Chithukaadu: Thathroshwarar & Sundararaja Perumal

Location:

Chithukaadu is a small village located off Poonamallee Byepass Road on the road leading to Pattabhiram.

Temple(s):

Sundararaja Perumal Temple

Chithukaadu (previously known as SiddharKaadu) claims to have Siddhars still living in the area. There are two main temples in this town - One for Sivan (Prasoonakundalambikai sametha Thathroshwara) and another for Perumal (Sundaravalli Thayar sametha Sundararaja Perumal). 

Thathroshwara Temple

The Sivan temple has a Gooseberry tree (Nelli maram) which has quite a few parrots. Siddhars are believed to be living in the tree in the form of parrots.

Nelli Maram

The Perumal temple has special significance for people born in Swati Nakshatra and is even considered to be a temple to visit for people with Swati Nakshatra who face delays/ in marriage. The temple boasts of 16 Narasimha idols in the Perumal Sannidhi.  There is also an Andal Sannidhi in the temple. 

The Perumal temple has Garuda Siddhar in the temple pillar. People who have problems with eyes light agal vilakku in front of Garuda Siddhar for 16 weeks to overcome problems.

Parrot on Perumal Gopuram

Tiruvalidayam

Location:

This temple is located in Padi - very close to Anna Nagar west and can be easily accessed from the Padi Main Road.

Temple:

The temple is dedicated to Jagadambigai sametha Tiruvalleswarar. The garba griham of Lord Siva has the idol of Ambal on the right, behind the main murthy. The garba griham of Tiruvalleswarar is illuminated by lights in the form of a lingam.

The temple also houses the deities of Vinayagar, lingam worshipped by Hanuman, Vishnu facing the murthi of Murugar, Meenakshi Sundareswara, Natarajar, Bharadwaja Lingam, Vishnudurgai, Anjaneyar, Navagrihas and Bhairava.

Thirugnanasambandar has sung praises of Tiruvalleswarar and this is mentioned in the Sthalapurana of Tiruvalidayam. 

An important feature of this temple is that there is a separate sannidhi for Guru in addition to the Dakhshinamurthi and  Guru in the Navagrihas. Hence this temple is supposed to be suitable for performing pariharams to Guru. 

Devotees with abundant grace of Guru perform pariharams to the Dakshinamurthy. Devotees  with average grace of Guru perform pariharams to the Guru in separate sannidhi. Devotees with little or no grace of Guru perform pariharams to the Guru in the Navagrihas.

There is ample space in the temple for feeding the roosters, hens and pigeons that abound in this sthalam. There is also a GoSaalai within the temple.