Varadaraja Perumal Lakshminarayanapuram

God

Varadaraja Perumal, facing west

Goddess

Sundara Mahalakshmi, facing east

Other Deities

Garuda, Ganesha, Ramanujar, Aandal

Varadaraja Perumal Lakshminarayanapuram is a beautiful temple situated atop the banks of the Paalar River. the temple has been renovated recently and very well maintained. Some excellent carved pillars are found here. The Paalar River is east of this west facing temple. A dry temple tank is also behind the temple and the river. This should be a glorious place if the river is flowing, which never happens these days.

Holy Water (Theertham) – No information

Sacred Tree (Sthala Vriksham) – No information

History

Varadaraja Perumal Lakshminarayanapuram is an ancient temple, the intricately carved pillars in the Goddess shrine bear testimony to this. Several old stone inscriptions around the shrine can be found, the details of the same or not available. More historic information is not available as of now.

Mythology

No information

Directions

About 7 kilometers after crossing the Paalar River Bridge towards Madurantakam take a left at the Padaalam Junction to the road and drive on for about 7 kilometers crossing Pulipurakovil to reach Varadaraja Perumal Lakshminarayanapuram.

Stay and Food

None locally. Chengalpet and Madurantakam are fine for simple food.