Sri-Thirumettraleeswarar-Temple is a Lord Shiva templ ein Thirukachhimettralli in Kanchipuram district. The temple is a part of 274 padal petra sthalam of Shiva temples.
The Lord Shiva here is worshipped by Sundarar and Thirunavukarasar.
According to legends, the temple Lord Shiva was worshipped by Sri Vishnu, when he had the desire to achieve Linga swarupam. The temple also gets the name as Thiru Mettrualleswarar because, the temple Lord Shiva is facing west.
Thirunavukarasar had also lived here in the temple premises Madam and taught students. There are inscriptions which describe the contributions of later Cholas.
Kanchipuram
Kancheepuram district is located in the upper east of the state of Tamil Nadu in India. The region including the current day Kancheepuram locale was before a part of Chingleput district. The first Chingleput region was part in 1997 into …
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