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Ekambareswarar Temple, Broadway, Chennai (எகாம்பரேஸ்வரர்)
Location:
The Ekambareswarar Temple is located in the Mint Street, Chennai and is around 3 km from the Broadway bus terminus.Description:
The Ekambareswarar Temple is dedicated to Sri Shiva as Ekambareswarar and Divine Mother Shakti as Parvati Amman.One of the Pancha Bootha Sthalams:
The famous Ekambareswarar Temple at Kanchipuram, Tamil Nadu is a Pancha Bootha Sthalam representing the element Earth (Bhoomi). Devi Parvati (as Kamakshi) is said to have worshipped Lord Shiva here in the form of a Prithvi Lingam.
Shrines and Deities:
Main Shrines:
- Sri Ekambareswarar (எகாம்பரேஸ்வரர்)
- Devi Parvati Amman
Sri Shiva:
- Sri Dakshinamurthy (தக்ஷிணாமுர்தி)
- Sri Bhairava (பைரவா)
Jyotirlinga:
- Sri Kasi Viswanathar (காசி விஸ்வநாதர்) with Devi Visalakshi (விசாலாடச்சி)
Pancha Bootha Sthalams:
- Sri Jambukeswarar (ஜம்புகேஸ்வரர்)
- Sri Arunachaleswarar (அருணாசலேச்வரர்)
- Sri Kalatheeswarar (காளத்தீஸ்வரர்)
- Sri Chidambareswarar
Paadal Petra Shiva Sthalam:
- Sri Vadaranyeswarar (வதாரண்யேஸ்வார்) at Thiruvalangadu (திருவாலங்காது)
- Sri Vriddhagireeswarar (விருத்தகிரீஸ்வரர்)
Devi:
- Devi Vishalakshi (விசாலாடச்சி)
- Devi Durgai
- Devi Vendavarasi Amman (வேண்தவராசி அம்மண்) (picture)
- Devi Bhuvaneswari (புவனேஸ்வரி) (picture)
Sri Ganesha:
- Sri Vinayagar (வினயகர்)
- Sri Tuvara Ganapati (துவார கணபதி)
- Sri Vannimara Vinayagar (வன்னிமர விநாயகர்)
Sri Murugan:
- Sri Subramaniar (சுப்ரமண்யர்)
Bhakta Hanuman:
- Bhakta Anjaneyar (ஆஞ்சநேயர்)
Others:
- Chandikeswarar
- Navagrahas
- Snake gods under tree
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- Nayanmars
- Shankaracharya Swami (சங்கராச்சார்ய)
- Ramalinga Swamigal (இராமலிங்க ச்வாமிகள்)
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