Perumber Kandikai Thanthondreeswarar Temple, Kanchipuram

Address

Perumber Kandikai Thanthondreeswarar Temple, Perumber Kandikai, Kanchipuram district – 603201. Mobile: 99529 65215/ 99529 65215 / 97873 67657

Diety

Thanthondreeswarar Amman: Thaduthaatkonda Nayagi

Introduction

Thanthondreeswarar Temple is dedicated to Shiva located at Perumber Kandikai Village in Kanchipuram District. This Temple is located at a distance of 1 km from Perumber Kandigai Murugan temple. This ancient Shiva temple has a very rare conch with which abhishekams are done. Perumber kandikai is located in the Chennai – Trichy National Highway, after Achirappakkam, at an about 5 kms, have to turn left and go for about 2 kms. Thozhuppedu Rail Way Station and Achirappakkam Rail Way Station are the very nearby railway stations to Perumber Kandigai. Chennai Airport is located at a distance of 84 Kms from Perumber Kandigai.

Puranic Significance

Thanthondreeswarar Perumberkandigai is a very ancient temple with plenty of stone inscriptions all around. These reveal the contribution of Pallavas, Cholas in the form of contributions and development. A Kanagadurga idol was installed by the Pallavas praying that their victories should hold forever. The Temple is believed to be 1000 years old. Chamundeswari is believed to have killed the two Asuras (Chandan and Mundan) here at Thanthondreeswarar Perumberkandigai. King Vikramaditya, an ardent devotee of Chamundeswari is said to have prayed here at Thanthondreeswarar Perumberkandigai. The goddess is believed to regularly perform Abishegam to the Lord using the Conch here at Thanthondreeswarar Perumberkandigai. Another story is related to Lord Shiva’s destruction of the legendary city of Tripura created by Asuras. He forgot to pay obeisance to Lord Ganesha before starting and his chariot’s axle broke. The place where this is believed to have happened is Acharapakkam (Achu – Axle in tamil). The Lord who just sat down there was revived by the Goddess and brought here. She created a Lingam out of mud and worshiped. Being a Mud Lingam there are no ablutions to the Lord here at Thanthondreeswarar Perumberkandigai. The goddess is also thus named as Thaduthu Aat Konda Nayaki (the one who stopped and revived him).