Srimath Kulasekara Alwar Sabha, Sri Karkada Vinayagar Temple and Sri 1008 Bhagwan Mahavir Jinalaya.VIR JINALAYA, Saidapet West, Chennai, Tamil Nadu.

  06^th November 2016

On the way to Sri Karaneeswarar temple and Sri Prasanna Venkata Narasimha Perumal temples, I crossed some of the interesting places on the banks of the river Adyar, which has its own history.

SRIMATH KULASEKARA ALWAR SABHA, SAIDAPET WEST.

This is just 2 shops after the Dharmaraja Koil on the Dharmaraja Koil Street in East Saidapet. This saba was established in 1904 for conducting bhajans. Now, one Mr. Gopi, the third-generation devotee, is looking after the saba.

Sri Venkatesa Perumal statue is installed at the center, and regular poojas are conducted daily.

HOW TO REACH:

About a km from the Saidapet bus terminus, the temple is on Dharmaraja Koil Street.

LOCATION OF THE SABHA: CLICK HERE  

SRI KARKADA VINAYAGAR TEMPLE, SAIDAPET WEST.

This temple is on the back side of the Sri Prasanna Venkata Narasimha Perumal temple. How this Vinayagar got this name, I do not know, and the Priest also was not there to throw some light on this temple.

The sub-sannidhis in this temple are Sri Iyappan, Sri Valli Devasena Subramaniyar, and Navagrahas. In koshtam Vinayagar, Dakshinamurthy, Hyakirthi, Brahma, and Durgai. The sannidhi was built like a separate temple with a Sanctum and mandapam.

HOW TO REACH:

The temple is very near the west Saidapet bus terminus, and Bus 18K is available from Broadway. 

LOCATION OF THE TEMPLE: CLICK HERE 

 Sri Hayakeerthi in place of Lingothbavar

SRI 1008 BHAGWAN MAHAVIR JAIN TEMPLE, SAIDAPET WEST.

This is one of the Jain temples installed in a house. Sri Padmavathi Amma is on the Ground floor, and Sri Adinath  Sri Mahavir and Sri Bahubali are on the first floor. The temple was constructed with the contributions of the Jain community.

It was interesting to note that in one of the inscriptions, it was mentioned as Sramanapuram (ஸ்ரமணபுரம்) for Saidapet. It is said that many Jain monks and SamaNars /தமிழ் சமணர்/ lived in this area during the time when Jainism was at its peak. Jain monks in the north Indian language are called “SramaNar – ஸ்ரமணர்,” and in Tamil, they are called as சமணத் துறவிகள். Since Jain monks also lived here (maybe running a School), the place might have obtained the name of Sramanapuram.  

HOW TO REACH:
The temple is very near the west Saidapet bus terminus, and bus 18K is available from Broadway. 

LOCATION OF THE JAIN TEMPLE: CLICK HERE

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