About Temple

A Holy place at Chennai

Arulmighu Sri Abirami Amman Udanurai Amirthakadeshwarar Temple located at Selaiyur is exactly similar to one at Thirukadayoor

Overview

The Abhirami Amman Udanurai Amirthagadeswarar Temple located at Selaiyur, Kancheepuram District, Chennai, Tamil Nadu is very equivalent to one at Thirukadayoor, Thanjavoor District, Tamil Nadu. The temple is located around half km before (on the Medavakkam side) the Mutthu Mariamman Temple which is on the main road. A left turn on the main road leads to this temple.

About The Temple

The west facing temple has a small tower. The main shrine houses Shiva Linga named as Amirdhagadeswarar. This shrine faces the east direction.The Goddess Abhirami is found in a separate north facing shrine. Both Amirdhagadeswarar and Abhirami have separate Nandi idols placed in front of their respective shrines. Usually, we don’t find Nandi in front of Goddess in Chennai region.

The niche idols of Ganesha, Dakshinamurti, Vishnu, Brahma and Durga are found on the outer wallsof the main shrine. Some of the sub-shrines found in the temple are Ganesha, Subramanya-Valli-Devasena, Ayyappa, Chandikeshwara, Balaji-Padmavathi, Garuda, Hanuman, Surya, Chandra, Navagraha, Natarajar, Bhairava, Nalvar.

A big temple pond is found within the temple complex. The holy tree and few serpent (Naga) idols beneath that are also located within the temple. There are many stucco images of Goddess in different forms located all across the temple.

About The Deity

The Abhirami Amman Temple is dedicated to Sri Shiva as Amirdhagadeswarar and Divine Mother Shakti as Abhirami Amman.

How to Reach Selaiyur

Selaiyur is well connected by busses and share-autos from Tambaram Bus stand & Railway station

Temple Locality

The Abhirami Amman Temple is located at Selaiyur, Chennai, Tamil Nadu. The temple is located around two km from Tambaram Railway station & Bus Stand. And a half km before (on the Medavakkam side) the Mutthu Mariamman Temple which is on the main road. A left turn on the main road leads to this temple.

Temple Address

Sri Abhirami Amman Udanurai Amirdhagadeswarar Temple,

No 17/8 B, Easwaran Koil, East Tambaram,

Selaiyur, Chennai, Kancheepuram District,

Tamil Nadu, India, Pin code – 600073.

Temple View

This temple is just far 3 km from Tambaram Railway station and Bus Stands

Amritaghateswarar Abhirami Temple is a Hindu temple dedicated to Shiva in his manifestation as “Destroyer of Death” and his wife Parvati as Abhirami. It is located in Thirukkadaiyur, 21 km East of Mayiladuthurai, Tamil Nadu in India.

The similar kind of temple at Chennai is this Abirami temple located at Selaiyur, Chennai, Tamil Nadu