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SRI DHANDEESHWARAR, VELACHERY

SRI DHANDEESHWARAR, VELACHERY

Vedasreni Sri Dhandeeswarar

The Dhandeeswaram Temple in Velachery is very old temple, and from the inscriptions dating back to Chola dynasty, which can be found around inner sanctum wall, the temple is believed to have been built in 10th century AD during the Chola Rule.  Velachery was known as Vedashreni (meaning “Abode of Vedas”) during the Chola period.

            Dhandeeshwarar Shiva Temple located in the Velacherry area of Chennai which is a densely populated place in Chennai. The main deity of the Temple is Sri Dhandeeswarar and Ambal known as Karunambika. There are various shrines and deities who are worshipped in the temple. Other shrines are of Sri Brahma, Sri Vishnu, Sri Ganesha, Sri Murugan and Sri Durga.

             When the demon Somasura took away the sacred Vedas from Lord Brahma and threw them in the water, Lord Vishnu had come forward to recover them from the devil. As the Vedas came in contact with the demon for some period of time, its purity and sanctity was lost. Penance was performed on Lord Shiva so as to become as pure as earlier. Lord Shiva then purified the Vedas and redeemed the lost glory. The place's name- Vellacherry (Vedacherry) is kept so because the Vedas were worshipped here.Another story says that Lord Shiva had broken the Danda of Yama, the god of death who then worshipped Shiva to get his Danda back and reinstate him as the god of death. As Lord Shiva gave back his danda, he is called Dandeeshawarar.

             The deity of Sri Veerabhadra can be seen in the temple blessing the devotees in a sitting posture contrary to what is seen in other temples where he is usually standing. Another important and interesting feature of the temple is that the sun rays fall on  Dandeeshawarar on the very first day of the Tamil month of Thai (most probably falls on 14th January). Inside the temple, Swami Sannidhi's goshta wall is Devi Durga and inside the Parakarasis Goddess Lakshmi and Goddess of knowledge, Saraswathi.

On entering the temple at left side you can see Vinayakar sannadhi called as Veda Vinayaka, as he holds the sacred Veda in his hands. Owing to the reason that this is the place where Yama considered as the God of Death had got his danda back, many people come here to celebrate their 60th and 80th Birthday by organising Homas.

 










Temple Timings  ::  6am - 11am     4:30pm - 8:30pm

Location  ::  1st Ave, Karunabigai Colony,  Velachery,  Chennai

Ph No :  44-22264337

Worth visiting this temple for Sri Dhandeeswarar Blessings

Posted on 29/04/2022

S. RAMASAMY (Sriram)

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