Singaperumal Koil

Location:

Singaperumal Koil is the name of a small town located on GST Road. The temple is located on a small hill and is located within minutes from the highway.

Temple:

The temple is dedicated to Lakshmi Narasimhar - one of the Dasavatharam of Lord Vishnu. The temple has the Dasavatharams on the gopuram of the temple.

The main idol Lakshmi Narasimhar is believed to have appeared in the Swayambu form at this kshetra.  Pleased with Jabali Maharishi’s penance the Lord gave darshan to the Rishi.  

Additional information about the temple can be accessed from the temple’s website.

Poonamallee Vaidyanatha Swamy

Location

This temple is located in Poonamallee, close to the bus depot.

Temple

Vaidyanatha Swamy in the town Vaideeswaran Koil is famous for blessing devotees with good health. In fact, the temple is also considered to be a Navagriha Kshetra for “Sevvai” or “Mars”. 

The Vaidyanatha Swamy temple in Poonamallee is dedicated to the same deity as in Vaideeswaran Koil and is pretty much a replica in terms of the deities. Vaidyanatha Swamy is in the form of a Linga. Thaiyalnayaki is the name of his consort. Other deities include Muthukumaraswamy, Vishnu Durgai, Natarajar and Navagrihas.

Board in Mangadu Velleeswarar Temple showing Poonamalle Vaidyanatha Swamy Temple as  Sevvai Sthalam

Tiruneer Malai Perumal

Location

Tiruneer Malai is about 25 kms from Chennai and can be accessed by GST Road. The temple is at the hilltop and offers scenic views of the burgeoning Chennai suburbs.

Temple

Lord Vishnu appears in Kidandha (lying), Nindra (standing), Irundha (seated) and Nadandha (walking) positions in various temples. In Tiruneer Malai temple, Sriranganatha Perumal appears in the Kidandha position.

The main deity of Tiruneer Malai temple is Sriranganatha Perumal - lying on Adisesha with Chaturbhuja Bramha appearing from the navel of the deity. Sridevi and Bhoodevi are seated at the feet of the lord. This temple is one of the 108 Divyadesam. It is claimed that offering prayers at this temple is equivalent to offering prayers at the famous Srirangam, Trichy.

This temple celebrated Samprokshanam in December 2010.

Entrance for steps leading to the Temple

Mangadu Vaikunta Perumal

Location:

This temple is located in Mangadu - on the way to Poonamallee, 2-3 kms from the highway. 

Temple:

The temple’s main deities are Vaikunta Perumal and his consort Kanakavalli Thayar. The Perumal has a green emerald (maragatham) ring in His palm for the marriage of His sister - Mangadu Kamakshi. Sreedevi and Bhoodevi are beside the Vaikunta Perumal.

People light oil lamps in this temple to safeguard their families. Prayers for removal of obstacles in marriage are offered to this Perumal. Other deities in the temple include Garuda, Anjaneyar and Andal.

Mangadu Velleeswarar

Location

This temple is located in Mangadu - behind the famous Mangadu Amman temple.

Temple

The main deity of this temple is that of Velleeswara who has Bilva Leaf, Chandra prabhai and Surya  This temple’s pond is called Sukratheertham.

The other deities include Sidhi Vinayakar, Veerabhadrar, Valli Deivanai sametha Subrahmanyar, Kaalasamharamurthi Balambika, Durga, Chandigeswara and Navagriha.

Board in this temple showing Navagriha temples around Chennai

Kunnakudi Shanmuganathar

This town is famous for its Shanmuganathar temple and is about 6 kms from the old bus stand in Karaikudi. The Shanmuganathar temple itself is at the top of a small hill and the only way up is to walk up the steps carved out of the hill. There is also a Sannidhi for Pazhani Andavar at the base of the hill.

According to legend, Lord Muruga changed Surapadman, whom he had vanquished in Tiruchendur, into the form of a peacock for use as a Vahanam in Kunnakudi. Valli and Deivanai are on the wall in the Moolavar Sannidhi. Devotees can see Valli and Deivanai only in the Utsavar murthi. One can also see the Sannidhis of Swarna Ganapathy and Kuzhandai Vadivelar in this temple.

The temple is open from 4 am - 12.30 pm and from  4 pm - 8 pm.

Ariyakudi Perumal

Ariyakudi is a town about 4 kms from Karaikudi. There is a Perumal temple in this town which is about 400 years old and this temple is called Then Thirupathi (Tirupathi of the South). The Perumal is called Thiruvenkatavudayan and Thayar is Alarmelmangai.

The temple is open from 7.30 am to 12 pm and from 4.30 pm to 8 pm.