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Kasi Viswanath Temple is a popular temple dedicated to Lord Shiva in Chennai city of South India. This temple is located in West Mambalam area. As per the typical South Indian temple architecture, this temple has the east facing tower (Rajagopuram), dhwajastambha (flag staff) and bali peetha. The main shrine has Kasi Viswanath in the form of a small Shiv Linga along with the Nandi idol in front of him. The Goddess of the temple, Visalakshi is found in a separate south facing shrine. The wall surrounding the main shrine has the small niche images of Ganesha, Dakshinamurti, Vishnu, Brahma, and Durga. The corridor (prakara) of this temple has a lot of idols of shrines for other Gods and Goddesses. Other idols in the temple: 1) Ganesha 2) 63 Nayanmars (63 main devotees of Shiva) 3) Nalvar (four important Nayanmars) 4) Devotees/sainst such as Vallalar, Sekkilar, Pattinathar and Ramalinga Adigal Sub-shrines in the temple: 1) Ganesha 2) Murugan along with his consorts Valli ...

Sai Baba, who lived during the second part of 19th century and the beginning of 20th century, is regarded as a great saint by Muslims as well as Hindus. Some Hindus even conside as the God and built temples for him. Sai Baba was born in a place named Shirdi, and he is generally called as Shirdi Sai Baba. There is a famous temple dedicated to Sai Baba in Shirdi. Similar to that temple, there are a lot of temples dedicated to Sai Baba are built across entire India. In Chennai, the important city of South India, there is a popular temple dedicated to Sai Baba. This temple is located at Mylapore area, the heritage area of Chennai city. Sai Baba temple is located at Ramakrishna Mutt Road in Mylapore on the way to Mandaveli. The temple is very spacious and the walls display the images and drawings depicting the life of Sai Baba. Sai Baba deity is placed in the main shrine where the devotees are allowed to touch the deity and pray, a practice which is not followed in the other Hindu temples...

Mylapore, the heritage locality of Chennai city in South India, has a lot of important temples such as Kapaleeswarar temple. Apart from a lot of ancient and famous temples of Mylapore, there is one modern day temple dedicated to Lord Hanuman, which has become very popular. This temple is located near PS School in Alamelumangapuram (a small lane near the famous Sai Baba temple). The highlight of this moder day temple is the 16 feet monolithic granite idol of Lord Anjaneya (Hanuman). This is perhaps the tallest idol of Hanuman in Chennai city. The deity is facing the north direction. Other shrines in the temple: 1) Hayagreeva 2) Ganesha 3) Rama along with Lakshmana and Sita 4) Garud The corridor surrounding the main shrine has the idols of Hanuman in various forms such as Panchamukha Hanuman (five faced Hanuman) and Yoga Anjaneya. Happy travelling. Fast Facts: Site Name:  Veera Anjaneyar Temple Site Type:  Hindu Temple Location:    Mylapore, Chennai...

Site Name:   Kapaaleeswarar Temple Site Type:  Hindu Temple Location:     Mylapore, Chennai, Tamil Nadu state, India Highlights:   One of the two most important temples of Chennai; one of 274 Paadal Petra Sthalams Nearest Railway Station:   Chennai - well connected from the cities/towns all over India; Mylapore has a local MRTS station called as Thiru Mylai Nearest Airport:   Chennai has both national and international airports How to reach:   Chennai city is reachable by road, train, and flight; Mylapore can be easily reached by road from the other parts of Chennai Hotel:  Many star hotels, luxury hotels/resorts, and budget hotels are available in Chennai Restaurants:  All options - vegetarian, non-vegetarian, Chinese, South Indian, Gujarati, North Indian, Punjabi,....- you can find everything in Chennai city Mylapore  is a well known locality of  Chennai city in Tamil Nadu state  of India. The an...

The May Day Park is one of the important parks of Chennai city in South India. This park is located in Chintadripet locality in Chennai. The May Day Park which is spread around 15 acres is divided into two regions - one is used as a proper park and another region is used as a play ground. The park was named as 'Napier Park' in those days. As the may day processions used to happen in this park every year, the park got the name 'May Day' park. Even today, a lot of political parties and labour unions held their meetings and processions in this park. Happy travelling. Fast Facts: Site Name:  May Day Park Site Type:  Park Location:    Chintadripet, Chennai city, Tamil Nadu state, India   Highlights:   A famous park in Chennai Nearest Railway Station:   Chennai - well connected from the cities/towns all over India Nearest Airport:   Chennai has both national and international airports How to reach:   Easily reachable by road...