Shiva Vishnu Temple, T.Nagar, Chennai

It is not an ancient temple. It is neither a large one. Still, it is one of the most famous temples of Chennai. Thanks to its prime location in South Usman Road in T.Nagar, literally everyone in the city would know this. Yes! I am talking about the Shiva-Vishnu temple, located amidst the busy and congested hotspot. 

Vishnu is known as Srinivasa Perumal here. His sanctum is surrounded by sub-shrines of other Vaishnaivite deities such as Mahalakshmi, Rama-Sita-Lakshmana-Hanuman and Anjaneya. Garuda is found facing towards the sanctum. 

Parallel to this, the sanctum of Shiva called Kedareeswara, surrounded by the sub-shrines of Parvati, Nataraja-Sivakami, Ganesha-Siddhi-Buddhi and Subramanya-Valli-Devasena are located. 

Another important shrine of the temple is Vara Siddhi Vinayaka. The small entrance out of two east-facing temple entrances would lead us directly to this shrine. 

As the temple has three sanctums, many Koshta (niche) icons are found across the prakaras (cicumabulations). They include two Ganeshas, two Dakshinamurtis, two Vishnus, two Brahmas, Durga, Krishna and Lingodbhava.

Besides, Shiva's section of the temple has the icons of Surya, Chandra, Bhairava, Navagrahas and Chandikeshwara. A huge Shiva Linga is found in the outer prakara.

Both the entrances have towers, which look majestic.

Happy travelling.

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