Tuesday, April 08, 2008

Temples in Chennai - 5 - Thiruneermalai

Date : 23/3/2008
People : Mega,Arivoli and Srini

This is the Fifth post in the series Temples in Chennai. Have a look at the previous posts at

Temples in chennai

Thiruneermalai is one of the 108 Divya Desams and is near Tambaram in chennai.
There are two temples in thiruneermalai , Ranganathar Temple and the Neervanna perumal temple.

View of the hill from the Road

Photobucket

The theppakulam

Photobucket

Temple Entrance

Photobucket

The Temple Gopuram

Photobucket

Gopuram amidst the clouds

Photobucket

Photobucket

Photobucket

View of the Temple Tank from the hill

Photobucket

View of the hill along with the Temple tank

Photobucket


How to Go:

On the way from Guindy Kathipara junction to Tambaram, take the right opposite Lakshmi Theater after Pallavaram Bus stand and go straight.

Temples in Chennai - 4 - Kundrathoor Murugan Kovil

Place : Kundrathoor Murugan Kovil
Date : 12/1/2008
People: Mega & Senthilbabu

Kundrathoor Murugan Kovil is one of the old and popular temples in TN and my longtime wish to visit it materialised finally.

The Temple

Photobucket

View of the temple steps. I hear that these steps have been featured in many of the Tamil films.

Kundrathoor Kovil

The temple gopuram

Kundrathoor Kovil

View of the nearby hill from the temple. Ofcourse, After seeing a hill,even though there is nothing on top of it, we cannot not climb it.

hill near Kundrathoor Kovil

We had a nice view of the Kovil from the nearby hill.

Photobucket

How To Go:

From Porur Junction, take the Kundrathoor road and you will reach this temple.