Namakkal - Shri Narasimha Swamy Temple

Nammakal is famous for Anjaneya/Hanuman temple. Seldom many know that it was Narasimha who is opposite to the Hanuman temple who brought Hanuman here in the first place. During the Lanka war Hanuman took the Sanjeevi Parvatha to cure Lord Lakshmana. He then placed the Parvata back to the Himalayas and took a Saligramam (which was worshipped by Prahalada) back to Lord Rama. On his way to Lanka he stopped for a while to perform Sandhya and placed the Saligramam in Namakkal .. the Saligramam grew in stature as a hillock - Namagiri. Lordess Lakshmi who was doing penance finally got her Lord in the form of Narasimha. On Lord's advice Shri Anjaneya stays here worshipping Lord for ever. Beautiful temple - 1 hr drive from Salem. Lots of buses

Tambaram Railway Station

Railway stations are always nostalgic. The Idly-Vada, Chai-Coffee noises ... the hurry-burry of Executives .. the macho dads who alight the train to surprise their wives and kids.. it is the essence of a Railway station Tambaram Railway stations doesn't miss any of

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Sarabeshwara Temple Near Annanagar, Koyambedu Chennai

Rahu Kala Worship - Sarabeshwara Temple - Koyambedu Chennai

This temple is in a lane adjacent to Sridevi Hospitals, Koyambedu. The temple - Kurugaleeshwar Temple is a Shiva temple - there is also a old Vishnu temple to the left. Lord Sarabeshwara is before the entrance of Shiva temple. The lord is on a pillar along with Shri Narasimha Swamy. Rahu kala pooja is famous here. Come here on a Sunday and partipate in the 'kootu vahipadu' and get blessed

Karaikudi Sivan Temple

Thirukovilur - Raghothama Swamigal Brindavanam

Thirukovilur - Rathothama Swamigal Brindavanam / Thirukovilur - Brindavanam

Brindavanam is located 1 km near the River Bridge. An orange arch welcomes you. More Kannadigas throng the place as they know about the Saint

Legend has it that a King was without child for long and Raghottama's guru prayed for his offspring with the condition that the first male child will be donated to his Ashram

The first child is Raghottam Swamy - he was a deep Rama bhakta


The Ashram has an Adhistanam.

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How to go to Kanchipuram from Hyderabad

If you want to visit Kanchi from Hyderabad, take the Kachiguda express and get down @ Arakonam. From there it is 45 mins journey

There are good number of hotels to stay in Kancheepuram

Thiruvanmiyur Kalakshetra Road

Kalakshetra literally means a holy place of arts (Kala : Arts, Kshetra :
Field or Holy place).

It is in South Chennai Thiruvanmiyur, Chennai, Tamil Nadu 600041 - 044 24520836

Deriving inspiration from this noble ideal, Kalakshetra was established,but nowadays it is been in news for wrong reasons -

Kalakshetra and Christianity

Thiruvanmiyur Bus Depot

Thiruvanmiyur Bus Depot has buses to all parts of City

1, 1A to Central, Tirvotriyur
T 51 to Tambaram
47D to Ambattur OT via T Nagar, Annanagar
23C to Ayanavaram
29C to PErambur
19cut to Kelambakkm

Temple for Sage Valimiki - Tiruvanmiyur, Chennai, Tamil Nadu

Sage Valimiki (Valmneeki) temple is next to Tiruvanmiyur Bus Stand

Thirukovilur Veerataneshwar Temple - Famous for Bhairavar

Thirukovilur Bhairava Temple

Thirukovilur is one of the "Ashta Veeratanams" [Ashta - eight Veeratanam - Place of Bravery].

Lord Shiva took various forms(incarnations) to destroy evil and establish justice, of which eight Avatars(forms) are very famous and Tirukoilur is one of them. Ambal (meaning Mother) [better half of lord Shiva],is called as "Brhan nayaki" [Brahan - universe Nayaki - Leader/Queen]. She is called the Queen of the Universe/ Mother of all beings in the Universe.

Lord Shiva's temple has a separate sannadhi[sacred room] for Lord Ganesha, which has historical and epic importance. Here is the place where "Avvaiyar"[Tamil Poetess - Tamil king's court had many Women Poetess, Ministers and Warriors] got the blessings of Ganesha and wrote the famous verse "VINAYAGAR AGAVAL" , which has wonderful Yoga Techniques and has lot of Meta-Physics in it. Tirukoilur had scholars in all fields of Science and Arts and has an important place in South Indian History.