This is ancient temple presently in a shed built by Mr Venkatesh of Chennai,
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| Nelvoy temple with Swamy, Ambal and Nandi |
The temple is being taken care of by Mr Shankar, who is a Sivan Adiyar and by profession is a trader in salt. Inspite of Sandhai, on pradosham days he physically presents himself here and arranges for special abhishekam and prasadham. Nearly 100 people attend the pradosham pooja.
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| Mr Shankar with Sakthi Kulam in the backdrop |
This temple has once upon a time had 2 temple tanks (Kulams) - one Shiva kulam and the other Sakthi Kulam. The Shiva kulam is presently dry and the sakthi kulam has some water in it.
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| The Shiva Kulam which is dry . The bund and the stone steps can be seen. |
As requested by Mr Shankar who manages the daily pooja with his personal resources, we have for the last 2 months giving special abhishekam materials like Rose water, Vasanai podi, Sandal paste, Viboothi, honey, dates,sugarcandy etc for panchamritam, vilva podi, arugambil podi, nellikai podi, chembaruthi podi, arisi podi, oil, manja podi, etc for each Pradosham which is celebrated in a grand manner twice a month.
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| There is electrical connection to this temple and also a borewell for supply of water |
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