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Adyar Anantha Padmanabha Swamy Temple
Anantha Padmanabha Swamy Temple, Adyar, Chennai (அனந்தபத்மநாப ச்வாமி)
Location:
The
Anantha Padmanabha Swamy Temple is located in the Gandhi Road, Adyar, Chennai. The temple is near the Adyar Circle bus stand.
Description:
The Anantha Padmanabha Swamy Temple is dedicated to Sri Vishnu as
Anantha Padmanabha Swamy.
Thiruvanathapuram Sri Padmanabha Swamy Temple:
Sri Padmanabha Swamy Temple at Thiruvanathapuram is a Divya Desam. According to a legend, a saint by name Divakar Yogi used to perform puja to a Saligramam stone in this sthalam. When his devoted sadhana reached the final stage, Sri Vishnu came there as a little child and acting mischieviously took the Saligramam and ran away from that place. The saint was angry and chased the child to get back the Saligramam. After a long chase, the small child went inside a big hole of a tree. The tree fell down and Sri Vishnu gave His darshan reclining on Anantha as Anantha Padmanabha Swamy.
Shrines and Deities:
Main Shrines:
- Sri Vishnu as Anantha Padmanabha Swamy (அனந்தபத்மநாப ச்வாமி)
Sri Vishnu:
- Sri Krishna
- Sri (Lakshmi) Narasimhar (இலட்ச்மி நரசிம்மர்)
Devi:
- Sri Lakshmi (Narasimhar) (இலட்ச்மி நரசிம்மர்)
- Sri Astha Dasa Bhuja Maha Durgai (அஷ்ட தச புஜ மஹா துர்க்கை)
Sri Ganesha:
- Sri Ishtha Siddhi Vinayagar (இஷ்ட சிச்தி விநாயகர்)
Bhakta Hanuman:
- Sri Veera Anjaneyar (வீர அஞ்சனேயர்)
Others:
- Sri Sudarshanar (சுதர்ஸனர்)
- Sri Garudalwar (கருதள்)
- Navagrahas
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