Sri Kasiviswanathar Temple

Address

Sri Kasiviswanathar Temple Washermanpalayam Cuddalore-Parangipettai

Diety

Kasiviswanathar

Introduction

Cuddalore District, Chidambaram, Parangipettai WashermanpalayamKasiviswanathar Temple 17 km from Chidambaram. And this is where the war between the king of Mysore and the British took place.The town was known as Mahmudubandar during the Mohammedan period, Portonovo (new port city) during the Portuguese period and MuthuKrishnapuri during the Nayak period. # “With the kind permission of Sri Kadambur K. Vijayan, these are extracted from his posts”.

Puranic Significance

It was also a major shipping port during the British rule. Asia’s first steel plant was established here.A large number of workers have worked here for various tasks such as cutting, smelting and smelting iron ore.When the crew died, their bodies were buried at Washermanpalayam, about 2 km away the name of the deceased is engraved on an iron plate and engraved on the grave Of the tombs that remain today, only the tomb of Robert Wood remains Varunasetram. There are three Shiva temples here. 1.Agaram Adimulanathar Temple, 2.Vannarapalayam Kasiviswanathar Temple, 3.Kumarankoil This is the town where SubramaniaShastri, the father of KanchiMahaperiya, worked as a teacher.This Shiva temple is referred to as ‘Thiruvarunamanmiyam’ in the Vedic scriptures. This is the place of worship of Varuna.To enter the town of Parangipettai, one has to cross the Buckingham Canal Bridge. There is a Kaliamman temple on the left at the descent after crossing the big bridge. At that place there is the KasiVishwanathar Temple . This temple was built during the reign of the Nayaks. MuthuKrishnapuri is a temple built during the reign of MuthuKrishnappaNayak.If so it may have been built in the 1600s. Four hundred years have passed since today.Bald tower with large doors without a royal tower. If you go in its way there is a high flagpole, an altar in front of the Lord.The Lord is small Linga Murthy as well as the Goddess is small. There is a similar Nandi Mandapam altar in front of the Goddess. There is ebony work up to the sanctum sanctorum. To the southwest is the shrine of Lord Murugan next to Ganesha and at its entrance is a statue of Nagar. There is also a small shrine to Mahalakshmi in the northwest.To the northeast are Navagraha