Ponnambalam – Por Sabhai – Chidambaram Natarajar temple
Rasi : Makaram
Timings : 6.30 a.m. to 12.00 noon - 5.00 a.m. to 9.30 p.m.
Phone : 9443635280
Location : 215 kms from chennai 159 kms from thirukazhukundram
Nearest town : Myaduthurai 41 kms
Important days : Rasi day
Special features of the temple
1. The “Pancha bootha” temples, Chidambaram, Kalahasthi and Kanchi Ekambareswar are located in a straight line at 79 degrees 41 minutes Longitude.
2. The 9 Entrances represent the 9 Entrances or Openings in the body.
3. Located at the Center Point of world ‘s Magnetic Equator.
4. The 28 “Ahamas” and the 28 methods of Lord Shiva’s worship is represented by the Pillars. The 64 + 64 Roof Beams which denote the 64 Arts with the cross beams representing the Blood Vessels running across the Human body.
5. The 9 Energies are represented by the Kalasas on the Roof. The 6 pillars at the Artha Mantapam’s Six pillars represent the Sashtras.
6. 21600 gold sheets representing the 21600 breaths taken by a human being every day (15 x 60 x 24 = 21600) make the temple roof.
7. 72000 gold nails used to fix the sheet on the Vimanam are the total number. of Nadis (Nerves) in the human body.
8. “Ponnambalam” is placed slightly tilted towards the left representing the Heart. The five steps “Panchaktshara padi ” reverberate the “Si, Va, Ya, Na, Ma ” Panchaktshara mantras. The 4 pillars holding the Kanagasabhai are the four Vedas.
9. The 18 pillars in the Mantapam close by are representative of the 18 Puranams.
10. The dance of Lord Nataraja is described as Cosmic Dance.
Chidambaram Temple, spread over 50 acres in the heart of the city, is an ancient temple dedicated to Lord Shiva Nataraja and Lord Govindaraja Perumal and one of the few temples where both the both of them are enshrined in one place.
Special Archana is performed to Swamy, Ambal and Nataraja for the persons born in Makara Rasi or Lagnam as this is considered a Makara Rasi Parikara sthalam
It is a Hindu temple dedicated to Lord Shiva located in the heart of the temple town of Chidambaram,Tamil Nadu. Chidambaram is one of the five Shiva temples representing one of the five natural elements; it represents the sky (aether). The other four are: Thiruvanaikaval Jambukeswara,Trichy (water), Kanchi Ekambareswara (earth)Kanchipuram, Thiruvannamalai Arunachaleswara (fire),Thiruvanna malai and Kalahasti Nathar (wind),Kalahasti
It is an ancient temple dedicated to Lord Shiva Nataraja and Lord Govindaraja Perumal, one of the few temples where both the Shaivite and Vaishnavite deities are enshrined in one place.
An unique feature of this temple is the adorned image of Nataraja. Here Lord Shiva as the Lord of the Bharatanatyam. The temple is traditionally administered by an endogamous group of shaivite brahmins called Dikshitars, who also officiate as the priests.
Chidambaram is also referred to in various works such as Thillai (after the Thillai forest of yore in which the temple is now located), Perumpatrapuliyur or Vyagrapuram் (in honour of Saint Vyagrapathar).The temple is supposed to be located at the Lotus heart of the Universe": Virat hridaya padma sthalam. On the spot where the Lord displayed his dance of bliss, the Änanda Thaandavam - a spot exactly south of the "Thirumoolataaneswar temple", today is the Ponnambalam/ Porsabai (Pon meaning gold, Ambalam/Sabai meaning stage) housing the Lord Shiva in his dancing form. The Lord is also hence referred to as the Sabhanayakar, meaning the Lord of the Stage.
There is the gold-roofed stage in the sanctum sanctorum and houses the Lord in three forms:
- the anthromorphological form as an appearance of Lord Nataraja, called the Sakala thirumeni.
- the semi-anthropomorphological form as the Crystal linga of Chandramouleswarar, the Sakala nishkala thirumeni.
- as the Space in Chidambara Rahasyam, an empty space within the sanctum sanctorum, the Nishkala thirumeni.
Chidambaram also is one of the Pancha sabhais where Lord Shiva is said to have displayed his dance. The other sabhais have been described in detail in Temples of Tamilnadu - 19 - Pancha Bootha Sthalam
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