Ammachatram Kalabairavar Temple
Ammachatram Kalabairavar Temple
Ammachatram Shiva Temple is a Hindu temple dedicated to
Hindu god Shiva, located in the village Ammachatram, located 11 km south of
South Indian town, Kumbakonam, Tamil Nadu. The temple was built by Chola
Kings and still maintained by Thanjavur Palace. The temple is known as Kalabairavar
Temple.
The 1500 Years old temple is familiared for its Kalabairavar
stalam on its Ancient Shiva temple. The lord Name is Saptharishiswarar and
Deities name is Gnanambikai, Other Deities are Vinayakar, Dhakshnamurthi,
Murugan, Mahalakshmi, Lingothbavar,Vishnu, Durga, Chandikeshwarar,
Kalabairavar, Saneeswarar, Suriyan, Chandiran, etc. The temple has two stala
vritchams one is Vilva tree and another one is Jackfruit tree.
The main God of this temple is Lord Shiva known as Saptharishiswarar
and Goddess as Gnanambikai, and Saptharishsis (Seven Sages) were prayed this
Lord and they arranged the marriage for this Moolavar that is why the Lord name
is called Saptharishiswarar.
Significance of the temple:
v The
deity name is Gnanambikai will give the brilliance and stability to withstand
the karmas in life. In Bavishyaotta Purana this place is mentioned as a Sin
relief place as like as Kasi (Varanasi) because of the Kalabairavar who is
blessing here will give protection from all the eight directions.
v The
Full moon Ashtami pooja for Kalabairavar is very familiar for its great power
of solving the problems and giving remedies to life.
v An
ancient village prescribed in "Bavishyotta puranam" as
"Bairavapuram" after some period it was called
"Sakkuvambalpuram" or "Ammani Ammal Chatiram", presently
pronounced as Ammachatiram in Tamil.
v
The significance of the Saptharishiswarar Temple
is that the Sapta Rishis (Seven Sages) have worshiped Mahadeva here and
arranged marriage for the Lord.
Ammachatram - Sri Saptharishiswarar
Temple
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Main Deity
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Lord
Shiva
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Name
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Sri Saptharishiswarar (சப்தரிà®·ீஸ்வரர்)
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Goddess Name
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Sri Gnanambigai
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Location
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Ammachatram, Kumbakonam
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Old Names
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Bairavapuram,
Sakkuvambalpuram, Ammani Ammal Chatiram
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Theertham
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Significance
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Kalabairavar
Temple, Bhairavar Parikara Sthalam,
Famous
for Full moon Ashtami pooja for Kalabairavar
Sapta
Rishis worshiped the lord shiva
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Ancient
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1500 years old
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Travel Base
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Kumbakonam
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SaptaRishis - The Seven Great Sages : SaptaRishis, are the
seven great sages in Indian Mythology. They have attained a semi-immortal
status, that of an exceedingly long life span due to their Yogic power and by
the power of their penance. The sages are Marichi, Atri,
Pualsthya, Bhrigu, Angiras, Vasishta and Bhardwajar.
How To Reach : Ammachatram is a small village located 5 km
from Kumbakonam (Temple Town) to Mayiladuthurai route on [State Highway (SH -
64)] and 277 km away from Chennai. The village is just 2kms away from Tirubuvanam.
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