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Nanmangalam Ekambareswarar Temple
Ekambareswarar Temple, Nanmangalam, Chennai suburb (ஏகாம்பரேஸ்வரர்)
Location:
The
Ekambareswarar Temple is located in Elumalai Salai, Nanmangalam, Chennai suburb.
The temple is around one km from the Nanmangalam (Kovilabakkam) bus stop within the road near the bus stop.
Description:
The Ekambareswarar Temple is dedicated to Sri Shiva as
Ekambareswarar and Divine Mother Shakti as
Kamakshi Ambal.
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.
Shines and Deities:
Main Shrines:
- Sri Shiva as Ekambareswarar (ஏகாம்பரேஸ்வரர்)
- Devi as Kamakshi Ambal (காமாட்சி அம்பாள்)
Sri Shiva:
- Sri Dakshinamurthy (தக்ஷிணாமூர்த்தி)
- Sri Bhairavar (பைரவர்)
Devi:
Sri Ganesha:
Sri Murugan:
- Sri Bala Subramaniar (பாலசுப்ரமணியர்)
Bhakta Hanuman:
- Sri Anjaneyar (ஆஞ்சநேயர்)
Others:
- Sri Nagarajar (நாகராஜர்)
- Sri Lingakodbavar (லிங்கொத்பவர்)
- Navagrahas (நவக்கிரகம்)
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