The temple priests perform the pooja (rituals) during festivals and on a daily basis. The temple is open from 5:30 am – 12:30 pm and 5 – 8 pm on all days except during festive occasions when it has extended timings. There is an yantra over a Tortoise base where all the rituals are performed. The image of Kandaswamy is believed to have originated on its own and hence ablution is not done to the presiding deity as with the other temples. Bala deva raya has mentioned Kandaswamy as “Samara puri vaazh Shan mugatthu arase” in his works in Kanda Shasti Kavasam. He has mentioned that Shiva is the head of all Vedas, the sacred texts.
Aruna giri naadhar, a 16th-century saint has glorified the temple in his work in Thiru pugazh. There is a palm leaf maintained in the temple, which is believed to have been the original palm leaf. The image of Muruga is believed to have been discovered under a palm leaf. Kandaswamy is revered by Chidambara Swamigal in 726 verses. There is a separate shrine for Shiva and Parvathi and all the Parsvatah Devatas (attendant deities) associated with Shiva temples. There are separate shrines of his consorts Valli and Deivaanai around the first precicnt. The image is sported with two hands with one of them holding Vel (divine spear), and an image of peacock besides the presiding deity. The sanctum faces East and the image of the presiding deity is 7 ft (2.1 m) tall. The sanctum is built with granite, which houses the image of Murugan in the form of Kandaswamy in standing posture. The temple tank is located outside the temple. The sanctum of the temple is approached through a 24 pillared hall near the gateway tower. The temple covers an area of 4 acres (16,000 m2). The temple has a five-tiered rajagopuram, the gateway tower, raising to a height of 70 ft (21 m) and 200 ft (61 m) wide. The temple is located in Thiruporur, in Old Mahabalipuram Road, 28 km (17 mi) from Chennai, the capital of Tamil Nadu. In modern times, the temple is maintained and administered by the Hindu religious and charitable endowments Board of the Government of Tamil Nadu. The recovered land was valued at ₹100 crores. During 2013, as many as 36 acres (15 ha) belonging to the temple located at Thandalam that was leased earlier, was recovered from the land grabbers. An effort was made to dig up a room in the temple by archaeologists during 2013, which yielded only items used during rituals and not any archaeological artifact. Chidambara Swamigal, believed to be a descendant of the Sangam age poets, rebuilt the temple during the 17th century. The temple is believed to have been built during the Pallava era in the 10th century CE. During the last event of the festival, he is depicted merging with the presiding deity. There is a separate shrine dedicated to him in the temple and he is given special respect during the Vaikasi Visagam festival.
He dug out the statue and built a temple around it. A sage named Chidambara Adigal was residing in Madurai and a divine voice asked him to unearth the statue under a palm tree. According to the sthala puraanam, at some point of time, the place was submerged in a deluge. Since Muruga won over Tharuka asuran, this place came to be Porur (por in Tamil means war) and also called by other names like Tharukapuri and Samarapuri. It is believed that sage Agastya on his way to Pothigai hills visited this place. The temple is maintained and administered by the Hindu Religious and Endowment Board of the Government of Tamil Nadu.Īs per Hindu legend, Murugan fought with demons in three places, namely, the sea at Tiruchendur, land at Thirupparankundram and in air at Thiruporur. Four daily rituals and many yearly festivals are held at the temple, of which the Vaikasi Visagam celebrated during the Tamil month of Vaikasi (May – June), Kanthasasti festival and Navarathri festival being the most prominent. The temple is open from 6:30 am – 12:00 pm and 5 – 8 pm. The temple has a five-tiered gateway tower leading to a pillared halls and the sanctum. Constructed in the Dravidian style of architecture, the temple is believed to have been expanded during the 18th century with the images excavated from Thiruporur. Thiruporur Kandaswamy temple (or Thiruporur Murugan temple or Kanthaswamy temple) in Thiruporur, a panchayat town in Kanchipuram district in the South Indian state of Tamil Nadu, is dedicated to the Hindu god Murugan.
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