Aksheeswaraswamy Temple, Acharapakkam

Arulmigu Aatcheeswarar Temple
Religion
Affiliation	Hinduism
District	Kanchipuram
Location
Location	Acharapakkam
State	Tamil Nadu
Country	India
Architecture
Type	Dravidian architecture

Aksheeswaraswamy Temple is a Hindu temple dedicated to Lord Shiva located near the holy village of Acharapakkam, Tamil Nadu, India. The temple is incarnated by the hymns of Tirugnana Sambandar.

History

The all-powerful Asuras, Tarakan, Kamalatchan and Vithvan Mali built palaces in gold, silver and iron respectively and were troubling the Devas more frequently. The Devas along with Vishu and Brahma worshipped Lord Shiva. Lord Shiva personified sky as the roof, ground as base, Surya & Chandra as Wheels, Four Vedas as horses, Merumalai as the Bow, Vasuki as the string and Thirumal himself as the arrow. Brhma was steering the Chariot. Vinaya grew angry as he was not a part of the war and broke the caster bolt of the Chariot. Lord Shiva gave good deeds to Vinayagar and went ahead winning the Asuras at Thirvathikai. Since the Achu(Caster Bolt) was broken into pieces(Pakkam), this place is called Achirupakkam.

Excavations

Imitated amphorae have been found in the temple in many excavations in the same context of the imported variety. They are found to be used continuously in Tamil Nadu in 6-7th century mainly in Thondai mandalam, which flourished as a prominent political centre under the Pallavas after the Sangam period. Imitated amphorae have been found in many excavations in the same context.

Transport

Acharapakkam is located on the 79th km of Trichy-Chennai National Highway (NH45) and 10 km from Maduranthakam. Acharapakkam has its own railhead on the Trichy-Chennai railway line.

Gallery

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  Lake view of the temple
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  Entrance of the Achirupakkam temple