Aditheswarar Vaniyambadi

Saivite Temples – Vellore District

God

Aditheswarar, facing west

Goddess

Brahanayaki, facing west

Other Deities

Outer Prakaram – Dwara Ganapati, Saraswathi, Mahaganapathi, Subramanya, Ayyapan. Inner Prakaram – Maragadha Lingam, Nataraja, Indra, Narthana Ganapathi, Balasubramania, Saptha Maadhar, Kalabhairava, Sivasurya, Renuka Parameswari, Naalvar. Sanctum niche – Durga, Brahma, Chandikeswara, Vishnu, Kamalaganapathi, Dakshinamurthy. Carvings in pillars of outer Mantapa – Yoga Narasimha, Anjaneya, Dindi, Mundi, Vishnu, Dakshinamurthy

Aditheswarar Vaniyambadi is a large west facing temple with a 5 tier Rajagopuram at the eastern entrance and a 3 tiered gopuram on the western entrance. The outer Prakaram is large and spacious. The god and goddess are both west facing which is not very common. The inner Prakara for circumambulation is full of deities. The Kalabhairava idol, though new, is large and looks beautiful. There are excellent carvings on the pillars. The walls of the Prakaram has many stone inscriptions.

Holy Water (Theertham) – No information

Sacred Tree (Sthala Vriksham) – No information

History

Aditheswarar Vaniyambadi is at least about 800 years old going by the stone inscriptions found here.

Legend

No information

Directions

Aditheswarar Vaniyambadi is in the western part of the town which is called old Vaniyambadi. The town is a maze of confusing streets and we recommend that you refer our map below to reach the temple.

Stay and Food

Vaniyambadi has some restaurants apart from the countless Biryani stalls. Ambur or the Highway is advisable for stay and food.

Saivite Temples

Aditheswarar, Vaniyambadi