Sri Kandha Kottam Temple – Chennai

 

Sri Kandha Kottam Temple is located in Parry’s Corner in Chennai City of Tamilnadu State.

Lord Muthukumaraswamy is the presiding deity and he is the incarnation of Lord Subramanya Swamy. He is two feet high facing in the East direction

Goddess Valli and Deivayanai are the consorts of Lord Murugan

Lord Murugan graces with his Padukas

Lord Murugan is the deity for Planet Mars, there is a special shrine for the planet in the temple.

Sri Kandha Kottam Temple faces in the East direction with 5 tiered North facing Rajagopuram. Kandaswamy Pookkadai has a Mandapam called Parivedan Mandapam, an Artha Mandapam, and a Mukha Mandapam. The temple has a koneru named Saravana Poigai.

 

In the Seventeenth century, there were two ardent devotees of Lord Murugan Mari Chetty and Kandapandaram, who used to visit Thiruporur Sri Kandaswamy Temple, a famous center situated on the Madras-Mahabalipuram Road. Once when they reached Thiruporur they were very tired and decided to take a rest under a neem tree near a tank. They had a divine dream in which Lord Murugan appeared and informed them that they would find an idol of himself in an ant hill on the tank bund, which they could take to Madras City and worship. Accordingly, the two devotees discovered the idol and brought it to Madras and a person called Mari Chettiar built Kandaswamy Pookkadai temple.

Timings

6.00 am to 12.00 noon

4.00 pm to 9.00 pm

How to reach the Temple

1 km from Chennai Central Railway Station

19 km from Chennai Airport

Nearby Temples

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Chennai, Sri Parthasarathy Swamy Temple – 6 km

Chennai, Kolavizhi Amman Temple – 7 km

Chennai, Sri Kapaleeswarar Temple – 8 km

Chennai, Mundaka Kanni Amman Temple – 8 km

Chennai, Sri Vadapalani Andavar Temple – 10 km

Chennai, Sri Siva Subramania Swamy Temple – 11 km

Chennai, Sri Karaneeswarar Temple – 11 km

Chennai, Sri Prasanna Venkata Narasimhar Temple – 12 km

Chennai, Sri Marundeeswarar Temple – 15 km.