Chennai temples- Few of them

Puri Jagannath temple - Kanathur, ECR

The temple is located in Kanathur few mtrs off the ECR just after the toll gate. The temple has been built in the same style as the temple in Puri, Orissa.

The presiding deities are Lord Jagannath, Devi Subhadra and Lord Balabadra. Also there are sannadhis to Lord Yoga Narasimha, Shiva, Ganesha, Devi Gajalakshmi, Devi Vimala and Navagraha. The pooja is performed in Oriya style by the priests. One can view the Orissa famous Pata Chitra paintings in the temple.

Sri Raghavendra temple - Thyagaraya nagar

A small and peaceful temple right in the center of the city. The temple is located quite close to the busy shopping area of Tnagar and Pondy bazaar.

The presiding deities are Sri Raghavendra, Sri Anjaneya and Sri Krishna. There is another sannadhi in the temple with Sri Vadiraja, Hayagreeva, Hanuman and Bhootaraja as the deities there. There is a small mandapam for Sathyanarayana pooja and another for meditation. Thursdays are considered auspicious to pray here. The temple is open from 6 am to 12.30 pm in the mornings and from 5 pm to 8.30 pm in the evenings.

Also, there is Sri Raghavendra mutt at Triplicane close to Sri Parthasarathy temple.

Sri Opilliappan temple - Madipakkam

Apart from Sri Opilliappan temple at Thiruvinnagaram near Kumbakonam this is probably the only other Sri Opilliappan temple. Sravanam is considered to be very auspicious and special thirumanjanam is conducted in the temple on all Sravanams.

 The sannadhis in the temple are Sri Opilliappan, Sri Ramar in pattabhisekha kolam, Chakratalwar and Narasimhar and Anjaneya. There is a small ganesha idol near Anjaneya inside the sannadhi. The temple is open from 7 am to 10.30 am in the mornings and from 5 pm to 7.30 pm in the evenings.

Sri Venkata Ananda Vinayagar temple - Madhya Kailash

 

The temple is located just at the start of the IT expressway or Rajiv Gandhi salai and opposite to Kasturba nagar station on MRTS. The presiding deity is Sri Venkata Ananda Vinayagar and the shrine to Sri Adhyantha prabhu- half Anjaneya and half Ganesha is an interesting one in the temple.

The other shrines are for Shiva, Surya, Devi, Anjaneya, Navagraha and Vishnu (Rajagopala swami). Navaratri and Ganesh Chaturthi is celebrated in the temple in a grand manner. Temple's Golu 2010 pictures..

Sethu Kshetram - Porur

The temple is on the Mount Poonamalle road near Mugalivakkam road next to HP office. There are shrines to Sri Ayyappa built in traditional Kerala style, Sarva Siddhi Vinayaga, Krishna, Sri Rama, Anjaneya, Bhairavar, Tripurasundari, Shiva subramanya, Nataraja, Navagraha and Vedapuriswarar. Look out for the beautiful paintings of Dasavatharam on the walls of the temple.

Nanmangalam Sri Neelavarna perumal temple and Trinetra Dasabhuja Anjaneya temple

The presiding deity of the temple is Sri Neelavarna perumal with his consorts Sridevi and Bhoodevi. It is an ancient temple and is said to fulfill the wishes of all devotees. It is interesting to note that there are three Anjaneyas in the temple, two of them on either side of the entrance like dwarapalakas. There are seperate sannadhis to Sudharsana/Yoga Narasimhar and Thayar.

Every saturday and sunday, the temple conducts Vishnu Sahasranama Parayana from 7 pm in the evenings. The temple is open in the mornings from 7.30 am to 11.30 am and in the evenings from 5.30 pm to 9 pm.

Trinetra Dasabhuja Anjaneya temple is just a minute's walk from Neelavarna perumal temple on the right side at the end of the road. As the name suggests Lord Anjaneya gives darshan here with three eyes and ten hands.

To reach the temples, take the road leading to Nanmangalam from Medavakkam main road.

Sri Devaraja perumal temple - Thiru Naimisaranyam

About the place

Naimisaranyam is among the eight swayam vyakhta kshetrams and among the 108 divyadesams of Sri Vaishnavas. The place is also known as Nimkhar or Nimsar and is on the banks of the river Gomati. Here the Lord is in the form of forest. The Lord is known as Devaraja perumal or Sri Hari and the thayar is called Sri Hari Lakshmi thayar. The Vyasa ghat temple is located on the banks of the river. There are two pushkarnis- the Gomathi river and Chakra theertham.

One of the Ahobila mutt jeeyar attained paramapadham in this divyadesam and hence there is a sannadhi in the Ahobila Mutt premises here.

There are also one Balaji temple nearby.

How to reach

The temple is located between Hardoi and Sitapur in Uttar Pradesh. Some trains from important cities to Lucknow stop at Haridoi. One can hire a taxi from Lucknow for half a day to go to Thiru Naimisaranyam.

Sannadhis surrounding the Chakra theertha -

Vinayaka

Chakratalwar

Ramar, Lakshmana and Sita

Sri Subramanya swamy temple - Tiruchendur

About the temple

The temple is among the six popular temples (Arupadai veedu) of Murugan and located just off the sea shore in Tiruchendur. The presiding deity of the temple is Lord Arumugan. The place is one among the places where Lord Muruga camped with his army to defeat the demon called Surapadma. Since Lord Subramanya/Muruga wanted to pray to his father Lord Shiva after the Sura samharan, he is seen in the temple worshipping Shiva. One km long roof has been built from the town to the temple for protecting the devotees from hot sun and rains while coming to the temple.

How to reach

Tiruchendur is around 40 kms from Tuticorin and 60 kms from Tirunelveli. Tirunelveli is well connected with other cities by train and road. There are buses and train from Tirunelveli and other important cities in Tamilnadu to Tiruchendur. The nearest airport is Madurai.

Sannadhis

Lord Arumugan/Subramanya/Murugan

Dakshina moorthy

108 lingas

Arunagirinathar

Mel vasal Vinayaga

Ranganathar with Gajalakshmi, Sridevi, Bhoodevi and alwars

Nayanaars

Valliamman

Vedapuriswarar

Chandiswarar

Natarajar

Bhairavar

Saneeswarar

Parvathi amman

Kariyamanika vinayagar

and many more..

Specialty of the temple

As compared to the normal tradition of the Raja Gopuram in the east direction, the temple's raja gopuram is in the western side. This was done to protect the foundation since the sea is closer to the temple in the east.

There is a small well called Nazhikinaru from where the water keeps oozing out and the water is sweet. It is interesting to note that the water is sweet inspite of being so close to the sea.

Temple timings

The temple is open from 5 am in the morning to 9 pm in the evening.

Temples in proximity

Nava thirupathi, Punnai nagar Srinivasa temple, Karungulam Srinivasar temple