Sidddharkadu Thathreeswarar Temple

Siddharkadu Thathreeswarar Temple
Religion
Affiliation	Hinduism
District	Tiruvallur
Deity	Thathreeswarar
Festivals	Maha Shivaratri, Panchamoorthy procession, Thaipusam, Panguni Uthiram, Karthika Deepam, Aadi Karthika, Ganesh Chaturthi, Thai Karthika, Thiruvathira
Location
Location	Siddharkadu
State	Tamil Nadu
Country	India
Thathreeswarar Temple, Siddharkadu, Tiruvallur district, Tamil Nadu
Geographic coordinates	13°05′22″N80°03′05″E / 13.0895°N 80.0514°E / 13.0895; 80.0514
Architecture
Type	Dravidian architecture
Creator	King Jata Varma Sundara Pandian
Completed	800 years ago
Specifications
Temple(s)	One
Inscriptions	found
Elevation	53.08 m (174 ft)

Thathreeswarar Temple is a Shiva temple at Sitharkadu pronounced as 'Siddharkadu' neighbourhood in Tiruvallur district of Tamil Nadu state in India. The main deity in this temple is Thathreeswarar and the goddess is Prasanna Kunthalambiga alias Poongullhali. ^[1] This was the first temple that was identified in Siddharkadu area much ahead of the Sundararaja Perumal temple which is nearby. Jata Varma Sundara Pandian constructed this temple. ^[2]

Location

This temple is located with the coordinates of ( 13°05′22″N80°03′05″E / 13.0895°N 80.0514°E / 13.0895; 80.0514 ) at Sithukadu (alias Siddharkadu), at about 8 km from Poonamallee. ^[3]

Siddharkadu Thathreeswarar Temple

Sidddharkadu Thathreeswarar Temple (Tamil Nadu)

History

Once here in this place, lived two Siddhas viz., Padukkai Jadamudi Siddha and Prana Deepika Siddha. They performed penance and installed a Shivling under a gooseberry tree here in this place and named the deity as 'Nelliappar'. 'Nelli' in Tamil language is gooseberry. Also, gooseberry is called in Sanskrit as 'Thathri'. So, the deity is known as 'Thathreeswarar'. ^[4]

Festivals

Maha Shivaratri, Panchamoorthy procession, Panguni Uthiram, Karthika Deepam, Aadi Karthika, Ganesh Chaturthi, Thai Karthika, Thaipusam and Thiruvathira are the important festivals celebrated in this temple.

Sub deities

Dakshinamurti, Nataraja, Maha Vishnu, Brahma, Sivakami, Durga, Lakshmi, Saraswati, Chandikeswarar, Ganapathy, Subramaniar with His consorts Valli and Devasena, Adikara Nandi, Adi Shankara, Padukkai Jadamudi Siddha and Prana Deepika Siddha are the sub deities in this temple.

References

1. "Dhathreeswarar Temple, Sitharkadu, Chennai suburb". greenmesg.org. Retrieved 8 October 2024.
2. "Visit Temples : Best Website for Visiting Temples in India". www.visittemples.com. Retrieved 8 October 2024.
3. "Divinvite". www.divinvite.com. Retrieved 8 October 2024.
4. "Thatheeswarar Temple : Thatheeswarar Temple Details". temple.dinamalar.com. Retrieved 8 October 2024.