This is also very near the above 2 temples. This is very near to the Sri Varasidhi Vinayagar Temple and is one of the very few Hayagreevear temples of Tamilnadu. What else once could ask for? and what a start! So, in effect we had the Sankatahara chathurthi dharshan at the most sacred place of Vinayagar at Nanganallur but without the usual Sankatahara Chathurthi crowd. When we went, the Sandal paste abishekam was in progress and it is always a beauty to see the Lords in abhisheham, isitn’t? Mr.Sivan reminded us that the previous day was the Sankatahara Chathurthi but it continued till the morning of that day. This is one of the oldest temples and Kanchi Maha Periyavar used to stay only here whenever he comes to Nanganallur.
Our first stop was the Varasiddhi Vinayahar Temple located at Ram Nagar, Nanganallur 2nd main road. The online map of temples in and around Nanaganallur is available here. Nanganallur can be called as the ‘Chinna Kanchipuram’ of Chennai due to the numerous temples it has in and around.
It was a wonderfully architected new house and after a coffee, we started off by 8 AM. Right from the moment we stepped into their house, a kind of familiarity of several decades engulfed us. We had been communicating over phone and mail for a few months but this is the first time we were meeting, well. His friends Mr.Vasu (very majestic in his saffron dress with the panja kacham) and Mr.Chandru also joined the party. On 15 th March, I, along with my family went to his house by 7:45 am. While I know temples mostly in and around Chennai only, they know the temples all around Tamilnadu. They have visited hundreds of temples in Tamilnadu. Mr.Sivan used to take a group of around 15 of his friends and relatives for frequent pilgrimage tours. Two of the Blog friends Mr.J.K.Sivan and Mr.Vasu of Nanganallur were inviting me for a trip around Nanganallur temples to write a blog post for the benefit of everyone. I am sorry for this longest gap between posts so far…