Senganmal Shiva Temple
Senganmal Chenganmaaleeswarar Temple
Senganmal is a small Village in Thiruporur Taluk in
Kanchipuram District of Tamil Nadu State, India. It comes under Thaiyur Panchayath.
It is located 65 KM towards East from District head quarters Kanchipuram. 6 KM
from Thiruporur. 40 KM from State capital Chennai.
The main God of this temple is Lord Shiva known as Chenganmaaleeswarar.
The Goddess here is Sri Brihannaayagi. In Tamil, Chenganmaal denotes the name
of Lord Vishnu. It is said that Lord Vishnu worshipped Lord Shiva here and
hence the deity got the name, Chenganmaaleeswarar and the village, Chenganmaal.
Temple legend has it that Lord Vishnu worshipped Lord Shiva
here offering 1008 lotus flowers. He was praying Lord Shiva with utmost
devotion. Lord Shiva made a
trick and made one flower vanish from 1008 lotuses. When
Lord Vishnu was about to offer the last flower, He was shocked to see that
there was no more flowers. Lord Vishnu immediately owed Himself as the last
flower to complete the Pooja.
It is also said that, as this temple was built by an ancient
Chozha king called Ko Chengannan (who built Thiruvaanikkaaval temple); this
place got its name after the king Ko Chengannan. This temple is believed to
have been built during 12th century. This temple does not have a Rajagopuram. There
is a big pond outside the temple, on its northern side, which serves as
‘theertham’(holy water) for this temple and is called as ‘Vishnu Theertham’.
The sthala vruksham here is Vilvam.
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Senganmal - Sri Chenganmaaleeswarar Temple
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Main Deity
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Lord
Shiva
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Name
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Sri Chenganmaaleeswarar
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Goddess Name
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Sri Brihannaayagi
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Location
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Chenganmaal / Senganmal in OMR Road Chennai
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Old Names
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Theertham
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Vishnu Theertham
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Significance
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Adthi
Varagha Moorthy Worshipped lord Shiva here
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Ancient
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Travel Base
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Chennai
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How To Reach : The Senganmaaleswarar Siva Temple
Located in Chenganmaal village lies about 40 kms from Chennai on the OMR (Old
Mahabalipuram Road), just 6 kms before Thirupporur.
Sri Chenganmaaleeswarar Shiva Temple -
Old Mahabalipuram Rd, Senganmal, Tamil Nadu 603103, India
Near By Temples :
Tirupporur Murugan Temple - 6 kms away from this temple.
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