Jambukeswarar Sembakkam

Jambukeswarar Sembakkam is a large temple with a large and spacious outer Prakaram. As you enter the sanctum from the south the goddess faces you and there is a holy water well opposite and outside. A pond outside is girdling the temple and the temple had been built in a way that the water enters the sanctum, but not these days as the water levels are low. Jambukeswarar Sembakkam is also considered a temple that represents one of the five elements, Water. Thiruvanaikkaval is the actual temple that represents the same. Vinayaka is in a separate large shrine with its own Mantapam. The idols of Nava Veeras, 9 Warriors who fought alongside Lord Muruga against the demon Sura Padman are installed here. The village has an unusually large number of temples in practically every street and corner – Vinayaka, Bhairava, Amman and Dakshinamurthy being some of them. Varasidhi Vinayaka temple is found just outside the entrance to Jambukeswarar Sembakkam. The Samadhi (Burial Spots) of two Sidhdhars, Ponnambala Swamigal and Chidambara Swamigal, called the twin Sidhdhars, as they were always seen together, are found just outside the temple. There is an Amman temple in the North and on the other side of the Temple Pond.