Jambukeswarar Temple Tamilnadu Indian Panorama

Jambukeswarar Temple

Sri Jambukeswarar Temple located at Tiruchirapalli is a Hindu temple dedicated to the worship of Lord Shiva. The ancient temple was built by the Chola King Kochengatkanan Chola over 1800 years ago. It is situated in the island of Srirangam where the much famed, ancient temple of Sri Ranganathar is located.

Speciality of the Temple

The Jambukeswarar Temple is one of the most important Shiva temples in the world. It is one of the five temples representing the cosmic elements dedicated to Lord Shiva. This temple represents Water. The underground tunnel in the temple sanctum is always filled with water despite being removed.

The presiding deity is otherwise called Appu lingam, where Appu means water in Sanskrit. One more highlight of the temple is that, every day exactly at 12 noon, the priest of the temple dresses up like Goddess Akilandeswari and does Pooja in the sanctum. Witnessing this Pooja is considered to be very sacred.