Kachchaleswarar Temple

Kachchaleswarar Temple
Front view of Kachchaaleeshwarar Koil
Religion
AffiliationHinduism
DistrictChennai
DeityKachchaleswarar (Lord Shiva)
Location
Location77 Armenian Street
StateTamil Nadu
CountryIndia
Geographic coordinates13°05′36″N 80°17′16″E / 13.093293°N 80.287712°E / 13.093293; 80.287712
Architecture
TypeHindu temple architecture
CreatorKalavai Chetty
Completed1725
Temple(s)1

Kachchaleswarar Temple, also known as the Great Kachali Pagoda, is a Hindu temple located in Armenian Street, in the neighbourhood of Parry's corner (Old: George Town) in Chennai city, Tamil Nadu, India. Constructed on land belonging to dubash Kalavai Chetty in 1725, the temple belonged to the left-hand castes and was the site of the first major conflict between left and right-handed castes in the then Madras city.

The temple is modelled on the Kachaaleshwarar temple at Kancheepuram. Kachaaleshwarar (Shiva) is the main deity and Soundaraambika (Parvathi), the consort deity.

History

Facade of the temple
Pillaiyar thoppu (garden) at the temple, near the entrance

The temple was built in 1725 by Kalavai Chetty, a 'dubash' working for the British East India Company, on a land belonging to him.[1] Chetty was a devotee of Lord Shiva at the namesake temple at Kanchipuram, who used to visit it regularly. When torrential rains prevented him from commuting between Kanchipuram and Chennai, he and his wife Sundariammal decided to build a new temple to the same deity at Chennai and constructed the temple and consecrated within a period of three years by 1728.[2] The street on which the temple stands was originally came to be known as "Katchala Pagoda Street", after the "Great Kachali Pagoda" as the temple was known then.[1] A huge retinue of dancing girls were attached to the temple in the earlier days.[1] These dancing girls resided in a quarter adjoining the temple since about 1700.[1]

The temple happened to be the cause of one of "Black Town's" first caste disputes as it belonged to the Left-Hand Caste. With the government's intervention, a new approach to the temple was built without encroaching on Right-Hand Caste property.[1][3]

A plaque in the temple records the year of the first kumbhaabishekam (consecration) as 1728. Post-Independence, a mahaa-kumbhaabishekam (great consecration) was held on 8 July 1962. A major renovation of the temple began on 20 February 1984 and another great consecration was held on 9 July 1989.

Temple tank during a dry season in September, before monsoon

The temple

The main deity of the temple is Lord Kachchaleswarar (Shiva) and his consort goddess Soundharambika (Parvathi).[2] A five-faced Ganesh and Subramanya abut the main sanctum.[2] The main idol is a 5-tier Shiva Ling, a structure known as the panchasanam, adored with tortoise, serpent, simhasanam (lion-throne), yugasanam, kamalam (lotus) and vimalam.[2] A Shiva–Parvathi idol is present behind the main Shiva Ling.[2] The inner corridor has several idols including the Shivite saints such as Sambandar, Appar, Sundarar, and Manikkavacakar; Kachchappa Shivacchariyar; and Haradhatta; among others.[2]

Other shrines in the temple include Navagraha, Dattatreya, 63 Nayanmars, and Ayyappa.[2]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e Muthiah, S. (2014). Madras Rediscovered. Chennai: EastWest. p. 383. ISBN 978-93-84030-28-5.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g திருக்கோயில்கள் வழிகாட்டி: சென்னை மாவட்டம் (in Tamil) (1st ed.). Chennai: Government of Tamil Nadu, Department of Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments. July 2014. pp. 184–186.
  3. ^ Narasiah, K. R. A. (2016). Madras: Tracing the growth of the city since 1639 (1 ed.). Chennai: Palaniappa Brothers. p. 245. ISBN 978-81-8379-687-3.

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