Old Mahabalipuram
Road [OMR] is a famous, prominent fast corridor – the winding OMR aka Rajiv Gandhi Salai starts near the Kasturiba Nagar Railway
station - the Madhya Kailash temple in
Adyar in South Chennai – winds it way till Mahabalipuram – being the earliest
route – and hence carries the name ‘Old
Mahabalipuram Road’ – this is State highway-49A. From Madhya Kailash, it is designated ‘toll road’ and you have
toll booth near Thuraipakkam (DB Jain College) as also in other places from
where one enters OMR.
The corridor where
some madly race in the jostling traffic alongside big plush buses; PTC buses;
private vehicles; share autos and so many two wheelers – there are people changing lanes suddenly,
riding on wrong lane, sudden turns unmindful of vehicles coming behind; big
buses turning at will; people jumping over the median ….and more.. The IT Corridor is perhaps one route which has most of the
airconditoned buses !
above photo taken few months back and below after samprokshanam
Almost 10 kms from
the SRP Tools / Thiruvanmiyur junction is Karapakkam, one a village, now
housing number of BPO/ IT/ITES companies and Royal Sundaram, besides many other
Corporates. At Karapakkam, near Arvind
Theatre, there is ‘ Arulmigu Gangai Amman Thirukovil’ popularly Karapakkam
Sivan Kovil, with a temple tank. This
temple was recently renovated about a couple of months ago. It has Amman sannathi, Siva lingam, Murugan
sannithi, Iyyappan sannithi, Sri Maha Vishnu and one exclusively for
Aanjaneyar.
The son of Vayu [Pavana puthra] – Hanumar is the epitome of
great virtues ~ a great character – a
warrior, mightily powerful, whose body was as hard as a diamond, whose speed
equalled those of fastest flying eagles, who possessed great wisdom, who could
organize a group of roaming ones, who can jump hundreds of miles, yet who
remained at the feet of his Master, totally committed thinking of their welfare
alone – unassuming, yet capable of telling the right things at the right moment
– that is Pavana Puthra Hanuman. Lord Hanuman is everywhere – on mountains, big
temples, street corners and more ~ and
here at Karapakkam Hanuman stands tall – a 8 ft idol blessing all His devotees.
Here are some photos
of the temple and Lord Anjaneya
With regards – S.
Sampathkumar
20th June
2015.
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