Aksheeswaraswamy Temple

Aksheeswaraswamy Temple is a Hindu temple dedicated to Lord Shiva located near the holy city of Chengalpattu, Tamilnadu, 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.

Transport

Achirupakkam is located on the 79th km of Trichy-Chennai National Highway(NH4) and 10 km from Madhuranthakam. Achirupakkam has its own railhead on the Trichy-Chennai railway line.