Temple around Chennai – Post No. 34Ramanatheeswarar Temple located at Porur in Chennai City

[Jambunathan Iyer]

Temple around Chennai – Post No. 34

Ramanatheeswarar Temple located at Porur in Chennai City 

Ramanatheeswarar Temple is a Hindu Temple dedicated to Lord Shiva located at Porur in Chennai City. Presiding Deity is called as Ramanatheeswarar and Mother is called as Sivakama Sundari. The Temple is considered as equivalent to Rameswaram and also called as Uttara Rameswaram. Those who could not travel to Rameswaram can visit this temple and get blessed by the Lord. Like Lord Vishnu Temples, here devotees will be blessed with Theertham and Sadari.

The Temple remains open from 06.00 AM to 11.30 AM and 05.00 PM to 08.30 PM.

 

Maha Shivaratri, Navarathri, Karthika Somavaram, Panguni Uthiram, Pournami, Pradoshams and Guru Peyarchi are celebrated well in this temple.

This ancient temple is connected to the Ramayana period. According to the history, Lord Rama on his way to Sri Lanka rested here in this place which was then a forest. While resting under an Amla tree (‘Nelli’ in Thamizh), He realized that there was a Shiva Lingam under the ground and his feet had touched the head of the Lingam unknowingly. Lord Rama acquired a Dhosham as he had touched the Lingam with his feet.

 

So, he undertook a penance towards Lord Shiva for 48 days with just one Amla fruit as his food, to recover from the Dhosham and to bring out the Shiva Lingam. Lord Shiva pleased with Rama’s penance came out from the earth and gave Vishwaroopam Dharshan to Rama. Rama overwhelmed by the Lord’s mercy named the Shiva Lingam as Ramanatheswarar and worshipped him. Goddess Parvathi too appeared and gave Dharshan to Rama as Sivakama Sundari.

Lord Rama with sincere prayers worshipped Lord Shiva as his Guru and got to know the directions to reach the place where Mother Sita was kept under custody of Ravana and headed towards Sri Lanka. As Sri Rama worshipped Lord Shiva as his Guru, this place became a Guru Sthalam among 9 Navagraha Temples of Chennai (or Thondai Mandalam). Here Lord Shiva Himself is worshipped as Guru Bhagavan.

1000 years old

 

Since the Lord is sitting here as a Guru, all the Pujas of Lord Guru can be performed here for Lord Gurupagavan. If you worship him, you can receive the grace of the Guru. Those who are unable to meditate and meditate on the mind can practice meditation from the bottom of the Nicky tree here.

Those who face the problem in life continue to worship the Lord here  with ghee lamp continuously for Eleven Thursday. If you end the Prarthana with Curd rice & Sundal all your problems once like mountain will vanish.

The inscriptions here were built in the time of the Cholas and the temple was said to be “called Thirupurungoil during the Rajendra Chola period. In this temple the Sivalingam is 6 feet tall (equal to your height).

This is the Sivalingam of the Ramayana period and because since Rama performed Pooja even before he performed the Pooja in Rameswaram this place is the name "Uttara Rameswaram.

Sadari & Theertham in the Shiva Temple: Generally, only the Perumal temples the Sadari & Theertham will be given the however in this Shiva Temple also the devotees are blessed with Sadari & Theertham.

Uthara Rameswaram:

This place is also called Uthara Rameswaram, as Sri Rama worshipped Lord Shiva here, similar to Rameswaram. Also, according to temple sources, it is said that Porur was called as Uthara Rameswaram in ancient days. It is also said that; this temple is equivalent to Rameswaram and those who are not able to go pilgrimage to Rameswaram can visit this place and be blessed by the Lord.

Porur:

The place Porur is called so due to the reason that Lord Rama when coming in search of Sita came to know the place where Sita is and went to wage war with Ravana. (Porukku ponathal Porur).

Offering of Sadari and Theertham:

The speciality of this temple is the offering of Sadari and Theertham to devotees. This is usually done only in Vishnu temples. This practice is followed here to honour Rama’s devotion to Lord Shiva.

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