Best Temples in Chennai

GlobeTrekker25

Anyone have ideas about the best temples to visit in Chennai and Bangalore?

Radjesh

I am not a temple person, but I think that the Kapaleeshwarar temple in Mylapore, Chennai is very famous

xiaojie

The temple with the huge Hanuman statue in Nanganallur is very good..cant seem to remember the name of the temple though...!

Radjesh

I think its called the Anjaneya(another name for Hanuman) temple

xiaojie

yup it is..
http://www.anjaneyaswami.com/

http://www.indiantemples.com/Tamilnadu/tempchen.html is a useful link

Nick-H

Not an expert, and I stand to be corrected, but Chennai is not an ancient town, it was founded as a trading post by the Brits, and, although it encompassed some existing villages, it probably wouldn't exist otherwise.

I suppose our two most-visited temples are Kapaliswara, in Mylapore, and Partasarathy, in Triplicane. The latter I know nothing about, not even sure of its correct spelling .

The former is on a site that is said to be that of an ancient temple, but I don't think the current buildings date back more than a few hundred years, if that.

I am well known to be a Mylapore fan, so with my usual partiality, I would say that, if you see nothing else in Chennai, visit Mylapore, see the temple and the surrounding streets

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pmvelu

My list for Chennai:

Kundrathur (Small Hillock near porur) - Murugan temple
Maangadu (Mariamman temple) - Near Iyyappanthangal / Poonamalle
Mylapore Kapaleeswarar temple
Vadapalani Murugan Temple
Nanganallur Hanuman Temple
Thiruverkadu Mariamman Temple

rajumds

The modern Chennai actually includes a few places which have a very long history.

Mylapore is the birth place of Tamil saint Thiruvalluvar who lived around 2000 years ago. As you said the current temple in Mylapore is around 200 years old but the original temple is said to have existed much nearer to the shore. The diety has been sung about by all the four Nayamars whose period is 7th to 9th Century AD.

Sri Parthasarathy temple is equally old has been there a lot pasurams by the Alwars on this temple (again the same period).

Tiruvottriyur (north Chennai), Thiruvanmiyur also have lovely temples which are again 1000 years old.

In fact there are atleast 20 temples in and around Chennai which can be dated back to 1000 plus years.