Adissonpettai Vazhakkuraitheeswar Temple, Kanchipuram

Address

Adissonpettai Vazhakkuraitheeswar Temple, Adissonpettai, Kanchipuram district, Tamilnadu– 631501.

Diety

Vazhakkuraitheeswar

Introduction

Vazhakkuraitheeswar Temple is dedicated to Lord Shiva and located in Adissonpettai in Kanchipuram. Here the Presiding deity is called as Vazhakkuraitheeswar. This temple is facing east with a 3 tier Rajagopuram on the north side (a special is the stucco image of Mahasadhasiva murthy with 25 heads and 50 Hands). A Temple tank is in-front. This Sri Parasareswarar Sannadhi is in parallel with the Sri Vazhakarutheeswarar Sannadhi and Somaskandar. The original temple might have been built during 8th to 9th Century Pallava period.

Puranic Significance

As per the legend, there was a dispute between Devas and Sages on Veda. Both went to Lord Shiva and worshiped him to get the solution. Lord Shiva solved the dispute. Hence, it is believed that Lord Shiva of this temple will relieve us from any Court cases and legal disputes. Lord Shiva is said to free people from court cases and litigations. On every Monday, we can see lot of lawyers visiting the temple. In ancient days, Legal cases were not taken to the king’s court, instead brought to this temple. Shiva of this temple solves all the problems placed in front of him. Still people approach the Vazhakkuraitheeswar with cases to solve their problems. The temple attained significance when Vasanthi Stanly, a Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam party functionary prayed for Kanimozhi (the daughter of ex-chief minister of Tamil Nadu, Karunanidhi and accused in 2G spectrum case), offered special worship to relieve her of trial of 2G spectrum scam This temple is located right inside Kanchipuram and is one of the sacred Shiva temples in the town. There is a much more ancient Parasareshwarar Shiva linga inside the temple but this has become very famous. Even though its small temple, pilgrims visit it in large numbers on Mondays/Thursdays. Various kinds of lamps are lit – some with Ghee, some with Oil, some with different kind of wigs made of lotus stem etc. with prayers to the lord to resolve their legal problems.

Special Features

The north side 3 tier Rajagopuram is common for Sri Vazhakarutheeswarar and Sri Parasareswarar Temples, in fact Sri Parasareswarar is in a small sannadhi inside Sri Vazhakarutheeswarar Temple. Dwajasthambam, balipeedam and Nandhi are immediately after the Rajagopuram. Moolavar is of 16 flat surfaced Dhara Linga and about 4 feet below the ground level. Moolavar, Somaskandar and Parasareswarar are in a line. In koshtam Dakshinamurthy, Mahavishnu, Brahma and Durgai. In the outer prakaram sannadhi for Vinayagar, Valli Devasena Subramaniar, Thirumurai, Chandikeswarar, Kala bhairava, Suryan, Chandran and Navagrahas.. The sanctum sanctorum consists of Sanctum and Artha mandapam. An ekathala vesara vimana is on the sanctum sanctorum.

Festivals

Chitra Poornima in April-May; Vaikasi Visakam in May-June; Aadi Pooram in July-August; Vinayaka Chathurthi in August-September; Navarathri in September-October; Maha Shivrathri in February-March and Sani Peyarchi-Saturn planet transition days are the festivals celebrated in the temple.