Villipakkam Sri Agastheeswarar Temple, (Parikara Sthalam)Kanchipuram

Address

Villipakkam Sri Agastheeswarar Temple, (Parikara Sthalam) Chumanpet, Villipakkam, Siddamur Circle, Kanchipuram District- 603 401.

Diety

Sri Agastheeswarar Amman: Sri Muthambika

Introduction

An ancient Shiva temple is located in the village of Villipakkam near Chunambedu on the Chennai Pandi ECR Road. The name of the Lord in this temple is Sri Agastheeswarar. Ambal Thirunam Sri Muthambigai. Inside the flagpole of this temple which has two divisions. If you go, you can see Sri Agastheeswarar facing east in the sanctum sanctorum. In the Maha Mandapam there are Ganesha, Valli Devasena Sameda Arumugam, four and three old Ambal Thiruvativams. There are also shrines of Panchakoshta Murthy, Kasi Vishwanathar Visalakshi, Arumugam Devi, Chandikeswarar, Byravar and Surya. It is unfortunate that the Brahma festival has not been held in this temple for all the last 60 years. Many inscriptions are found in this temple. Inscriptions indicate that the reincarnation took place during the reign of Rajendra Chola II. . The temple priest Mr. Sankara Gurus (9787611643) is performing puja here. Temple Hours 6-11 am, 5.30-7.30 pm.

Puranic Significance

HISTORY: Kanthan and Umakanthan, the two deities who were doing charity for the daily Shiva Puja of Nandi Thevar, one day forgot to put down all the flowers and see what they had to do when they saw that the flower had fallen down and turned into a fish and a branch. So Nandi Thevar got cursed and became a cat and a hunter. The general who touches both curses them. For a long time, cats and hunters worshiped the Lord in this temple. One day while hunting the cat, the hunter who came there hit the cat and it bled like silk on the Lord. At the same time the cat and the hunter were touched by the cat and the hunter when they put their hands to wipe the blood that had flowed on the Lord. Flower handicrafts are still made by hunters. History has it that when Sri Agasthiyar went to Kasi, he worshiped the Lord here.