Thiruvalluvar Temple, Mylapore

Thiruvalluvar Temple in Mylapore

Thiruvalluvar Temple is a Hindu temple in the neighbourhood of Mylapore in Chennai, India. The shrine is dedicated to the poet-saint Thiruvalluvar. Believed to have been constructed in the early 16th century, the temple was extensively renovated in the 1970s.^[1]

The temple

Inside the temple

Statue of Valluvar inside the sanctum sanctorum

The temple is located in a narrow lane adjacent to the Valluvar statue on Royapettah High Road. The temple is located on a sprawling ground with exclusive sanctums for various deities, namely, Lord Ganesha, Subramanya, Shiva and Parvathi, and separate sanctums for Thiruvalluvar and his consort Vasuki. Classes on the Tirukkural are also held in the evenings for children.

In the introduction to his 1897 book The Ethics of Kural, J. M. Nallaswamy Pillai, describes the statue at the temple thus:

“

Those of you, who wish to have our idea of the personal appearance of the sage, may proceed to his shrine at Mylapore, a minute's walk from the Barber's Bridge, and witness the statue of the canonized saint. The folded knot of his lock, the bushy moustache and beard sweeping over his breast, the gravity of the forehead, the broad eyes revealing his noble heart, and the grace of his majestic frame are such a s remind one of Plato and Socrates. Add to these, the beads in his right and the moral code in the left hand, the saint in a sitting posture on a raised seat, seeming to impart instruction to his disciples, you will verily believe that he is a Tamil Rishi next to Agasthya. He is in fact said to be the great grandson of Agasthya. At least the genealogy framed by the pandits states so.^[2]

”

References

↑ Pradeep Chakravarthy, Ramesh Ramachandran (August 16–31, 2009). "Thiruvalluvar's shrine". Madras Musings. 19 (9).
↑ A. A. Manavalan (Ed.) (2009). Essays and Tributes on Tirukkural (1886–1986 AD) (1 ed.). Chennai: International Institute of Tamil Studies. p. 22.

External links

Home page of Agastiar.org containing photos of the temple and the deities

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[1] Pradeep Chakravarthy, Ramesh Ramachandran (August 16–31, 2009). "Thiruvalluvar's shrine". Madras Musings. 19 (9).

[2] A. A. Manavalan (Ed.) (2009). Essays and Tributes on Tirukkural (1886–1986 AD) (1 ed.). Chennai: International Institute of Tamil Studies. p. 22.

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Thiruvalluvar Temple, Mylapore

The temple

See also

References

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