Nandikeswarar Temple - Bull Temple of Chennai

Chennai, the gateway to South India, has a lot of important tourist sites, including temples. Tiruvottiyur is a locality located in the northern part of Chennai, which has Tyagarajar temple, the oldest and the biggest temple in and around the city. Apart from Tyagarajar temple, there are a few ancient temples too located in Tiruvottiyur. Nandikeswarar temple is one of those ancient temples situated in Tiruvottiyur.


 Nandikeswarar temple, located at the north car street (northern side of Thyagarajar temple) in Tiruvottiyur, is around 600 years old. This is one of the rare temples dedicated to Nandi, the bull god, the vahana of Lord Shiva. You can find a few temples of bull God in the neighboring Karnataka state. However, they all have giant sculptures of Bull as the deities. However, this temple in Tiruvottiyur has a small icon of Nandi in human form (called Adhikara Nandi). Nandi is standing with folded hands as if he is worshiping the Lord.



This small temple is only known to some, including the people living in Tiruvottiyur. The sad part is that this temple is kept open for a short time daily.


When you visit the famous Tyagarajar temple of Tiruvottiyur, ensure that you visit this unknown temple and make it popular.


Happy travelling.



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