Temple: Lalithambika
Sametha Sri Agneeswarar Temple
Location: Neyveli
village, Thiruvallur district, near Poondi reservoir, Chennai, Tamilnadu
Due to the
invasion of outsiders, our nation was in the grip of fear. The intruders
destroyed not only the temples, but the people connected with the temples, the Vedic
scholars and pundits in that temple. The temples were also looted of their
booty. The people in the villages around the temples went to exile and died
there because of the lack of basic amenities. Many temples went uncared for
after these invasions.
The above
mentioned temple is one among such ruined temples which went uncared for.
In 2004, two
Saiva patrons were directed to this temple which was buried under mounds of
shrubs and weeds amidst a paddy field by a small boy who disappeared after
showing them the site. When the two removed the shrubs they found one part of
the Shivalinga and the rest was buried under a banyan tree with no hanging
roots. The devaprasnam conducted by a namboodhiri
from Kerala surprisingly revealed the same details such as
- · The main deity is Shri Agneeswarar
- · Temple is more than 1000 years old.
- · Siddhars Shri Karur Devar and Nerur Shri Sadasiva Brahmendrar worship this deity in sukshuma roopa even today during mid nights.
- · There is also pond called Agni theertham on the north eastern part of this temple, which is believed to have spurted from the third eye of lord Shiva. A dip in this pond is sure to eliminate any kind of sarpa dosha.
In the
beginning a divine guidance was sought which revealed that a vastra dhanam (donation
of cloth) has to commence to start up the construction activity. One has to
visit the Karur Siddhar’s adhishtanam on a Monday and if the siddhar accepts a
vastra dhanam, the temple construction can go ahead. Much to the surprise, Shri
Ramamurthy who went to the Karur Siddhar’s Samadhi got himself a vastra from
the shrine. As well as an old man came to his home to partake a dhoti and
angavastram made this double sure about the proceedings of the construction.
The construction
work of separate sannidhis for deities such as Shiva, Lalithambhika, Murugan, Vanadurgai
and Vinayaka is under way.
It is said
under devaprasnam, that this temple would become very famous and be one day
equal to Thirukalathi temple near Tirupathi.
A committee
has been formed under Vadapalani S. Ramamurthy for the purpose. Those
interested in contributing towards the construction and restoration of this temple
can send their donation to the following address.
Shri
Agneeswarar Aalaya Seva committee
18/21, 2nd
main road, Vengeeswarar Nagar,
Vadapalani, Chennai
600026
Tel:
044-24729660/99403 98648
Shankar
Trivedi: 94450 04908
J. Lakshmi
Narayanan: 98407 89096
Bank details
Bank of
India
West
Mambalam branch
Chennai 600
033
A/c no:
802910210000019
IFSC:
BKID0008029
OM NAMAH SHIVAYA
