திருவான்மியூர் மருந்தீஸ்வரர் கோயில்
Here is my travelogue on my visit to one of the popular temple of Chennai. Sunday
Morning started well as planned. Started off from home around 7 30 AM and took
the MTC bus to Thiruvanmiyur. After 25 minutes drive in the less traffic road
(being Sunday morning), reached temple by 8 AM. The temple is at walk-able
distance from the Thiruvanmiyur Bus depot (Must have been less than 4 minutes walk).
As
you walk towards the temple, which you can see walking few steps out of the
depot, on the middle of the Road (The East cost road- ECR begins here)you can
see a temple for the sage Valmiki. We crossed the road here and to our left was
the beautiful temple of Marundeeswarar.
The
Gigantic Kodi Maram invites us with the holes on the walls showing the Lord
Shiva himself as Marundeeswarar. After saluting the lord performing Namaskaram
we walked around the Sanctum. To our left was the sthalavruksham (Vanni Maram).
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| Sthala Vruksham- Vanni Maram |
Walking further, we can see the another entrance to the temple, quite a big one where the
Goddess Parvathi named as Thiripurasundari stands gorgeously to the right. In front of the entrance are God Vinayakar and his brother Murugan having separate sannithis.
There is also a separate sannithi in the left side for 3 Vinayakars. You can
also witness office rooms, Veda pada salai and Gosalai (place for the cows)
completing the Praharam.
After
you have darshan of the brothers, you can enter the Thyagarajar Mandapam.
Turning right is the sanctum of the God Marundeeswarar. Like all temples, you have a spacious sannadhi
with all upa devathas, Durgai, Dakshina Moorthy, Aruvathi moovar, Kala
Bhairavar, 108 Lingas, Uthsavar, Somasktandar, Natarajar within the premises.
The
Sannathi of Goddess thripurasundari have a sannathi (Palli Arai) to her right.
The Abhiramai Anthadhi is displayed on the walls of the Ambal Sannathi. There
are photographs of Thirumeeyachur Lalithambal, Maha periwal, Thiripurasundarai
Ambal in the premisis. The utsava Ambal
is called Sukravara Amman, who rides the Golden Chariot every Friday on the
temple. There is a small pond within the temple and a Huge one outside of the
temple. The temple is being well maintained.
The
History of the temple is well known. Few basic things I gathered are as below.
Lord Marundeeswarar is called so because the Lord
himself taught sage Agastya about some magical medicine. Since then the
Marundeeswarar temple has been a place of worship for people with diseases and
various problems with their health. The God here is also called Paalvana
Nathar. Purana says that Kamadhenu, the cow of
eternal prosperity offered milk and showered the Linga.
It
is believed that sage The Sage
Valmiki, who wrote The Ramayana, came here to The Marundeeswarar temple to
worship The Lord.Reminding that is the sannathi for him in middle of the ECR
Road.
For
more details on the temple, please refer the official site below. You can also
check the upcoming events and gallery with more photographs.