Shall we list out Chennai temples -area wise?

Ichchaa Sakthi Temple in Chennai is one of the three sakthis located near Chennai. The three Sakthi Temples are Ichchaa Sakthi or Thiruvudai Amman, Gnaana Sakthi or Vadivudai Amman and Kriyaa Sakthi or Kodiyidai Amman. The form of the Devi in all three temples is identical. Ichchaa Sakthi is the Devi who fulfills the wishes of the devotees. It is considered very auspicious to get darshan of all the three sakthis consecutively on the same day, especially on a full moon day and if it is a Friday, it is all the more auspicious.
Features of Ichchaa Sakthi Temple in Chennai
- Thiruvudai Amman is the Sakthi to be visited first early in the morning. The temple is located in Meloor.
- The Lord here is Thirumanangeesar.
- Special prayers are offered to this Devi by offering yellow saree and mangoes for neivaedhiyam.
- This place was once a forest filled with trees and shrubs with sweet smelling flowers and was aptly known as Suganda Vanam.
- The legend has it that people from the neighboring villages found a grazing cow showering its milk into a shrub and they found a Lingam within the shrub.
- They worshipped the Lord as Sungandavaneswaran.
- Later, the name changed to Thirumanangeesar, a Tamil name.
- There are sannadhis for Appar, Sundarar, Manickavasagar, Suryan, Bariravar and Veerabadrar.

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Dear Shakambari,
Thank you for the compliment. The popular name is Menjur, before Ponneri. You hve to go via poonamalli. early morning you have to go to this temple. After that you have to cover two more temples.
Let me come to it after Selaiyur
Selaiyur is 2.5 Kms from Tambaram Railway station and could be reached by any MTC bus which starts from East Tambaram. The original name of Selaiyur is Silaiyur – the place with so many Silais or idols, and there is a temple at every corner, some of them surprisingly ancient.
Sri Skandhashramam
This temple is located at Mahalakshmi Nagar, Rajakilpakkam, Selaiyur. Built by Sathguru Srimad Shanthananda Swamigal who hails from the Avadhoota tradition of Saints, this temple pays a living tribute to the glory of Hinduism. Enshrined in this temple are the icons of rare deities including that of Kamala Siddhi Vinayakar, Panchamukha Heramba Ganapathy, Dattatreya, Panchamukha Hanuman, Saneeswarar, Ayyapan, Ashtadasabhuja Durga Parameswari, Srimath Sadguru Shantananda Swamigal, Lord Sarabeswara (form of Shiva), Goddess Prathyankira, Goddess Bhuvaneshwari, Swaminathaswamy (Skanda), Sudarshanachakathalwar, Sahasralingam (1008 lingams) and Sri Chakra Poorna Maha Meru all in magnificent
Sri Abirami Amman udanurai Amirdhagadeswarar temple
This temple is over 250 years old. This is considered as “Chennaiyin Thirukadaiyur” (Thirukadaiyur is a famous temple town near Mayiladuthurai which is considered to be the apt place for conducting Shastiabthapoorthi (60th Birthday). The main deities are Abhirami Amman and Amirthakadeswarar. According to the priest, there are 14 Ambal (Devi) temples in Selaiyur. In this particular temple, the idols were found during some digging. The Nandhi in this temple faces the Goddess, as she is in “Siva Shathi Bagam”. The central courtyard is occupied by a mandapam in which the 16 Aishwaryams or Lakshmis are depicted. Temple Tank named “Abirami Pushkarani” was renovated recently and figurines of holy rivers of India installed around it. Some of the poojas and festivals are – Pradhosam, “Pushpanjali” during new moon day of Tamizh month Aadi, Navarathiri, Thirukalyana Utsavam during Panguni Uthiram, Vaigasi Visagam. Every Sunday during Rahukalam (14:30 hrs to 18:00 hrs) Sarabeshwarar Pooja is also performed.
Sri Adikesava Perumal Temple
Here, the granite pillars are ancient but the idols themselves, of Adikesavaperumal and Amirthavalli Thayar, are relatively new. The temple has a ‘Deepa sthambam’, which is a typical feature of a village temple as opposed to a town temple. There is also a palanquin dated 1094, indicating that the temple is nearly 1,000 years old.
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.rathnagireeshwarar temple-besant nagar,
.perumal kovil-kotturpuram( very old temple)
-ayyapan temple-shastri nagar and mrc nagar.

 

Places of Worship around Tiruvallur Sri Vaidhya Veeraraghava Swami Temple : This temple is located in the center of Tiruvallur.It is one of the 108 Vaishnava Divya Desams. The city itself derives this name from this temple. The Lord is known as VeeraRaghava Swami and the Goddess is known as Kanakavalli Thayar.It is one of the seven shrines featuring Lord Vishnu in a reclining position. Tirumangaialwar, Tirumazhisaialwar have sung pasurams on this deity. It is believed that bathing in the temple tank, and worshipping Veera raghava perumal with offerings of salt and pepper here, is a cure to many physical ailments, and hence the deity is also known as Vaidya(doctor) Veera raghava Perumal.The temple is administered by the Ahobila Mutt.
Tiruthani Murugan Temple : Thiruthani is one of the six holy abodes of Lord Muruga or Skanda According to legends, Lord Subramanya married Valli in this place. This temple has been revered in Tiruppugazh.Its nearly 30 kms from Tiruvallur.
Tirunindravur : This again is one of the 108 Divya desams. The Lord is Known as Bhaktavatsala perumal and Thayar as Sudhaa Valli. Mangalasasanam has been done by TiruMangai Alwar.
Tiruvalangadu : This temple is located in the Tiruvallur - Arakonam route. Lord Shiva is worshipped as Aalankatteesar . This is one of the five sabhais (Dance Halls) of Lord Nataraja , Known as the Ratna Sabhai. This is the 15th of the 32 Thevara Stalams in the Tondai region of South India.
In Thirunindravoor, there is a Shiva temple also.Here the Easwaran

cures all the heart ailments. So he is worshiped as" Hirudaya baleeswarar"
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Friends,
Ayyappan Koil at KKNagar, Ponnambalam salai is very famous among the residence.
Ayyappan Temple at Mahalingapuram is also very famous.
Then SanthoshiMadha Temple at Virugambakkam
Bhuvaneeshwari Temple at Bharathidasansalai near KK Nagar is
one must see.The ambal is very varaprasadhi.
Mallikeshwarar temple inside the police training college is famous for Pradhisha valipadu.
near is Amman temple. She is the kaval theivam for the old puliyoorkottam i mean for Kodambakkam.
The vangeeshwarar Sivan koil at Vadapalani is also very old and big one.
These are the temples available near Ashoknagar and KKNagar
viji