Venugopalaswamy Melapudi

Vaishnavite Temples, Thiruvallur District

Melapudi Venugopalaswamy Temple should have been a glorious temple in the ages gone by. The sight of this temple in this forlorn area rejuvenates your senses. The temple still retains its old grandeur.

God

Venugopalaswamy

Goddess

To be updated

Other Deities

To be updated

Venugopalaswamy Melapudi is a medium sized east facing temple that is being attended to regularly. However parts of the temple needs to be renovated and work seems to be going on as we visited in 2013. Venugopalaswamy Melapudi should have been a glorious temple in the ages gone by. The sight of this temple in this forlorn area rejuvenates your senses. The temple still retains its old grandeur.

Holy Water – No information

Holy Tree – No information

History

Venugopalaswamy Melapudi dates back to the Chola period.

Legend

No information

Directions

From Thiruttani drive to Podhaturpet which is 22kms away. Here take a right and drive for about 4 kms to reach Venugopalaswamy Melapudi. This is not a much frequented place and it is better to combine with other temples in the area.

Stay and Food

None locally. Closest is Thiruttani.

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