Thammnur Ekambareswarar Shiva Temple, Kanchipuram

Address

Thammnur Ekambareswarar Shiva Temple, Thammanur village, Kanchipuram district, Tamil Nadu 631605 Contact Gurukkal Rajan mobile +91 9629540348.

Diety

Sri Ekambareshwarar Amman: Sri Kamakshi

Introduction

Vishnu and Amman Temples Visit on the banks of river Cheyyar / Palar. Thammanur is in between Palar and Cheyyar, a tributary to the river Palar. Moolavar, Sri Ekambareswarar Consort, Sri Kamakshi. The temple is facing west with a temple tank with a small entrance. The entrance arch is on the east side. Balipedam with Mayil vahana mandapa (Peacock -Mayil is missing) of Murugan / Kandhappar temple is after the entrance. Navagrahas are in the mukha mandapa of Murugan Sannadhi. The main Shiva temple is on the north side of Murugan Temple. A Balipedam and Nandhi are in front of the main temple. The entrance to the main shrine is from the south side with an open mukha mandapa. A sandstone vinayagar is kept in the mandapa. Also, the peacock vahana and Rishaba Vahana in bad condition are also kept in the same mandapa. Vara Siddhi Vinayagar sannadhi is facing east on the southwest of the main temple. Sandikeswara is also in the prakara.

Puranic Significance

It was told that the Moolavar is made of sandstone and no abhisheka is done. In koshtam Durgai, Brahma, Dakshinamurthy, and Vinayagar. There is no image on the back side of Koshtam. Sri Kamakshi Amman is in a separate sannadhi in the mandapa facing south with a stucco vimana. The main temple consists of sanctum sanctorum, antarala, arthamandapam, a mahamandapam and a mukha mandapam. The sanctum sanctorum is on a simple padabandha adhisthana with tripatta kumuda. The prastharam is of kapotha style with nasi kood. A brick Ekathala vesara Vimana is on the sanctum sanctorum with Sala and karnakood. Maha nasis are on the sikaram. The stubi is also built with stucco. A small bas-relief Panel of Rama, Lakshmana, Hanuman, and Sukreevan can be seen on the east wall of Amman sannadhi. As per the iconography and construction of the main temple, the temple may be built during 12 th to 13 th Century by the latter Chozas. The temple was expanded with mandapas during Vijayanagara / Nayaks period. Couldn’t trace any inscriptions