A Hindu Temple Dedicated To Lord Shiva Located In The Neighborhood Of Koyambedu In Chennai City Of Tamil Nadu..

Beautiful temple located in chennai, it is an excellent but less known temple in chennai.The history of this temple starts from the ramayan period. That is the horse of lord Rama is captured in this place by his own sons lava and kusa. The name of god is kurungaleeshwarar or kusalavapureeshwarar.This temple has separate shrines for lord Ganesha, lord Murugan, goddess Parvati.The maintenance of the temple is very good. Must visit temple.

Chola built old temple in the center of busy traffic place of Koyambedu. Temple tank is huge but requires maintenance. Thiruppugazh is sung here by Arunagirinathar.

Presiding deity Lord Kurungaleeswarar / Kusalapureeswarar / Kusalavapureeswarar / Gnanaprakasar and his consort Aramvalarthanayaki / Dharmasamvarthini is divine and graceful.Lingam is swayambu here. Gods in the koshtams are placed in different positions here. For example, Dakshinamoorthy is on the back of sanctum in place of Lingothbavar.This temple is closely related to Ramayana period.Must visit temple.

Old Shiva temple just off the Bangalore highway after clover flyover Koyembedu. Aram Kaatha Nayagi Ambal. Plastic flowers and colour polyester cloths on pillars affect the sanctity of the place.

Ancient Historical Temple...Lord Rama met his sons at this place. Read out the history before visiting this place..very interesting..Three temples are here.. Lord Vinayaga... Lord Shiva & Lord Vishu with Goddess Lakshmi...Located inside city near Koyambedu flyover... Opposite street of Roshini theatre.. Adjacent street to Hyundai Showroom....

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A really spacious and well maintained temple. Closely associated with the mythological Ramayana story.Open time :Morning till 12 PMEvening till 9 PM

Old shiva temple at hear of of the city. Good maintenance...peaceful serene atmosphere

Brilliant temple with a great history. A must visit temple in Koyambedu.

Nice temple but in temple public should maintain silence . phone should be switched off, loudspeaker only shiva Mantra should be played with mild volume. Then only the public can feel free.

Old Lord Eshwara Temple. Nice place to pray.

First first Pradhosham(13th Lunar day) was believed to be held here, where Lakshmi, Kamadhenu cow and so on.. came out from Ocean.. With respect to the context that once gods (Devas) and the demons (Asuras) were churning the milky ocean hoping to extract Amirtham (Divine Nectar)

Peaceful and happy place.

One of the Old temples in Chennai. The Main deity of this Temple Lord Shiva as Sri Kurungaaleeswar and Lord Parvati as Sri AramvalarthaNayagi.This temple is know for sons of Lord Rama, Lava & Kusha worshipped Lord Shiva. And, In this temple only Rama reunited with Sita and his sons. So, The temple known for Family Unity.Temple located near to Koyambed Metro station and walkable distance from Chathram bus stop.

Excellent temple, with almost all Hindu Dieties in single location...

Nice temple liked it

Peaceful place..Very one must go this temple..

I recently discovered that an ancient Siva temple in Koyembedu..Apparently its 600+ years old..The temple is neat & clean.. It provides a nice spiritual aura around it..If you are interested in visiting ancient temples, put this in your list..

Decent temple. Less parking facility.

Nice place all samy available

Very spritual place, good vibrations.

Nice temple

Nice place to visit..

SRI KURUNGALEESHWARAR TEMPLE is a Tiruppugazh sthalam - sung by Saint Arunagirinathar in praise of Lord Murugan. This temple is situated on the banks of river Cooum at Koyambedu. The presiding deity is called as Kurungaleeswarar / Kuchalavapureeswarar and Mother is called as Dharmasamvardhini / Aram Valartha Nayagi. It is also said that the name of this place in ancient days was Kosai Nagar, King Kulothunga Chozha is said to have ruled in the 12th Century and hence it is said that the temple was constructed during his period. As per the Legend, When Sri Rama sent the Aswamedha horse around the country, Lava and Kusa brought the horse to their custody. Without knowing that it was His sons who captured the horse, Sri Rama sent Lakshmana who fought a battle with them. As Lava and Kusa fought against their own uncle, they acquired a Dhosham called Gothra Dhosham. To be relieved of it, it is said that, they installed and worshipped Lord Shiva in this place. Must have darshan.

More than 1000 years old temple... must visit.. could have been maintained well.. still good powerful temple

Very big temple.. Very old temple tooo.. If any one goes to this temple they can visit near by temples.. Almost 5temples near-by surroundings

A superb temple to be visited

Nice place to visit

Such a devotional place to workship🙏🙏🙏

About 2000 year old temple. Lord siva, Goddess Dharma Samvardhini and lots of parivara devathas present here.

