Dear Bhaktas

It is well known that temples start buzzing with Utsavams starting from the month of Aadi,so are a number of our festivals... starting from Krishna Jayanti to Diwali...These are my favourite months.There is festival in the air, good season for Jasmine and the chrysanthemums, that flood the market.
Our temple under whose name this blog has been created buzzes with action in this month. The Aadi Fridays are very well celebrated . The Utsava moothy, which we foldly call Sukravara Amman, is decorated and the Goddess is in all its splendour blesses its devotees , who come from far and wide. The deity goes round the temple premises thrice accompanied by good nadaswaram. At the conclusion of the 3rd round the Sri Padams, dance to the music of Notes(English notes)- this in the recent years has given way to our own folk number sung by the great Saint composer - Talapakka Annamacharya- Thantha Na thi... bala thantha na na... You must see it to experience this state of devotion, when you surrender your heart and soul to the Almighty... this is followed by Magudi and then followed by Unjal Seva and after this the deity offers darshan to devotees from the Alamkara Mandap.... This is a must be present occasion at the temple. Here are a couple of snaps taken on the first two weeks of Aadi velli at Sri Kamakala Kameswarar Temple this year(2008)

About Sri Kamakala Kameswarar Temple

The Pradhana murthys of this ancient temple are Lord Kameswarar and his consort Goddess Kameswari. The Moolavar is in the form of a Swetha Bhana Lingam , a rarity in this regions and the Goddess has a Tribhangi Swarupam- again a very rare form of sculpture in this part of the vindhyas.The Goddess reigns supreme through her Ardha Meru and Sri Chakram. The other deities include Lord Ganesh, Lord Subramanya, Lord Iyyappan, Lord Hanuman and Utsavam Murthy- Lord Rama with his consort Sita , Hanuman and Brother Lakhsmana.It is believed that King Chatrapathi Shivaji had once visited this temple. The Moolavar vimans are made of Granite structures, indicating that the temple is very ancient. It shdould be more than 700- 800 years old.Goddess Durga is also present in the temple. A number of devotees throng the temples on Tuesday afternoons for the Rahu Kala Prayers, believed to ward off evils and bring prosperity to those who offer prayers.The temple is visited by devotees from far and wide.
The Temple's New Rajagopuram was constructed and rajagopuram consecration (kumbabhisekham) happened in the year 1994. A number of renovation works have been carried out subsequently. The Temples celebrates a number of festivals throug out the year - Brahmotsavam , Vasantotsavam,Vaikasi Vishakam,Aani Thirumanjanam for Lord Nataraja, Aadi Puram, Pavithrotsavam, Annabhisekam, Kartigai Deepam,Arudra Darisanam to name a few.The Soora samharam utsavam held at the conclusion of Skanda Sashti must visit in this part of the world. This happens after Diwali.
There is a good participation in all the utsavams by devotees and the Sri Padams are very active in the day to day activities of the temple,be it doing cleaning work at regular intervals or participating in the festivities.
Pl keep visiting this blog for more updates about the utsavams.

Tucked in the quite lanes

The subject would be the best way to describe this temple , which is tucked in the quite lane of Raja Hanumantha Lala street , the nearest landmarks being the Gosha Hospital and the Mani Iyer Hall- The Theosophical society.... No this is not Besant Nagar. There is another Theosophical society in the heart of Chennai, in Triplicane aka Thiruvallikeni, the cultural nerve centre of Chennai,with its traditional madisar & Panchakacham clad women and men folks, who have visiting the famous Parthsarathy temple and participating in its festivites as part of their day to day lives. Triplicane has a blend of both the old and new world order. Of course Cricket is part of its folklore.

The Presiding deities of Sri Kameswarar Temple are The Lord Kameswarar and goddess Kameswari. The Lord is in the form of a Swetha Bana Lingam and Ambal with a Tribamgi swarupam.

This small temple brims with festivals thro out the year . The Annual 10 day brahmotsavam is held in the month of Chitra(Chitra Pournami).Apart from this the other festivals include Regular Krittigai Ursavams, Pavithrothsavam, Vasantotsavams,Navarathri Utsavam, Panguni Uttiram, Adi Krittigi, Aani Thirumanjanam to name a few.

This blog will bring out the festivals in regular intervals. Wait for more updates.... and the activities of the Satsang....

Some of the prominent sons of the soil of Triplicane include, The Great mathematician - Srinivasa Ramanujam, Silver tongue Srinivasa Sastri, The great violinist Dwaram Venkatswamy Naidu, former India's opener W V Raman to name a few, not to miss out on national poet Subramanya Bharathi.

Triplicane is also famous for another famous temple, Thiruvettiswarar one of the most ancient temples in the radius.