Towards Chennai day , am writing all about my favorite places in Chennai.
Not being such a temple addict , i started visiting this place because of my mother who loves temples and a strong religious persona. Once she moved into Chennai , she started figuring out the list of temples and Anantha Padmanabaswamy temple was her top favourite. Almost every evening she would be there and that is how i started visiting this place.A Brahmotsavam in February month got me excited as some of the carnatic musicians were having a concert in the temple's hall. Then began my association with this temple .As i always stayed in and around south Chennai , it was easier for me to continue this association ..I visited this temple often during navrathri season and on festivals. Any important function will have a must do activity as visiting anantha padmanabaswamy temple. In fact , my mother was such a frequent visitor here that she started consulting the priests for all the traditional poojas and one of them was also among the ones who performed the rituals in my wedding muhurtham.
Some things i admire about the place is firstly lord vishnu's statue who is in his sleeping position here , that is why the name -anantha sailam means taking rest is my guess. Then they have so many gods including lakshmi narasimhar and siva lingam .
My mother highlighted this fact to me that the only vishnu temple to have a place for lord shiva too.Those of who who don't know the hisotry the history states that the iyengar clan worships Vishnu and Iyers worship Shiva and there was a clash among them in the past .So ,in rivalry they never worship the other god. But here the myth is broken in synonym with the proverb that goes " Hariyum Shivanum onnu -Ariyathavan Vaayil Mannu" which means - Both the gods are the same and those who don't know this are fools.
This temple also has a nice place where you can sit beside and spend some time doing your soul search after your trip around the temple. The architecture of the temple is really nice and there are intrinsic paintings on the roof. I also like one very nice thing about the temple which i hardly see in many other temples -Maintenance -it is very clean and even people who visit are very well behaved with no littering and too much chit chatting around the premises .
in total - One temple i feel at peace when i visit is definitely my mamma dearest's Anantha Padmanabaswamy temple!
If you get a chance -Please do visit and share your experience.
Happy Spiritual time out there !!
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