Here Lord Angaraha affected with Leprosy got cured here by praying Sri Vaidyanatha Swamy. Special feature here is in the month of Mid February to Mid March ( Tamil Month MASI between 21st to 25th) SUN LIGHT falls on Lord SHIVA directly morning 6 to 6.15 AM. This day is celebrated as Surya Pooja. All the pillars and entrance walls are beautifully engraved all Gods, Siva Puranam and Idhihasa stories. One can see NANDHI facing Lord Shiva is called as VISHNU NANDHI. Sri Adhi Sankarar has installed 3 SHREE CHAKRAMS. In the Inner Praharam we cansee Lord Dakshinamoorthy, Brahmma, Durgai, Subramanyar, and others. This temple is also called as UTTARA VAITHEESWARAN Temple.
The Sri Vaitheeswarar Temple in Poonamallee is located around 25 kilometers from the city of Chennai. It is a temple dedicated to Shiva. The presiding deity is Sri Vaitheeswarar, and the Mother is called Thaiyal Nayagi.
Poonamallee was originally known as Puvirinthamallee Place of Jasmine. The temple is similar to the Vaitheeswarar temple near Kumbakonam.
The temple is called the Uthara Vaitheeswarar Temple.The temple is one of the Navagraha Sthalams of Thondai Mandalam for Sri Angarakan (planet Mars, also called Chevvai in Tamizh). The Poonamallee Sri Vaitheeswarar temple is one of the nine temples on the outskirts of Chennai dedicated to the Navagrahas, with Shiva as the main deity. He is called Sri Vaitheeswarar in this temple.
The Sri Vaitheeswarar temple belongs to the Chola period and has inscriptions on it dating back to the time of King Rajraja I. The temple has tremendous architectural brilliance and divinity. It is believed to be one thousand years old and has a lot of architectural beauty with exquisite sculptures inside the inner corridor.The temple faces east. On the east side, there is a three-tier Rajagopuram with Thirukulam and sturdy fencing.
The temple has a small entrance on the east. The eastern gate leads to the Dwajasthambam, Palipeedam, and Nandi located at the entrance of the Maha Mandapam, facing the main sanctum housing the main deity. The Nandi here is called the Vishnu Nandi.
The Rajagopuram is on the north side and has exquisite sculptures on it. The main entrance has beautiful carvings on the walls. There is a Shiva Lingam at the entrance near the compound wall. On either side of the courtyard entrance are the idols of Ganesha and Murugan.The presiding deity is Vaitheeswarar. The deity is a huge Shiva Lingam facing the east. At the entrance of the sanctum are an idol of Alagu Vinayaga on one side and Sevvai Padham (footprints) of Angarakan on the other side, a rare symbol. There are two Dwarabalakars (Thindi and Mundi) on either side of the sanctum.
The Narthana Vinayagar, Dakshinamoorthy, and Mahavishnu are in the place of Lingotbhavar, Brahma and Durga as the niche idols on the wall of the sanctum. The Mother is called Thaiyal Nayagi. She is housed in a separate shrine that faces the southern direction near the sanctum. The Thayar is beautiful, and with her benevolent eyes, she bestows her blessings on the devotees.
The covered inner prakaram (corridor) has a pillar dedicated to Karlakattai Siddhar, who was associated with the temple. The inner prakaram houses the shrines of Surya Deva, Veeran, Vinayaka, Vishwanathar with Visalakshi, Kumbeswarar, Kailasanathar, Annapoorani, Mahalingeswarar, Maha Lakshmi and Adi Shankara. Bhairava, Chandikeswarar, Nalvar, Chandran, and Navagrahas are housed in the inner corridor of the temple.
The inner corridor also has the shrines of Nataraja with Sivakami, Somaskanda, and Murugan with his consorts Valli and Deivanai.
The temple has a vast outer prakaram (corridor), which has only a large Bana Shiva Lingam. There is a Gosala (cow shed) in the outer prakaram.The South Mandapam has beautiful carvings in the doorways.
The Sthala Vriksham (sacred tree) of the temple is the Thazhi Panai Maram (palm tree). The temple has a huge tank (Vinai Theertha Kulam) that lies on the eastern side.