Prasanna Venkatesa Perumal Temple

Getting there

• By air

  Chennai International Airport serves the city. The Blue Line of the Chennai metro runs from Wimco Nagar to the airport and serves Saidapet.

• By train

  Saidapet railway station is on Karaneeswarar Temple Street, West Saidapet.

• By road

  Saidapet Bus Stand on Anna Salai is the terminus for buses to Tambaram, Poonamallee, Kundrathur, Mangadu and Pammal.

Why devotees come here

The Prasanna Venkatesa Perumal Temple stands in Saidapet, Chennai, in Tamil Nadu. It is dedicated to Venkateswara, an incarnation of Vishnu. Saidapet is about 12.20 km from kilometre zero of Chennai city.

The temple is dedicated to Venkateswara, an incarnation of Vishnu. The main image is Prasanna Venkata Narasimha Perumal, standing under the Ananda Nilaya Vimanam with Sri Devi and Bhu Devi at his side. A regional legend says the deity is incarnated with his consorts and faces east in the sanctum.

A small shrine for Rama, called Raghunatha, stands close by. It is said to hold the first image worshipped here, and the place was originally called Raghunatha Puram.

Records differ on the age of the temple. One account dates its construction to the 12th century, with some elements that inscriptions suggest may be more than 1,000 years old. Another puts it at five to six hundred years. The Balija Chetty community is credited with building it. A wooden temple chariot, 36 feet tall, stands near the gopuram and is used during the annual festival.

Festivals

• CittiraiBrahmotsavam

  The temple's festival held in the Tamil month of Cittirai.

• PanguniPanguni Uthiram

  Observed at the temple in the Tamil month of Panguni.

• FebruaryThotta Utsavam

  Sri Paarthasaarathy Perumal from Triplicane visits the temple once a year during this festival.

• Thai monthParthasarathi visit from Tiruvellikeni

  Parthasarathi Svami from Tiruvellikeni comes to the temple in the Tamil month of Thai.

• Every FridayFriday procession

  The statue of Alarmelmangai Tayar is taken in procession inside the temple premises.

Tips for your visit

• Visit on a Friday to see the Alarmelmangai Tayar procession inside the temple premises.
• Come in February or in the Tamil month of Thai to see the Parthasarathi visits.

Questions people ask