Chettippunyam village is located about 30 kms from Tambaram on west of GST Road, after Singaperumal Koil.Though the main deity of this temple is Sri Varadharaja Perumal, many people throng here to worship Sri Yoga Hayagreevar. One can see that the temple is always filled with school and college students coming here to worship Sri Yoga Hayagreevar, as He is the believed as the God for education, knowledge and wisdom.
It is said that, originally this temple had Sri Varadharaja Perumal only. Later during 1848, the idols of Sri Devanaadha Perumal and Sri Yoga Hayagreevar have been brought here from Thiruvaheendrapuram (near Cuddalore) to safe guard them from invaders.
Now, the main deity here is Sri Varadharaja Perumal and Goddess Sri Hemambuja Nayagi. The Urchavar of this temple is Sri Devanaadha Perumal. Sri Devanaadha Perumal is seen here with Prayoga Chakra on His right hand, which is a rare sight.Usually Hayagreevar is seen along with Sri Lakshmi in many places. But here unusually, He is seen meditating in Yogic posture with his legs folded. Many students visit this temple praying for their good scores in examinations. One can see students coming here with their pens, pencils, hall tickets etc. keep them at the Lord’s feet before taking their exams.
Many of these students write their exam roll numbers and wishes to perform well all along the walls. Though the temple administration has announced on the walls, not to scribble on them, no one seems to respect that. Even such lines like “I want to get engineering seat” are seen in many places.
Dwajasthambha is made of stone here on which Sri Garuda is seen facing the Lord, towards the sanctum.An Azhinjal tree is present at the northern side of the temple, where people tie a thread or a piece of cloth and pray the Lord for marriage, children and also to fare well in examinations.
A beautiful temple, especially granting wishes for students. 
Good Wishes.
ReplyDeletePlease mention that the Yoga Hayagreevar in only the Urchavar.
Regards,
A.R.Hariharan
Among Vaishnavites, Lord Hayagreeva is treated as God of Education.
ReplyDeleteEven the Vidyaarambha among vaishnavites is performed
at the feet of Lord Lakshmi Hayagriva, just like shivites do it at the feet of Sri Sharadha, Sri Saraswathi, Sri Vidya Ganapthi...etc.
This, I am given to understand from Srimad Parkala Mutt, Bangalore.
jnAnAnanda-mayam devam nirmalas sphaTikAkRtim |
AdhAram sarvavidyAnAm hayagrIvam upAsmahe ||
is a slokam on Lord Hayagriva, describing him as the lord of education.
Varadaraj.K/ 13.Mar.08/ 11:16am IST
kvraj@cadetindia.com
It is a nice temple....
ReplyDeleteNow this temple becomes a visiting point, for all families having childrens writing Public exams.
With the increase in 'megazines' writing about Hindu temples, many lesser known temples are coming to light....
'kuthannur' Saraswathy temple is also becoming famous with the visit of more studets; there they have a seperate board to write their examination numbers!
- Jayakumar
nice
ReplyDeletecould you pls tell me what the timings for visiting the temple are.When the temple will be open etc.,
ReplyDeleteTemple will open at 7.00 in the morning
DeleteHi Arvind
ReplyDeleteThe temple will be closed between 12 pm to 4 pm everyday.... like any other temple....
Though this temple is under TN Govt HR&CE, the temple & the staff arev assisted by 2 trusts (CDR Kainkaryam Trust & Sri Yoga Hayagriva Seva Samithi) which helps in paying monthly assiatance to employees of the temple and other related work. Any enquiries can be sent to yogahayagriva@gmail.com
ReplyDeletegreat service
ReplyDeleteVisshudda vigyaana ganaswaroopam
vigyaana Visraanana baddhadheeksham
dayanidhim devabruthaam saranyam
devam hayagrevam aham prapadhye
utterance Haysgreeva Hayagreva Hayagreeva thrice confers vaak chaturyam to the utterer (prowess in speech!)
Raja
The temple timings: Morning 8AM-12Noon and in the evening 4PM - 7.30PM. During special pooja days the temple is open from 8AM - 7.30PM
ReplyDeleteAlong side the temples the images of the Gods would have been a feather in cap
ReplyDeleteA slight misconception about Hayagriva being the god of education. Bhagavan destroyed Madhu and Kaitabha asuras and recovered the Vedas in His Hayagriva avatara. He then preached it to Brahma. Therefore, 'education' here signifies only knowledge of atman and paramatma, and not petty education pertaning to materialism.
ReplyDeleteHayagriva bagavan is very much the lord of education. There is nothing in the world that Brahma created which is not in the vedas. The so called secular education is also an offshoot if the vedas . Hayagriva as vedavith and vedavedhya: is the lord of all knowledge. .. both material and spiritual. My 2 cents worth.
DeleteHayagriva bagavan is very much the lord of education. There is nothing in the world that Brahma created which is not in the vedas. The so called secular education is also an offshoot if the vedas . Hayagriva as vedavith and vedavedhya: is the lord of all knowledge. .. both material and spiritual. My 2 cents worth.
DeleteThe temple is conducting a Spl Archanai on 29th Jan 2012 under the blessings of Sri AM Rajagopalan. One has to book for this archanai at Executive Officer, Arulmigu Devanathaswamy Thirukoil, Chettippunniyam Village, Chingleput Taluk,Kancheepuram Dist., Tamil Nadu – 603 204. For more details, please contact Chettippunniyam Temple +918675127999 or the SYHSS Trust at +914428173263 & yogahayagriva@gmail.com
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ReplyDeletei learnt many of the temple through your informtion.pl continue your journey. best wishes
This is a great service....The details posted on this website helped me in contacting the temple officials.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the nice information. we are planning to visit this temple by this week end as my kid is going to step into the school next week.
ReplyDeleteVery informative. Great service. Please keep it up. Flute Visveshwar
ReplyDeleteThank you very much for all the information. We are visiting today with all details that we wanted to konw.
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