Meenakshi Sundareswarar Orathur

God

Sundareswarar, facing east

Goddess

Meenakshi, facing south

Other Deities

Balavinayaka, Balamuruga, Kalabhairava, Suryan, Navagraha, Sivalingam with Nandi. Sanctum Niches of main deity – Narthana Vinayaka, Dakshinamurthy, Mahavishnu, Brahma, Durga, Chandikeswara. Sanctum Niches of Goddess shrine – Maheswari, Vaishnavi, Bhuvaneswari, Brahmi, Indrani

Meenakshi Sundareswarar Orathur is a small east facing temple without a compound wall. The temple has been renovated and painted up in recent times.

Holy Water (Theertham) – No information

Sacred Tree (Sthala Vriksham) – No information

History

Meenakshi Sundareswarar Orathur is an old temple, which has been completely rebuilt recently. Some of the idols, particularly the original old Lingam and its Nandi kept behind the Sanctum Sanctorum, give indications of the antiquity of the original temple.

Legend

No information

Directions

Meenakshi Sundareswarar Orathur is in Siva Sakthi Nagar which is 1.8 kilometers on the Padappai to Orathur Road. Padappai is 7.5 kilometers west of Vandalur.

Stay and Food

None locally except tea shops. Vandalaur, Tambaram and the GST Road have a few restaurants.