Shiva Vishnu Temple, Periyar Nagar, Chennai – Vaikunta Ekadashi & Aani Thirumanjanam celebrations..
Sri Shiva Vishnu Temple is situated in Periyar Nagar, near Periyar Nagar Post Office, Chennai – 600082. This temple is surrounded with big trees, and hence we can breathe fresh air. This is a medium sized temple, and in this temple, both Shiva and Vishnu Shrines are available.
The important feature of this temple is, Lord Shiva is worshipped as Sundareswarar, and Ma Parvati is worshipped as Meenakshi, and Lord Vishnu is worshipped as Venkateswara of Tirumala, and Ma Lakshmi is worshipped as Padmavathi Thayar of Thiruchanur. Here both Vishnu and Shiva festivals are celebrated in a nice manner, like Rama Navami, Krishna Jayanti, Aani Thirumanjanam, Margazhi Utsavam, Vaikunta Ekadasi, Shiva Rathri and Pradosham. Ani Thirumanjanam: Lord Nataraja (the dancing image of Lord Šiva) is believed to give darshan in Ani (June/July).
In this year, Aani Thirumanjanam was nicely celebrated at this temple on 11/07/2024, and during that auspicious day, Abhishekham to Lord Nataraja’s idol was performed using milk, honey, coconut water, ghee and fruit mixture. Large number of devotees witness the shrine of Nataraja with full of positivity, divinity and anxiety and we can find lot of satisfactory faces after the completion of this Utsavam.
In this Temple, Vaikuntha Ekadashi celebrations would be done in a good manner, and lot of devotees would visit the temple during the night of Vaikunda ekadasi day and have the darshan of the great god Vishnu, and the entire night they would spent their time by worshipping the god and chanting his names and thinking about his glories. The most important for this particular festival is considered to be in this temple is specifically known for the Svarga Vasal opening.
The temple witnesses heavy inflow of pilgrims and dignitaries for Vaikunta Ekadashi. We can also observe fasting during the Vaikunda Ekadasi night at this temple, since I have also once observed fasting at this temple, during an auspicious Vaikunta Ekadasi festival day, and through that, I have obtained greater spiritual satisfaction.
“OM SRI SHANKARA NARAYANA NAMO NAMAHA”
WRITTEN BY
R. HARISHANKAR