Sri Tiru Magaral Easwarar temple - Kanchipuram

Moolavar	Tiru Magaral Easwarar
Urchavar	Somaskandar, Natarajar
Amman / Thayar	Tiri Bhuvana Nayaki
Thala Virutcham	Lime tree
Theertham	Agni
Agamam / Pooja	-
Old year	1000-2000 years old
Historical Name	Tirumagaral
City	Tirumagaral
District	Kanchipuram
State	Tamil Nadu

Singers

Saint Gnanasambandar has sung 11 verses in his Thevaram in praise of the Lord of the temple.  One verse goes thus,   “For those aspiring relief from various bonds of life and attain their heavenly life, can do so very easily if they worship Magaral Lord surrounded by sages and vedic scholars.  My Lord’s hair style is like lightning rays on which Ganga flows with flowers falling.  The crescent moon is an added beauty on the Lord’s hair.”   This is the 7th shrine in Thondaimandalam region praised in Thevaram hymns.

Festival

10 day Masi Brahmmotsavam in February-March is grandly celebrated in the temple

Temple's Speciality

Lord Shiva graces in the temple as a swayambumurthi. The vimana (tower above the sanctum sanctorum) is of Gajabrushta (the hip of the elephant) design. Indira the king of Devas presented his white elephant as wedding gift to Lord Muruga and Deivanai that took place in Tiruparankundram. He placed the divine couples on the elephant and enjoyed the procession. When Lord Maha Vishnu desired to have this darshan of His nephew, he granted it at this place, goes a story

Opening Time

The temple is open from 7.00 a.m. to 12.00 a.m. and from 6.00 p.m. to 8.00 p.m

Address

Sri Tiru Magaral Easwarar Temple, Tirumagaral, Kancheepuram.

Phone

+91- 94435 96619.

General Information

The temple has a 5 tier Rajagopuram studded with beautiful sculptures and two prakaras-corridors.  Lords Ganapathy, Muruga Nataraja, Bhairava and Navagrahas (9 planets) are in the prakaras.  Lord Dakshinamurthy graces with His Veena in the tower

Prayers

It is believed that consuming the abishek theertha serves as an effective medicine reducing the impact of blood related illnesses, fractures, impaired vision, paralysis etc.

Thanks giving

Devotees perform pujas here for unity among the couples, for relief from planetary inflictions and those seeking child boon do Angapradakshinam –rolling around the prakara

Greatness Of Temple

A demon Makkiran was doing Shiva Puja when Lord Muruga destroyed Surapanma and other demons, thus escaped the wrath of the Lord.  He came to this place, named the Lord Makkiran, his own name.  In the years followed, it changed as Magaraleesar

Temple History

Lord Brahmma, after performing puja to the Lord in this place, planted a miracle jack tree that would yield one fruit each day.  King Rajendra Chola struck by the wonder ordered that one person from each family should carry this fruit on their head to Chidambaram to be offered as nivedhana to the Lord.  After the pujas, it will be sent to the king.

One day it was the turn of a Brahmin boy.  He thought that the king ought to have appointed his own men for the job instead of burdening the public.  He told the people of the village that he was a boy and could not bear the weight of the fruit and requested them to do the job and offered to take care of their houses till their return.  All the people left the place together to help the boy.  The boy thought that this problem will continue only if the tree existed and he simply burnt it.  He told the people that the tree caught fire some how and was reduced to ashes.  When the king enquired the boy, he said, “You made no facility for us to carry the fruit to Chidamabaram, hence, I burnt it.”  The king replied that the boy ought to have demanded the facility and ordered him to be exiled tying his eyes.

The king accompanied the boy while being taken for exile.  He saw a golden chameleon on the way which hid into an anthill when the king tried to catch it.  While demolishing the anthill, it began to bleed and a voice condemned the action of the king.  The king fainted.  The voice sounding again said that the chameleon was none other than Lord Shiva and ordered him to build a temple.  It may be noted that the size of the Linga in the sanctum sanctorum is just the size of the tail of the creature

How to reach

This paadal petra sthalam is located on the Kancheepuram - Uthiramerur route via Orikkai. It is about 16 Kms from Kancheepuram on the banks of river Seyyaaru. Bus facilities are available from Kancheepuram.

Temple address

Arulmighu Tirumagaraleeswarar Temple
Maagaral Village
Uthiramerur Taluk
Kancheepuram District
PIN 631603