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SRI KARANEESWARAR TEMPLE

Saidapet, Chennai, Tamilnadu, India

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God

The main deity of this Temple is Karaneeswarar who is an incarnation of Lord Shiva facing East and deity is in the form of Shiva Linga in the sanctum.

Interesting Facts

  • This temple is one among the Navagraha temples of Chennai (or Thondai Mandalam) for Budhan (Mercury).

Best Season To Visit

The best season to visit the temple is Winter season. The best months to visit are September to February.

Weather

Highest - April to June (42 °C during day and 30°C during night)Average - May (33.7 °C during the day and 28 °C during night)Lowest - October to February (26 °C during day and 21 °C during night)Monsoon season - June to September

Dress Code

  • For men the dress code is Shirt & Trouser, Dhoti or Pyjamas with upper cloth.
  • For women the preferred dress code is saree or half-saree with blouse or chudidhar with pyjama and upper cloth.
  • Shorts, mini-skirts, middies, sleeveless tops, low-waist jeans and short-length T-shirts are not allowed.

Do's & Dont's

  • Do bathe and wear clean clothes before you enter the temple.
  • Do respect ancient customs and co-piligrims while at temple.
  • Smoking and drinking is prohibited in this temple.
  • Chewing betel leaves, tobacco, gutka and spitting inside temple is strictly prohibited.

transport connections

Name Distance Contact Number
West Saidapet Bus Depot
1.2 KM 08682878676
Saidapet Railway station
150 MTRS 139
Chennai International Airport
8.8 KM 044-22560551

Architecture

The place is known as Thiru Karanee and Lord Shiva as Sri Karaneeswarar, as this place turned into a green pasture because of clouds, also known as Kaar in Tamizh a large East facing temple. This temple has a Seven tiered Rajagopuram. The temple walls has two prakarams (closed precincts of a temple). Temple has a koneru named as Gopathi (Indra) Theertham.

Religious Significance

Lord Indra redeems Kamadenu by constructing this temple - Lord Indra having given his divine cow Kamadenu to Sage Vashista is worried as she has not returned even after a long time. He find out that she has been cursed into becoming an ordinary one because she had created obstacles during Pooja and Prayer of Sage Vashista. He consults his Ganas and on that basis, finds out that the Holy Cow Kamadenu can be redeemed if he constructs a Temple to Lord Shiva in between Mylapore and Thiruvanmiyur on the North western direction. He then ordains the clouds (Kar) to rain and cool the area thereby creating a wonderful green pasture. He installs a Linga and prays to the Lord Shiva - who redeems the holy cow and also blesses Lord Indra by granting him the status of Gopathi (Lord of Cows). The tank made by Indra is known as Gopathi Saras. It is said that people who take a ritual bath in this tank on full moon days get cured of many of their illnesses.

Karaneeswarar Numerology - The Formula namely Karaneeswarar Numerological formula is very famous for numerological calculations and ordained by God Shiva and it is said that the formulas were distributed to humanity by Siddhas in old ancient era. These were updated in ancient numerological history. Presently these details are long thought to have been lost to humanity.

Temple Timings

Day Timings
All Days 05:30 AM - 12:00 PM 04:00 PM - 09:00 PM
Friday 05:30 AM - 12:00 PM 04:00 PM - 09:00 PM

Pooja

Palliyarai Pooja
All Days
05:45
Kalasanthi Pooja
All Days
06:30 - 07:30
Uchikala Pooja
All Days
11:00
Sayaratchai Pooja
All Days
18:00
Arthajama Pooja
All Days
09:15

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Airports

Airport Name Distance
Shamshabad 40 KM
Lorem Ipsum 12 KM

Railway Stations

Railway Station Name Distance
Secunderabad 10 KM
Nampally 12 KM
Begumpet 6 KM
Lingampally 20 KM

Bus Stations

Bus Station Name Distance
MGBS 35 KM
CBS 28 KM
kukatpally 20 KM
Lingampally 30 KM
Uppal 35 KM

Private Transports

Transport Name Distance Contact Number
Private Transport 8 KM 9546858757
Private Transport1 8 KM 9546858757
Private Transport1 8 KM 9546858757
Private Transport1 8 KM 9546858757
Private Transport1 8 KM 9546858757

Local Transports

Transport Name Distance Contact Number
Local Transport 5 KM 9546858757
Local Transport1 5 KM 9546858757
Local Transport1 5 KM 9546858757
Local Transport1 5 KM 9546858757
Local Transport1 5 KM 9546858757

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