Panamaneeswarar Temple Thiruvalluvar street Kanchipuram

Panamaneeswarar Temple

  • Location: Thiruvalluvar street Kanchipuram, Tamil Nadu
  • Presiding deity: Shiva as a Lingam worshipped by snake Vasuki.
  • Consort: None. In kanchipuram, Kamatchi amman is the consort for all Shiva Lingams installed.
  • Constructed by: To be updated
  • Years of construction: To be updated
  • Notes:
    * Snake Vaasuki worshipped this Linga with maanikkam stones. He wanted to repent for releasing poison during churning of the paarkadal (ocean) while retrieving amudha kalasam .
    * Panam is padam – the raised hood of snake. Panaamani is the rathnam stones.
    * Second linga is Kaalathi Linga.
    * Anantha keertham is the temple tank for this temple.

 

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Text compiled by Dharanya