Sri Uthara Guruvayoorappan Temple,Nanganallur

Sri Uthara Guruvayoorappan Temple,Nanganallur

The temple in Kerala style is having Sri Guruvayoorappan very similar to the Kerala Guruvayoor divinity. In Nanganallur Bhagavathi amman is present in a part shrine and she is a gorge to the eyes. Goddess Bhagavathi is “Deepa Swaroopam” and represents the Trinity of Goddess – Mahalakshmi , Saraswathi and Durga. There are also shrines for Sri Dharmasastha,Sri Prasana Vinayaka and the Naavagrahas. There is also a separate shrine for Lord Venkateswara .There is a huge Peplum Tree as The Sthalavriksham and an Idol of Sankarshana is installed underneath the Peplum Tree in the separate enclosure.

Pancha Bootha Sthalams:

Pancha Bootha Sthalams:

There are Pancha boodha sthalam the same in Chennai at the heart of the city which is considered very powerful and they are:

v  Kalahasthi temple at Pavalakarai Street, Mannadi, representing Air.

v  Arunachaleswara temple in Thiruvottiyur, representing fire.

v  Gangadareswarer Temple in Purasawalkam, representing water.

v  Chidambaranatha Temple in Choolai, representing Sky.

v  Ekambareswarer Temple in Mint representing Earth.

St.Thomas Mount

St.Thomas Mount(Punitha Thomaiyar Malai) is a small hillock in Chennai and located near the Guindy .This mount is associated with St.Thomas , the disciple of Christ , who believed to have been martyred here.The mount is commonly called as ParangiMalai basically means “ Mountain of foreigners”.In 1547, a mine unearthed a stone cross with old Sassainid Pallavi inscriptions on it. The cross, reputed to have been made by the Thomas himself, became known as the ‘Bleeding Cross’ as it has mark resembling blood stains which resurface even after being scrubbed off. It is also invented to “bleed” afresh periodically. Indian Christians trace the origin of their church to the follower of St.Thomas who lived here in Chennai  till his martyrdom nearly 2000years ago.Over a period of time of Anglo Indians predominated in this part o fthe city of Chennai.Later the shrine was dedicated to Mother Mary at the spot where St.Thomas died in 72AD.tha flight of 160 steps leads to the shrine.

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Sri Kandaswamy temple / Kandakottam

This temple is located in East Chennai, Rasappa Chetty Street. The main divinity here is Thirupporur Kandaswamy and the Urchava god is Muthukumara swamy. Inside the temple, the “Saravana Poihai” temple tank is present and unexpectedly the water is at the same level as when the temple was built many hundred years ago, in spite of being located in the city’s densest commercial place.This temple holds a history, When Mari chettiar and Kandappa Achari were going to Thirupporur Murugan Temple by walk, they rested at a place and a dream came to both of them simultaneously that there is a Murugan idol below the earth there. The idol was unearthed, brought here and a temple was built during 1670s.