Marundeeswarar temple, Thiruvanmiyur, Chennai

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). 

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.

http://www.marundeeswarartemple.tnhrce.in/