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Agastheeswarar Temple, Villivakkam, Chennai

Agastheeswarar Temple, Villivakkam, Chennai (அகஸ்தீஸ்வரர் சுவாமி)

Location:

The Agastheeswarar Temple is located in Sivan Koil Street, Villivakkam, Chennai. The temple is around 1 km from the Villivakkam bus terminus.

Description:

The Agastheeswarar Temple is dedicated to Sri Shiva as Agastheeswarar Swamyand Divine Mother Shakti asSwarnambikai.

Shrines and Deities:

Main Shrines:

• Sri Shiva as Agastheeswarar Swamy(அகஸ்தீஸ்வரர் சுவாமி)
• Devi as Swarnambikai(சொர்ணாம்பிகை)

Sri Brahma:

• Sri Brahma

Sri Vishnu:

• Sri Maha Vishnu

Sri Shiva:

• Sri Dakshinamurthy
• Sri Somaskandar (சொமாஸ்கந்தர்)
• Sri Natarajar

Devi:

• Devi Kamakshi Amman (காமாக்ஷி அம்மன்) (picture)
• Devi Karumari Amman (கருமாரி அம்மன்) (picture)
• Sri Durgai Amman

Sri Ganesha:

• Sri Ganapati

Sri Murugan:

• Sri Valli Subramaniar Deivanai

Sri Ayyappan:

• Sri Ayyapar (ஐயப்பர்) (picture)

Others:

• Nayanmars
• Sri Chandikeswar
• Sri Adi Shankara
• Sri Suriyan
• Navagrahas
• Snake Gods

Agastheeswarar Temple, Kolathur, Chennai, South India.

Kolathur is a little known residential area of Chennai city in South India. Only few would know that there is an ancient temple for Lord Shiva located in this area. Lord Shiva is named as Agastheeswarar in this temple. It is believed that the Shiv Linga in this temple was orginally installed by the sage Agastya. This little but ancient temple of Agastheeswarar is located opposite to Ganga Theatre in Kolathur area of Chennai city. This temple doesn’t have a tower. Instead, the idols of Agastya rishi worshipping Shiv Linga is depicted in the place
of tower.

The main shrine has the small Linga. The Goddess of the temple Akilandeswari is found in a separate shrine. Both the shrines face the eastern direction. There is no flag staff or bali peeth in this temple. However, there is a small Nandi idol facing the main shrine.

The small prakara (corridor) of the temple has the shrines of Ganesha and Muruga with Valli and Devasena. The wall surrounding the main shrine has the images of Ganesha, Dakshinamurthy, Lingotbava, Brahma, Durga and Chandikeswarar.

Happy travelling.

Agastheeswarar Temple, Nungambakkam, Chennai

Agastheeswarar Temple, Nungambakkam, Chennai (அகத்தீஸ்வரர்)

Location:

The Agastheeswarar Temple is located near the police station in Valluvarkottam High Road, Nungambakkam, Chennai.

Description:

The Agastheeswarar Temple is dedicated to Sri Shiva as Agastheeswarar and Divine Mother Shakti as Akhilandeswari.

Shines and Deities:

Main Shrines:

• Sri Shiva as Agastheeswarar(அகத்தீஸ்வரர்)
• Devi as Akhilandeswari(அகிலாண்டேஸ்வரி)

Sri Brahma:

• Sri Brahma (ப்ரம்மா)

Sri Vishnu:

• Sri Mahavishnu (மஹாவிஷ்ணு)

Sri Shiva:

• Sri Dakshinamurthy (தக்ஷிணாமூர்த்தி)
• Sri (Vishalakshi Samet) Kashi Viswanathar (விசாலாட்சி சமேத் காசி விஸ்வநாதர்)
• Sri Bhairavar (பைரவர்)

Devi:

• Devi Durgai Ambal (துர்கை அம்பள்)
• Devi Lakshmi - Durga - Saraswati (லெக்ஷ்மி - துர்கா - சரஸ்வதி)
• Sri Vishalakshi (Samet Kashi Viswanathar) (விசாலாட்சி சமேத் காசி விஸ்வநாதர்)

Devi Annapurni (அன்னபுரனி)

Tri-Shakti:

• Devi Iccha Shakti (இச்சாசக்தி)
• Devi Jnana Shakti (ஞானசக்தி)
• Devi Kriya Shakti (கிரியாசக்தி)

Sri Ganesha:

• Sri Maha Ganapati (மஹா கணபதி)
• Sri Varasiddhi Vinayagar (வரசித்தி விநாயகர்)

Sri Murugan:

• Sri Valli Arumugar Deivanai (வள்ளி ஆறுமுகர் தெய்வானை)

Others:

• Nalvars - Appar, Sundarar, Mannikkavasagar, Thirugnanasambandar (அப்பர், சுந்தரர், மாணிக்கவாசகர், திருஞானசம்மந்தர்)
• Sri Chandikeswarar (சண்டிகேச்வரர்)
• Sri Nandi
• Sri Chandran (சந்திரன்)
• Sri Suriyan (சூரியன்)
• Naga Lingam
• Navagrahas (நவக்கிரக)

Santhana Kuravargal (சந்தாண குரவர்கள்):

• Sri Meykanda Devar (மெய்கண்டதேவர்)
• Sri Arunandhi Shivam (அருன்நந்தி சிவம்)
• Sri Marainyana Sambandhar (மரைஞான சம்பந்தர்)
• Sri Umapathy Shivam (உமாபதி சிவம்)