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Somangalam Sri Somanaadheeswarar
This is the Navagraha Temple of Thondai Mandalam which is dedicated to the Sri Chandra Bhagavan (God Moon) . Lord Nandhi unusually seen facing east instead of facing the Lord in the sanctum.
This temple belongs to the Navagraha temples of Chennai dedicated to Sri Chandra Bhagwan (moon God). According to history, once Sri Chandra Bhagwan got cursed by Dhakshan. Due to this curse, he lost his divine power and forgot all 16 forms of arts he had acquired. To get rid of this curse, he is said to have created a pond in this place called Soma Theertham and worshipped Lord Shiva here. After this, he got back his beauty and wisdom. As Sri Chandra Bhagwan worshipped Lord Shiva here, Shiva here is known as Somanaadheeswarar and the place came to be known as Somangalam.This temple is a parihaara sthalam for those having any dhosham related to Chandra Bhagwan. Sri Chandra Bhagwan has a separate shrine in the temple facing west.
King Somakaanthan who lived in this part of the country, wished to build 108 Shiva temples throughout his country. In the middle of the construction work for this temple, his enemies marched onto his territory. The king was shocked to hear this, as he was not prepared for a war and had engaged all his soldiers in the temple construction work. Anguished, he prayed to Lord Shiva to save him. Lord Shiva was pleased with his devotion and directed Nandhi to fight the king’s enemy. Nandhi turned towards east and blew away the entire enemy army with his forceful breath. Lord Shiva made Nandhi face east permanently to make sure that there were no further attacks to the king’s country by his enemies. Here one can see Nandhi facing east instead of facing the Lord in the sanctum. This is one of the unique features of this temple.
Lord Nataraja here is present as Chathura Thaandava Murthy which is again unique and rarely seen elsewhere. The sanctum is built in Gajabrishta type which is popular in Chola architecture. Such structures would look like the back of a sleeping elephant.
Belief and Faith
Fulfill Wishes, Prosperty, Unfavourable Influence (Dosha),
Temple Timings
07:00 to 12:00 (All days of the week(Morning))
16:00 to 19:00 (All days of the week(Evening))
How to Reach:
Somangalam lies about 35 kms south west of Chennai city. One can proceed on the route from Tambaram via Kishkinta to reach Somangalam. The better alternative is to take the road from Pallavaram going to Kunrathur. After reaching Kunrathur junction, one has to take a left turn (towards south) to reach Somangalam. Somangalam is about 10 kms from Kunrathur. Also plenty of busses ply from Porur directly to Somangalam.
Somangalam Sri Somanaadheeswarar Temple-Navagraha Temple&Parikara Sthalam-Chandra Baghavan.
Somangalam Sri Somanaadheeswarar - Hindupedia, the Hindu Encyclopedia
This is the Navagraha Temple of Thondai Mandalam which is dedicated to the Sri Chandra Bhagavan (God Moon) . Lord Nandhi unusually seen facing east instead of facing the Lord in the sanctum.
This temple belongs to the Navagraha temples of Chennai dedicated to Sri Chandra Bhagwan (moon God). According to history, once Sri Chandra Bhagwan got cursed by Dhakshan. Due to this curse, he lost his divine power and forgot all 16 forms of arts he had acquired. To get rid of this curse, he is said to have created a pond in this place called Soma Theertham and worshipped Lord Shiva here. After this, he got back his beauty and wisdom. As Sri Chandra Bhagwan worshipped Lord Shiva here, Shiva here is known as Somanaadheeswarar and the place came to be known as Somangalam.This temple is a parihaara sthalam for those having any dhosham related to Chandra Bhagwan. Sri Chandra Bhagwan has a separate shrine in the temple facing west.
King Somakaanthan who lived in this part of the country, wished to build 108 Shiva temples throughout his country. In the middle of the construction work for this temple, his enemies marched onto his territory. The king was shocked to hear this, as he was not prepared for a war and had engaged all his soldiers in the temple construction work. Anguished, he prayed to Lord Shiva to save him. Lord Shiva was pleased with his devotion and directed Nandhi to fight the king’s enemy. Nandhi turned towards east and blew away the entire enemy army with his forceful breath. Lord Shiva made Nandhi face east permanently to make sure that there were no further attacks to the king’s country by his enemies. Here one can see Nandhi facing east instead of facing the Lord in the sanctum. This is one of the unique features of this temple.
Lord Nataraja here is present as Chathura Thaandava Murthy which is again unique and rarely seen elsewhere. The sanctum is built in Gajabrishta type which is popular in Chola architecture. Such structures would look like the back of a sleeping elephant.
Belief and Faith
Fulfill Wishes, Prosperty, Unfavourable Influence (Dosha),
Temple Timings
07:00 to 12:00 (All days of the week(Morning))
16:00 to 19:00 (All days of the week(Evening))
How to Reach:
Somangalam lies about 35 kms south west of Chennai city. One can proceed on the route from Tambaram via Kishkinta to reach Somangalam. The better alternative is to take the road from Pallavaram going to Kunrathur. After reaching Kunrathur junction, one has to take a left turn (towards south) to reach Somangalam. Somangalam is about 10 kms from Kunrathur. Also plenty of busses ply from Porur directly to Somangalam.
Somangalam Sri Somanaadheeswarar Temple-Navagraha Temple&Parikara Sthalam-Chandra Baghavan.
Somangalam Sri Somanaadheeswarar - Hindupedia, the Hindu Encyclopedia
