Masilamaneeswarer Thiruaduthurai

 

The temple features:

This temple is located 20 kms from Chennai.
The carpet area of the temple is 70,000 sqft and is built facing south. It has a tower in 7 stages. The temple has two corridors.(Pragarams)
The deity is called Masilamaneeswarer and it is said that it is self incarnated in the east facing pose.
The lord's consort  Devi Kodiyidai-Nayaki  has seperate sanctum facing east. The temple tree is ' Mullai 'and the 'theertham' is called Pallaru subramanya-theertham. The inner tower is called Gajaprushta-Vimanam. There are 23 stone inscriptions in this temple giving the history of the kshetram

The saint who sang hymns on the Lord:
Sundharar

Legend:says that sages from Neimisaranyam, Brugu, Brahma, Vasishter, Chandran, Suriyan, Sri Rama and Lakshmana, Lava and Kucha, Doorvasar, Indrani, Sri Krishna, and other devas worshiped this deity.

Once upon a time there was a king who came hunting to this place. When he was riding a branch of dry flower-climber got stuck in his elephant's legs. To withdraw from the junk the king cut them with his sword. When he was cutting the dry plants he noticed that blood was exuding from that place. Immediatly he descended from the elephant and cleared the bush. He saw there was a Siva Lingam with blood oozing from its forehead.
The king felt very sad and went to his kingdom and ordered his minister to clean up the place and arrange to build a temple for the deity. The minister obeyed the king's orders and built a temple and instaled the icon. The king endowed much wealth to the temple for daily rituals and festivals. even now one can see a cut mark on the deity's forehead . 

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