Thank you sir for reading my forward and additions.
Why the entrance tower/gate is not completed is a puzzle. The reasoning told by
many is Parantaka chola II, had to defend a war by the time, and further
construction was not done.
Unlike many other Siva temples, here the Perumal Sannithi is large, and Iyengar
priests are performing pooja. There is a perumal prasadam stall to the left of
the entrance, managed by iyengars.
Gopalakrishnan
On Sunday, 19 May, 2024 at 06:24:55 am IST, Rajaram Krishnamurthy
<keyarinc...@gmail.com> wrote:
Goo done and some more: Dhenupureeswarar got his name because he gave moksha
to acow (Sanskrit: Dhenu). Sage Kapila is said to have been reborn as a cow for
hissin of having improperly worshiped a Shiva lingam using his left hand. The
cowcontinued to worship Shiva by pouring milk on a Shiva lingam buried in
theground. The cowherd initially punished the cow for wasting the milk, but
whenthe villagers unearthed the Shiva lingam, Shiva appeared and granted
moksha(liberation) to Kapila and forgave the cowherd who had mistreated him.
Legendhas it that the king had a dream of this occurrence at this site and had
thetemple built to commemorate it.
Dhenupureeswarar's consort here is Dhenukambal. The mainbuilding of the temple,
which contains the statue of Dhenupureeswara in lingaform, faces east and his
consort faces south in a separate sanctum. The Shivalingam is Swayambhu
Lingamor self-manifested Lingam.
It is an interesting story of how the temple wasdiscovered from its ruins. One
of the Bhaktas approached Maha Periyava SriChandra Sekarendra Saraswathi
Swamigal and sought His blessings for his newlybuilt home at Selaiyur. Maha
Periyava blessed him, and told him that there isan old Shiva temple lying in
ruins at a nearby village called Mambakkam. Inthose days, even Selaiyur was a
distant suburb, and no one had heard ofMadambakkam, even in Selaiyur. The
Bhakta gathered some more men, and went in search of the temple.They cleared
the bushes near the agricultural fields, and found an astoundingtemple in Chola
architecture. They renovated it, performed Kumbabishekam, andcommenced daily
pujas. The temple is now attracting thousands of people fromnearby locations.
The temple was built between 956 and 973 CE during thereign of the Chola king,
Parantaka Chola II, father of Raja Raja Chola I, whoconstructed the famous
Brihadeeswarar Temple in Thanjavur. The main sanctum(Sanskrit: garbha griha),
like some other Chola temples in and around Chennai,is apsidal in shape
(Sanskrit: gaja prishta vimana) (also described as shapedlike the back of a
sleeping elephant), unlike most Hindu shrines, which aresquare or rectangular.
The temple is thought to have been consolidated withstones during the reign of
Kulothunga Chola Well-preserved Chola sculptures andcarved pillar bases are
present in and around both sanctums. A number of fineinscriptions and
sculptures dating to the Vijayanagara Empire are alsopreserved.The temple is
one of a number of sites that have been conserved andrestored under the
auspices of the Archaeological Survey of India. Improvementsincluded removing
the damaged thick weathering course (roof surface) of thefront mandapa and
Amman Shrine and relaying with fresh weathering course. TheASI states that the
temple has been declared a monument of national importanceunder the Ancient
Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains (amendment andvalidation) 2010
Act.
The temple is a National Monuments Authority notifiedsite upon which
construction is banned. Verses mentioning the temple from Arumainathan’s
Tirupppugazhinscribed on the temple wall. The 15th century Tamil
poetArunagirinathar's work contains a line mentioning the temple. A number
ofreligious festivals are celebrated at the temple, including Pradosha, Panguni
Uthiramand during Navratri, devotees visit to offer special pujas. {Chitra
Madhavan (26 September 2003)."Ancient Chola temple at Madambakkam". The Hindu.
Archived from theoriginal on 6 December 2003. J. V. Siva Prasanna Kumar (3
August 2012)."1,000-year-old Chola legacy draws devotees". The Asian Age.
Rohini Ramakrishnan (22 June 2010)."Walking through history". The Hindu.
Retrieved 24 July 2014. T.Ramakrishnan (2 October 2001). "Restoring past
glory".} K Rajaram IRS 19524
On Sat, 18 May 2024 at 19:24, 'gopala krishnan' via iyer123
<iyer...@googlegroups.com> wrote:
SriDhenupureeswarar Madambakkam-FORWARD
Dear friends,
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One of my junior Engineers while working at Namakkal came to visit me when he
came to Trivandrum for a training to my residence quarters.
It was a wonder to see him after many years, in 2002. He was working at
Chennai at that time.
After preliminary talks and coffee etc, when he was about to leave, my wife
desired to search for a plot near him, since we like to settle in Chennai after
my retirement.
He took it very serious and found eight plots and called me to find out a
suitable one among them. So we came to Chennai, selected a plot in Madampakkam
and purchased with in a fortnight.
