv Lingam consecrated by Bhagirathan, a descendant of Sagaran of the Raghu dynasty. The temple was built, renovated and repaired by Kulothunga Chola II.[7]
Gangadeeswarar temple is located at an altitude of about 53 m above the mean sea level with the geographical coordinates of 13°05′05″N 80°15′16″E / 13.084645°N 80.254325°E / 13.084645; 80.254325.
Theppa Utsavam is usually held for 3 days on the occasion of Thai Poosa festival every year in the Pond (Theppakulam) in this very ancient temple. A canal has also been constructed to bring water to this temple pond.
Rain water harvesting is done on the roads around the temple and to make rain water connections to store the rain water from them in the temple tank and to filter in them to store clean water. Under the 'Singhara Chennai 2.0' project, an action has been taken by the Chennai Metro Water, Sewage and Sewerage Works department.[8][9]
Sathya Narayana Perumal, Brahma, Banalingam, Nandi, Dakshinamurthy, Oontreeswarar, Vaitheeswarar, Kurunthamalleeswarar, Kashi Vishwanath, Chandikeswarar, Somaskandar, Durga, Mahaganapathy, Uchchishta Ganapathy with consort Siddhi, Shanmugar, Subramaniar with consorts Valli and Deivana, Sun, Moon, Navagrahas, Thirunavukkarasar, Sambandar, Sundarar, Manikkavasakar, Nagar, Bhagirathan, Sekkillhar, Kulachirainayanar, 63 nayanmars and Bhairava are the other deities in this temple to bless the devotees.
See also
References
- ^ "கங்காதீஸ்வரர் கோவிலில் பக்தர்கள் பாலாபிஷேகம்". Dinamalar (in Tamil). Retrieved 1 September 2023.
- ^ "Gangadeeswarar Temple – Hindu Temple Timings, History, Location, Deity, shlokas". Retrieved 1 September 2023.
- ^ "Gangadareeswarar Purasawalkam". Million Gods. Retrieved 1 September 2023.
- ^ "Arulmigu Gangadeeswarar Temple, Purasawalkam, Chennai - 600084, Chennai District [TM000232].,". hrce.tn.gov.in. Retrieved 1 September 2023.
- ^ Vikatan Correspondent (28 October 2014). "காசிக்கு நிகரான கங்காதீஸ்வரர் திருத்தலம்!". Vikatan (in Tamil). Retrieved 1 September 2023.
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has generic name (help) - ^ "காசிக்கு நிகரான சென்னை புரசைவாக்கம் கங்காதீஸ்வரர் கோவில்". Samayam Tamil (in Tamil). Retrieved 1 September 2023.
- ^ Aaditya Anand M (19 July 2019). "Shiva temple at Purasawalkam was built by Kulothunga Chola". News Today. Retrieved 1 September 2023.
- ^ "புரசை கங்காதீஸ்வரர் கோயில் குளம் சீரமைப்பு பணி: அமைச்சர்கள் தொடங்கி வைத்தனர்". Hindu Tamil Thisai (in Tamil). 27 April 2022. Retrieved 1 September 2023.
- ^ மாலை மலர் (26 April 2022). "சிங்கார சென்னை திட்டத்தில் கங்காதீஸ்வரர் கோவில் குளம் சீரமைக்கப்படுகிறது". www.maalaimalar.com (in Tamil). Retrieved 1 September 2023.
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