Nice temple

Oldest temple. No crowds during normal days. On Prathoshams, there may be sizeable crowds. If u visit here u can worship nearby perumal, anjaneyar, pillayar gods too.

This name Koyambedu is dervied from this temple. This is the place where Rama, sita, lava & kush United after long family problem.The speciality of this temple is it has both siva and vaigunda Perumal .Historic temple a must visit!!!

Sharav Bhairav (आकाश भैरव) is also here, and every Sunday is worshiped.

Good spiritual vibration is there in this temple so friends go and utilizes the power in temple lord shiva bairava Muruga and Vishnu bagvan also there Murugan and his wife marriage festival is famous soora samharam and opsite lord vishu temple is there Anjaneya temple

Small old temple with beautiful pillers, clean and good inside.

Historical temple. Shiva temple worshiped by Sita after separted from Sri Rama.

Ancient temple , very nice

Sivan temple

Old temple with its own mystery and myths

Blissful feel..

Peaceful place 👌👌

This is a must visit ancient temple which is close to 1000 years old.

One of the oldest Siva temple. It was said Lava Kusha worshipped Siva here. Just near Koyembedu butterfly flyover

An Interesting Ancient Hindu Temple every one must go for worship .

Excellent temple.powerful Shiva anjaneya and Mahavishnu.

A dream which was becoming true ...a beautiful experience which one can have by visiting this ancient temple which is 1000s of years old..Situated in the heart of the today developed Chennai city ....Koyambedu ,Poonthamalli high road near Koyambedu bus terminus..The temple is enchanting and near the entrance is a 16 pillared mandapam which also encloses Sarabeshvarar along with Lord Narasimhar in one of its pillars. People throng to worship on rahukalam on sundays which is very famous here..On entering the temple through its seven storeyed entrance we have the jwajasthambam or kodimaram..near by is Nandhi bagawan who is special here as he is found with his mookanangayaru and his sitting position..we have thani sannidhi for Adhigara Nandhi which is also rare..also sannidhis for Kala Bhairavar, VeeraBhadrar. An other 16 pillared mandapam which encloses sannidhis of Vinayagar, Kurungaleeswarar or Kusalavapureeswarar...his consort Devi Dharmasamvardhini or AramvalarthaNayagi...behind Lord Shivas sannidhi we can see Lord Dhakshinamoorthy which is rare..63 nayanmayars,Lord Sooriyan are here in koshtam..as we go around thani sannidhis for Vinayagar, Murugar, Navagraham are found..We have palamaram( jack fruit tree) here as sthalavriksham and a Goshala for maintaining cows..a few flowering plants and other trees are maintained. According to the mythology Sage Valmiki is said to have given shelter to Mother Sita Devi when Lord Rama sent her to forest when she was expecting...She gave birth to Lava and Kusha who grew up in this place...when Ramas Ashmedha horse entered this area they abducted it and fought with Lakshmana , Hanuman and finally with Rama without knowing it was their father..when they knew it they repended because they were captured by Pithru dosham ..to overcome their dosham according to their guru Vamiki they established a lingam to worship to relieve of their dosha...but found the lingam to be very big to do pooja...Lord Shiva to the amusement of the kids became small in size meaning Kurungaleeswarar and relieved them of the dosham...Pradosha poojai is very famous here.. Theertham KusaLava theertham...Temple timings are 5.30am to 12noon..4.30pm to 8.30pm.

Very well maintained temple.... Historical temple

Good place for worship with people around.. Special for every month 4th week..

Very good and older temp in Chennai more then 300 years

Peace of mind in heart of cityOhm Nama Shivaya

OLDEST TEMPLE POWERFUL GOD SUNDAY RAHUKALAM POOJA MUST VISIT.

Wow! Lord shiva templeSuperb environmentGained peace of mind

Very old and powerful. Sarabeshwarar is popular here

First time visited, peaceful holiness place

This ancient Shiva temple is the place where Lava and Kusa the twins of Rama and Sita captured the horse which was sent across the kingdoms as a symbol of supremacy of Rama as per the Aswamedha yaga.

Great ..... It has a long story so historicNight 8.30 pm pooja will be a awesome one

Very old temple in koyambedu, Chennai. Roads leading to temple are quite narrow. Car parking available inside temple premises. There is a Hanuman temple and a Perumal temple also. They allow you to conduct pithru karya in the outside mandap of the temple. Sarabeswarar sannithi in the outer mandap is very popular among devotees. Very near to koyambedu bus terminus

Holy temple and very old Shiva temple ..... must visit lord Shiva devotees.... Sundays raaghu kaala pooja for lord sharabeshwarar is very special in this temple .....

