Name: Sri Jalakandeswarar Temple
Address: Balaji Nagar, Vellore, Tamil Nadu 632004, India, IN

Sri Jalakandeswarar Temple is a hindu temple, located at Balaji Nagar, Vellore, Tamil Nadu 632004, India

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Balaji Nagar, Vellore, Tamil Nadu 632004

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Anynomous

19 April 2018

nice temple and the inside atmosphere is very pleasant and after the prasad provided by the temple is very tasty and creamy. the temple have the 108 murti of lord vishnu and the total temple is made by rock stone block. the entrance gate is very beautiful and it is a good photographic point.
Anynomous

15 April 2018

One of the tourist destination place in Velore. Large area very much clean and wee maintained by aurtority. It is shape as star symbolic. In Day time summer season, Visiting inside temple sometimes hard due to hot weather.

Good time will be non sunny day.
Anynomous

04 April 2018

Beautiful and well-maintained temple. The sculptures and serenity are amazing. Very pleasant temple to visit at any time of the year. The garden and sculptures inside are pleasant and beautiful. The temple is located inside Fort Vellore premises. Has ample parking space and vendors sell pooja items in front of the temple. Beware of monkeys!
Anynomous

24 March 2018

Great place to visit.
calm atmosphere specially during sunset.good place for pilgrims.
extraordinary view of the area including water bodies,trees,lush green field from the top of cliff nearby.
Anynomous

13 February 2018

Absolute divinity in this temple. The discipline maintained and the preparedness with which they conduct any event definitely must be witnessed by everyone to learn from. The volunteers need a special mention for their tireless work.
Anynomous

29 October 2017

Its a great historical place... Very neat and clean... Must visit at vellore
Anynomous

19 October 2017

Very traditional and old temple. Contains a fish pond inside. Mandapam houses pillars of architectural and musical beauty.
Anynomous

07 October 2017

Excellent temple. Superb stone carvings. 14 th Century temple. Very peaceful surroundings.
Anynomous

02 October 2017

Temple is nice with beautiful sculptures, a proof of how great artistic and devotional our kings were. Though this temple is under ASI it's not maintained well. Looks like people don't understand the value of this historic treasure we have.
Anynomous

22 August 2017

Excellent architecture and peaceful place. Thousands of pillar and stages reminds the strength, skills and knowledge of Tamil peoples. Must visit place for blessings from Lord SHIVA.
Anynomous

09 August 2017

Greatness Of Temple:

The temple is built at the centre of a tank. There is a beautiful water fencing (Agazhi) around the temple appearing as a garland. The circumference of this Agazhi is 8000 feet. The sculpture in the wedding hall of the temple has two faces in a single body, an elephant and the bull.
Water for the abishek of the Lord is drawn from well which is very old. This is the Ganga Gouri holy theertham. The well has a natural spring in itself and not dug.
The Revolving Lamp:
There is an earthern lamp on the Balipeeta behind the Adhikara Nandhi (the bull vehicle of Lord Shiva) which would revolve if some people place their hands on it as they wish it. But it doesn’t revolve in all the cases and till today nobody knows the reason. Those facing some troubles caused by lizards falling on them worship the Golden and Silver Lizards in the temple. On the Kanu Festival or Mattu Pongal day (January), special abisheks are performed to Adhikara Nandhi. The wedding hall or the Kalyana Mandapam of the temple is as beautiful as the 1000 pillared Mandap in Madurai Meenakshisundareswarar temple.
Navashakti Jyothi:
A torch called Navasakthi Jyothi is in front of the Goddess – Amman shrine. It never extinguishes and round in shape. The main flame (jyothi) is at the centre and eight around it. A great lamp above the jyothi has a diameter of 27 inches representing the 27 stars starting from Ashwini to Revathi. This is called Star Deepa – Nakshatra Deepa.

Temple History:

There was an ant-hill (a sand mount made by white ants having many holes housing snakes inside called Pampu puttru in Tamil) in the place where the sanctum sanctorum of Jalakandeswarar exists now. Rain waters in the lower levels of the anthill made a tank there. There was also a Shivalinga under the water of the tank. Lord Shiva appeared in the dream of a chieftain Bommi Reddy who was ruling the region and asked him to build a temple there. The king went to the tank, demolished the ant-hill and took out the Shivalinga and installed the Lord in the water itself. As the Lord was installed in a place surrounded by Jalam (Water), He is named Jalakhandeswarar
Anynomous

23 July 2017

This is one of those few ancient temples where the pooja is going on regularly. Nice architecture and fine thunder art makes it an important visit in Vellore. If you are here for golden temple and you are gonna miss this one, believe me you are committing a blunder!
Anynomous

07 July 2017

Awesome temple,cool climate
Temple is inside the Vellore fort wall.it is infront of Vellore old bus stand
Anynomous

24 June 2017

It was very good the temple was very clean and they do every work very regularly . The only feedback is that old people cannot climb those tall and big steps . so the temple administration may take action in this case quite sooner ,otherwise that temple is very very very wonderful.
Anynomous

19 June 2017

It's a good place.. and peaceful..
It was created around or before 1566.
Anynomous

14 January 2017

One of the best temples in Tamil Nadu.
Lord Shiva as Jalakanteswar with his consort can be worshipped here.excellent architecture.huge Lord Ganesh Idol at the entrance.lot of free space.excellent atmosphere.Lot of people through out the world come here.There is a small well inside.people has lot of belief on this.gild and silver lizard is famous here.Regular festivals are held.Chitra pournami is very famous.The temple is inside a big fort.A most is around the fort.Maintenance by Archeological Society of India.
Anynomous

10 January 2017

One of the must visits in Vellore . Divine temple and artistic masterpiece with lot of sculptures and wall arts.
Anynomous

03 January 2017

The Jalakanteshwara Temple is a fine example of Vijayanagaram Architecture, if your . The temple has exquisite carvings the goupuram is 100ft tall rock cut carvings throughout the pillared halls that go around the circumambulatory aisle are so well crafted stone work that will blow your mind away with every pillar having different crafting on them with amazing patters and figures it's just so beautiful and serene , if your an admirer of any work of art ,craft or architecture at all this is definitely an amazing place for you .

I would suggest you try and visit this place in the mornings at your earliest convenient time possible . It's a very lovely place.
Anynomous

04 December 2016

The temple & the fort are unique. The temple has an underground passage which is now a well with water,has outstanding sculptures in the 100 pillar mandapa.The fort has a moat & a beautiful outer walls.It houses a mosque & a church besides Thippu & Hyder Mahal.A place to visit without fail.
Anynomous

19 October 2016

This temple in the Fort is having some historical value and very peaceful atmosphere inside the temple . One can visit the nearby museum.