SOMANADHESWARAR TEMPLE
Distance: 3 kms from Mambakkam
Shiva: Somanadheswarar
Amman: Amudhambigai
To reach this place you should reach Mambakkam junction which is 20kms from Tambaram on Vandalur - Kelambakkam road
Speciality:
This temple was worshipped by Chandran (moon). There are inscriptions about this in the temple.
We can find the Nandhikeswarar with a smiling face.
Many stone inscriptions were found near the well of the temple. This ancient temple was in a very bad state and renovations have been made and constructed recently.
History:
Chandran prayed to Lord Somanadhar of this temple to get relieved from his sin.
When Shiva swallowed the poison which arose from the celestial sea during the Churn of the Sea Parvathi stopped the poison from entering into the throat by holding Shiva's neck tightly. The poison stayed in the throat of Shiva and the portion which entered inside was converted to nectar (amudham) by Parvathy. Therefore the Ambaal acquired the name Amudhambigai.
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