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About Parthasarathy Temple, Triplicane, Chennai
Location
of Parthasarathy Temple:
The
Parthasarathy Temple is a Hindu
Vaishnavite temple dedicated to Lord
Krishna. The temple is located at
Triplicane, Chennai, India. This temple is
one among the 108 divyadesams.
Parthasarathy
Temple History:
The
temple origins date back to the 8th
century A.D., the reference of which has
been given in the Vaishnavite works of the
Alwar saints. The Parthasarathy Temple
bears impressions of the popular historic
dynasties like Pallavas, Cholas and
Vijaynagar.
The
temple was originally built by the
Pallavas in the 8th century and then later
renovated by the Cholas and the
Vijayanagara kings. The Best features of
the Parthasarathy Temple is that it
contains the deities of the four avatars
of Vishnu: Narasimha, Rama, Varaha and
Venkata Krishna.
Parathasarathy
temple is dedicated to Lord Krishna. The
name Parthasarathy has been derived from
two Sanskrit words Partha and Sarathy,
Sarathy (charioteer) of Partha (Arjuna).
The History about the temple is King Sumathy prayed to Lord Thiruvengada of the Seven Hills,
Thirupathy to give him darshan as the
Charioteer (Sarathy) to Partha in the Maha
Bharatha War discoursing on Geetha. He
appeared in the dream of King Sumathy and
bade him go to 'Brindaranya' where he
would give him Darshan in the form he
wished. So the Moolavar is known as
VenkataKrishnan. The Sage
Athreya had installed the idol of Lord
Parthasarathy Swami. Sri Ramanuja came to
this temple and prayed to the Lord for a
son and eventually the great acharya was
born. It is also believed that the great
saint Sri Ramanuja is none other than the
Lord Parthasarathy himself who was born to
revive the Vishistadvaitha.
Special
Features of Parthasarathy Temple:
Some
of the best special things of
Parathasarathy temple are the great seven
Munis who are called “Saptha Rishis”
(1. Brighu, 2. Atthiri, 3. Mareeshi, 4.
Markandeyar, 5. Sumathi, 6. Jaabali, 7.
Saptharomar had done thavam here and so
the temple is also called as "Brindaranyasthalam".
Vyasar had installed the Lord.
Among
the 12 alwars, three of them namely
Peyalwar, Thirumazhisai alwar and
Thirumangaialwar have sung about the
deities of this temple. Many acharyas have
also written songs on the deities of this
temples.
The
Deities in Parthasarathy Temple:
The
usual Chakra (the wheel) associated with
Mahavishnu is conspicious by its absence.
Sridevi and Bhoodevi - the consorts of
Lord Vishnu are seen on either sides of
the Uthsavamurthy.
The special feature of this temple is the
installation of the idols of the 5 avtars
of Lord Vishnu. Vedavalli - another
consort of the Lord is also enshrined
here. The Moolavar of this Temple is
Venkata Krishnan with Rukmani Piratiyar,
the lord holds sword in one hand, Varadha
Muthirai on the other hand and his brother
Balaraman on his right, Sathaki on his
left, son Prathyumnan, Grand son Aniruthan
are also found near the Moolavar. This is
one of the Temple where the Perumal shows
his seva along with his three generations.
The lord is found in standing position
facing east direction.
Separate
Sannathi is there for Sri Vedhavalli
Thayar facing east on the right side of
the Sri Parthasarathyswamy Sannathi.
Festivals are performed to Sri Vedhavalli
Thayar on fridays and taken in procession
within the precincts of the temple.
Another
important feature of this Parthasarathy
temple is the colored gopuram. The 'Gopuram'
is said to the pyramidical shaped temple
top which is a stereotyped feature of the
South Indian temples. After passing under
the colorful gopuram (temple gateway),
you'll enter the courtyard, which has
several carved shrines.
Festive
Season:
During
festival days the place is given a new
look and accompanied by various
traditional rites. The
first of every Tamil month, the two
Ekadasis in a lunar month, Full and New
Moon days and the days presided over by
Rohini and Sravana Nakshatrams are days of
festivity. The most important festival is
Pagal Pathu and Ra Pathu. Throughout the
year, festivals and processions are being
performed for one or other of the Deities,
Azhawar's and Acharyas.The Brahmothsavam
is celebrated every year in the month of
Chithirai (April-May) for Sri
Parthasarathyswamy and for Sri
Narasimhaswamy in the month of Ani
(June-July). Separate Thuvajasthambaml are
here for these Gods. This is the special
feature in this temple. The festivals
includes Vasanthothsavam in Chithirai
(April-May), Pavithrouthsavam in Avani,
Adhyayana Utsavam in Markazhi, Floating
festival, Davanauthsavam in Masi
(March-April), for Sri Gajendra
Varadharajar in Vaikasi (May-June), for
Sri Ranganathar, Sri Ramar in Panguni, for
Andal in Adi, for Vethavalli Thayar in
Purattasi (September-October), for
Ramanujar in Chithirai (April-May) and Sri
Manavalama Munigal in Ippasi (celebrated
for 10 days).
'Vaikunda Egathesi' is an unique festival,
in the month of margazhi (Dec-Jan). During
this festival Four Thousand Tamil Pasurams
of Alwar's and Vedas are recited for 21
days in the presence Sri
Parthasarathyswamy, Alwar's and the
Acharyas. This is in accordance with the 'Thennacharya
Sambradayam', founded by Sri
Manavalamamunigal.
The annual Bhrammotsavam is celebrated in
the month of Chittirai. Vaikuntha Ekadasi
celebrated in Margazhi is one of the
important festivals. The float festival is
held in the month of Feb-Mar. There is a
beautiful glass palanquin. The Utsavar is
Parthasarathy. The image of Krishna bears
the scars from Bheeshma's arrows.
Temple
Tank
The tank in front of the temple is
known as 'Kairavini', which means white
lily considered to be most sacred for the
places of worship. Kairavini Pushkarani
has five theerthams (Indhra, Soma, Meena,
Agni and Vishnu).
Outside
the Temple
Outside
the temple can be seen a carving of
Parthasarathy (Krishna as charioteer)
discoursing to Arjuna
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