Parasurama Lingeswarar Temple

Overview

The Parasurama Lingeswarar Temple is sitated in the Ayanavaram locale of Chennai city in South India is assumed to be around 1000 years old temple. Even though the current state of the temple doesn't seem to be ancient, the main idol - the Shiv linga (who is named as Parsurama Lingeswarar) is known to be at least 1000 years of age.

About The Temple

The Parasurama Lingeswarar temple of Ayanavaram is not very enormous. There is a Raja gopuram (temple tower) for this temple. When one enters the temple, there is a Gajastambha idol and the icon of Nandi. Inside the fundamental segment, devotees can locate the primary temple committed to a thin and tall Shiv Linga icon called as Parasurama Lingeswarar. The passageway of this principle hallowed place has the icon of Ganesh. On left half of Parasurama Lingeswarar temple, one can spot the temple of Lord Nataraj alongside Sivakami; there is a temple where all the metal (utsav) icons are kept; behind that, there is another holy place for Bala Subramanya. The symbol of Subramanya in this hallowed place has all the earmarks of being large and in addition old. The principle segment likewise houses the symbols of Nalvars (the four essential lovers of Lord Shiva) and a little Nandi icon.

The hallway (prakara) has a different place of worship for the goddess Parvathambigai who has four hands. It is uncommon to discover the temple of goddess in the prakara in Shiva temple; for the most part it is found by the holy place of Shiva. This temple is by all accounts an extraordinary. In the prakara, one can see that the posterior of the primary temple takes after the rear of elephant, which is a specific sort of temple design. The prakara (passage) divider has the icons of Nardana Vinayaka (the moving Ganesha), Dakshinamurti, Vishnu, Brahma, Durga, and Chandikeswara. There are separate places of worship for Patteeswarar (Shiv linga), Navagraha, Sun (Surya), Moon (Chandra), Bhairav, and Sani. Despite the fact that this temple is identified with Parasurama, there is no symbol of Parasurama found in this temple. Beside this temple, there is a different temple devoted to Lord Vishnu is found.

Legend and Stories

According to the legend, Parasurama, the incarnation (symbol) of Lord Maha Vishnu, executed his own mom. With a specific end goal to dispose of his wrongdoing, Parasurama worshiped Lord Shiva and that Shiva linga is called as Parasurama Lingeswarar. According to another legend, Lord Brahma otherwise known as Ayan washed up in this temple tank and revered Lord Shiva; subsequently, the place was called as Ayanpuram and later it got to be Ayanavaram.

How to Reach Chennai

Chennai is well-connected by air with all the major cities of the world and most international airlines operate flights from Chennai's Anna International Airport. Chennai is the headquarters of Southern Railway, a division of Indian Railway. Ayanavaram is reasonably well connected and is about 7 km from George Town or Vepery in Chennai.

Temple Address

Parasurama Lingeswarar Temple,
Parasurama Eswaran Koil Main St,
Ayanavaram, Chennai, Tamil Nadu,
India, Pincode – 600023.