After two years (after retirement) I constructed my home. I came to know the
famous Madampakkam Siva temple is close to me, and visited at the earliest
time. It is about 1.5 KM from my residence.
The temple is under archeological survey of India.
Gopalakrishnan 19-5-24.
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1 Introduction
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Madambakkam is well known for two importanttemples. One is the Sri
Dhenupureeswarar temple, an ancient temple built duringthe Chola period, where
one could find a Shivalinga (Swayambu) worshiped bySage Kapila, while he was in
the form of a cow. Sage Kapila is said to have gotmoksha in this place.
Another very interesting temple is the temple builtfor 18 siddhars and Sri
Seshadri Swamigal built by one of his followers, a veryvibrant and peaceful
place.
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2 Sri Dhenupureeswarar Temple:
The temple is in the suburbs ofChennai, nearly 10 kms from East Tambaram, in
the Tambaram Vellachery road. Actually2.5 KM from Rajakilpakkam signal towards
right.
It is an astounding templeconstructed as a staggering proof of Chola
architecture built during the 900 ADby Parantaka Chola.
The Presiding deity as always isLord Shiva and He derived His name Sri
Dhenupureeswarar as He had given mokshato a cow (Dhenu in Sanskrit), Sage
Kapila was in the form of a cow.
3 Legend related to thetemple:
The legend relating to the templeis quite interesting.
Once King Sagara performedAshwameda Yaga, for which he set loose his
horse.(Ancestor of king Bhageeratha) His army and 60,000sons followed the same.
Whichever kingdom the horse entered, the king rulingthat kingdom should either
fight or yield his kingdom.
Seeing the victorious King Sagara,Lord Sri Indra grew jealous and tied the
horse to Sage Kapila's ashram.
Sage Kapila, on seeing that thearmy of King Sagara, started waging a war
against him, became furious and burntall the sons of King Sagara. Later on, he
realized his mistake and meditated onLord Sri Shiva by holding the Shivalinga
in his left hand. Since it is a sin tohold Shivalinga in the left hand he was
cursed to be born as a cow.
4 Sage Kapila attainsmoksha:
Sage Kapila was now born as a cowin Madampakkam. He continued performing pooja
to Lord Sri Shiva by showeringall his milk on a small bush.
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One cowherd seeing that all hismilk was getting wasted daily at a particular
place, grew wild withrage and started hitting the udder of the cow. The cow
jumpedoff that place because of pain and revealed the Shivalinga buried
beneaththe bush.
A part of the Shivalinga was chiselled off whilethe cow jumped off in pain. The
Shivalinga, thus found is LordSri Dhenupureeswarar, a Swayambu (Self
Manifested) linga and the cuton the top is visible even today during
Abhishegam. Lord Sri Shivaappeared before them and gave moksha to Sage Kapila.
5 Constrction of temple
Later on, Parantaka Chola,who had a vision of this temple, built the temple
after finding the Shivalingain the temple tank. The temple tank is huge and is
calledKapila Theertham.
My note- The temple tank is now medium only, fully renovated andfenced. It has
more depth. ( Opposite to Tambaram corporation Madampakkam division office)
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Goddess Sri Dhenukambal isthe consort of Lord Sri Dhenupureeswarar in this
temple. Thesculptures are exquisite and mind bloggling.
6 Sarabeswarar
There is a sculpture ofSarabeswarar on the pillar near the entrance. It is
considered auspicious toperform puja to Sarabeswarar during Rahu Kalam on
Sundays (4:30 to 6 pm).
Sarabeshwarar Pooja on SundayRaghu kaalam is a much famous here. There will be
big crowd on sundays in thistemple. People from different areas reach here for
this pooja
My note- It is a very thrillingexperience to attend pooja conducted under
playing of drums with mantrasrecited in tune(samavedic reciting)
7 Saint Arunagirinathar
Saint Arunagirinather has sung a Tiruppugazh based on this temple.
8. Deities
All Gods have sanctum here. Siva,Ambal, Anjaneyar, pillaiyar , Perumal,
Murugan, Durgai, Sarabeshwarar and navagrahas.
9General
Dhenupureeswarar temple is an oldSiva temple located at Madambakkam, East
Tambaram. You have bus facilities,auto & share auto from EastTambaram.. Lot of
God statues are found in the pillars of this temple. Vannimarathadi pillaiyar
is also in this temple.
All the festivals are wellcelebrated in this temple. Have a big theppam nearby
they used to conducttheppa thiruvizha also. Big ther(car) is also there.
Chariot festival is also celebrated here.
Auto stand and car parkingfacility is there. All pooja items are available near
the temple now.
Kumbabishegam was conducted in this temple in the month of April2022. It is a
big puzzle the entrance tower work is not fully completed.
10Temple Timings:
Temple is open between 6 am to 12 noonin the mornings and 5 pm to 8:30 pm in
the evenings.
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