Oldest temple full of positive and divine energy

An temple for bliss

Today pradosham Pooja!! A nice temple to be visited!

Koyambedu in Chennai derives its name from, KO = Horse, Ambu = Arrow, Pedu = Fence( Veli in Tamil). The place is where the Ashram of Rishi Valmiki was located. The twins Lava and Kusha were born here & they arrested the horse of Shri Rama by building a fence of arrows around it.In this place is the Temple of Kurungaleeswarar, which is around 1500 years old and was built by the Medieval Cholas. A Chola king had driven his chariot over the lingam and a portion of the avudayar sank into the mud. As blood started flowing from the lingam, the King, Built the Temple to propitiate to the Lord and seek forgivance.Shri Rama was holding an Aswamedha sacrifice, and the horse of Shri Rama was tied by Lava and Kusha to a fence in the ashram. The prince Lava and Kusha fought against their father. It is only after the intervention of Valmiki and introducing the twins to their father that, the horse was returned back to Shri Ram. In order to relieve themselves of the Pitru Dosha for opposing their father, they prayed to Lord Shiva here in the form of a Lingam.The word kurungal means Small or Shrunk, Eshwarar means Lord. The Lord shrunk himself to the size of the young Kids to pray. Hence the Lord is also known as Kushalavapureeshwarar. The Shiva worshipped by the children Kusha & Lava is small in size.The inner pillared hall has a big figure of Lord Vigneshwara in between the Swamy and Ambal Sannidhi. Crossing this you come into the, Ardhamandapam and Garbhagriham. There is a circumbulation path in the Ardhamandapam.Coming out of the Mukhamandapam adjascent to it is the Mandapam where you have the Sannidhi of the Goddess. The goddess has her left foot forward signifying her presence to help devotees.On the front right side of the Sannidhi is the Navagraha idols on a round lotus(Padma) Pedestal ( unique). The Sun god is on a raised level with his consorts Usha & Chaya in a chariot pulled by 7 horses and the charioteer Aruna. The other Navagraha’s surrounding in a lower level in a round fashion.The unique feature of this temple is the lord faces North, rarely do you find temples were lord Shiva faces North. Further the Ambal Dharmasamvardhini or Aram Valartha Nayagi.Aram (Good deeds) Valartha (Enhancing) Nayagi.(Queen or Goddess) is on the right hand side of the Lord facing North. Generally in all temples the Swamy faces east and the Ambal faces South. This feature of the goddess on the right hand side is also found in the Madurai Meenakshi Temple.Things to Know or See :1.This temple is known as Adipradoshapuri, as the first ever Pradosha puja seems to have been performed here.2. The pillar in which Lava & Kusha tied the horse of Shri Rama.3.The left leg of the goddess is put forward to do good deeds for the devotees.4. The round ( Padma) Navagraha Pedestal.5.Nandi with a rope from its nostril and raised leg.6. Paintings and frescos in each shrine.

Divinity.... Great vibes.

Hi gud mrn,This temple has a great influence.especially it relieves the BRAHMAGATHI dosam.The goddess Aram valartha Nayagis one of the patham will be forwarded which means that she is ready to rescue all the times.its a Spl one here.The sarabeshwarar pooja is carried out on all Sundays 4.30 pm -6 p. M which is more powerful.One more special moment is PALLIYARAI POOJAI(8 p. M) everyday. They do bhajans at that time and sharing of vensamaram is tremendous.Dont delay!!!visit soon!!!

A historic temple , the presiding deity being Lord Shiva..As per Purana , Lava and Kusa , the sons of Lord Ram , worshipped Lord Shiva to overcome a spell cast on them..Hence the Lord is also known as Kuchalavapureeswarar .. A must visit temple which is in Koyambedu .Sad to say the maintenance by the HRCE , is poor .

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A temple in Chennai City more than a1000 years old.Must visit for everyone

One of the old famous temple.

Best place for an theist...!

Old and nice temple

Had a Wonderful experience

My God my life

Very ancient and serene Temple

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Divine

Must visit to seek Lord shiva blessings

Oldest temple inside the city

Peace of mind

Properly maintained

Good divine place

Nice Temple

One of the old Shiva temple

Power ful

Religious place

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Nice Temple

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Historic temple

Ancient temple related to RAMAYANA

Good place

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Old historical temple

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Divine.