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Thirumanangeeswarar - Thiruvudai Amman Temple, Melur, Chennai suburb (திருமணங்கீஸ்வரர் - திருவுடையம்மன்)
Location:
The Thirumanangeeswarar - Thiruvudai Amman Temple is located at Melur, in Chennai suburb, around 3 km away from the Minjur railway station. Local trains from Chennai Central goes to Minjur in around an hours time. Buses are also available from CMBT, Broadway etc to Minjur, but they are very infrequent. When going by bus to Minjur, there is a bus stop at Melur which comes before Minjur. From the bus stop, the temple is around 1 km away. From the Minjur railway station, there are shared autorickshaws to Melur bus stop.Description:
The Thirumanangeeswarar - Thiruvudai Amman Temple is dedicated to Sri Shiva as Thirumanangeeswarar and Divine Mother Shakti as Thiruvudai Amman.One of the Tri-Shakti Temples:
The famous Thiruvudai Amman Temple at Melur, Chennai suburb, in Tamil Nadu is one of the Tri-Shakti temples in and around Chennai. Devi Thiruvudai Amman represents Iccha Shakti (Power of Will). The other two temples are Vadivudai Amman Temple representing Jnana Shakti and Kodiyidai Amman Temple representing Kriya Shakti.
Shrines and Deities:
Main Shrines:
- Sri Shiva as Thirumanangeeswarar (திருமணங்கீஸ்வரர்)
- Devi as Thiruvudai Amman (திருவுடையம்மன்)
Sri Brahma:
- Sri Brahma
Sri Vishnu:
- Sri Maha Vishnu (மகாவிஷ்ணு)
Sri Shiva:
- Sri Dakshinamurthy (தட்சிணாமூர்த்தி)
- Sri Bhairavar (பைரவர்)
Jyotirlinga:
- Sri Vishwanathar (விஸ்வநாதர்) along with Devi Visalakshi (விசாலாட்சி)
Devi:
- Devi Visalakshi (விசாலாட்சி)
- Devi Durgai (துர்கை)
Pictures of Tri-Shakti:
- Sri Thiruvudai Amman at Melur (திருவுடையம்மன், மேலூர்): Represents Iccha Shakti
- Sri Vadivudai Amman at Thiruvottiyur (வடிவுடையம்மன், திருவொற்றியுர்): Represents Jnana Shakti
- Sri Kodiyidai Amman at Thirumullaivoyil (கொடி இடை அம்மன், திருமுல்லைவாயில்): Represents Kriya Shakti
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- Sri Suriyar (சுரியர்)
- Sri Veerabhadrar (வீரபத்திரர்)
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