The Utsavar also has only a stick and not his mace as found with others. As He was the charioteer He sported the moustache keeping with the tradition. The reason attributed is that he promised not to take weapons in the Mahabharatha war and hence he has only his conch. Other interesting thing is that, God Krishna is seen with a moustache and without his weapon Chakra.
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Hence, the God, Sri Parthasarathy's face is full of scars created by the arrows of the Great Bhishma in the Kurukshetra war. There are separate entrances for Lord Parthasarathy and Lord Narasimha.Īccording to Hindu Puranas, Lord Krishna was the charioteer for Arjuna during the Mahabharata war when he gave the Hindu holy book of Bhagavad Gita. There are shrines for Sri Vedhavalli Thayaar, Sri Ranganatha, Sri Rama, Sri Gajendra Varadharaja Swamy, Narasimha, Sri Andal, Sri Anjaneya, Alwars, Ramanuja, Swami Manavala Mamunigal and Vedanthachariar. One of the distinguishing features of is that it has four of the incarnations or avatars of Vishnu: Narasimha, Rama, Varaha and Krishna.
Lord Krishna is worshipped in the name 'Parthasarathy' in this temple, which means in Sanskrit, 'charioteer of Arjuna'.Temple was originally built by the Pallavas in the 8th century by king Narasimhavarman I. Parthasarathy Temple is one among the 108 divyadesams or holy abodes of Lord Vishnu.
Thiruvallikkeni Sri Parthasarathy Temple The Parthasarathy Temple is an 8th century Hindu Vaishnavite temple dedicated to Lord Krishna, located at Triplicane, Chennai. There are Seven Divya Desam Temple of Lord Vishnu in and around Chennai the Divya Desam Temple are Sri Parthasarthy Temple Chennai, Sri Neervannaperumal Temple in Tambaram Suburb of Chennai, Sri Nithya Kalyana Perumal in Thiruvedanthai near Mahabalipuram ,Sri Sthala Sayana Perumal Temple in Mahabalipuram, Sri Bhatavatsala Perumal Temple in Thiru Nindravoor about 23 kms from Chennai, Sri Veeraraghava Perumal Temple in Tiruvallur in Poonamallee road about 45 kms from Chennai, Sri Yoga Narasimha Swamy Temple in Sholingur about 100 kms from Chennai