Arulmigu Madhava Perumal Thirukovil — Attraction in Zone 9 Teynampet

The Madhava Perumal Temple is dedicated to Hindu deity Vishnu, located in Mylapore, Chennai, in the South Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Constructed in the Dravidian style of architecture, dedicated to Vishnu, who is worshipped as Madhava Perumal and his consort Lakshmi as Amirtavalli. The temple is believed to be the birthplace of Peyalvar, one of the first three of the twelve Alvar saints of the 6th-9th century CE.

The temple is open from 7 a.m. to 11 a.m. and 5 p.m. to 8 p.m and has six daily rituals at various times of the day. The temple is maintained and administered by the Hindu Religious and Endowment Board of the Government of Tamil Nadu.

Legend In Hindu mythology, during the churning of the ocean of milk, Vishnu is believed to have instructed his consort Lakshmi to reach the hermitage of Sage Bhrigu. The sage was engaged in a penance to gain a daughter, and accepted the girl Lakshmi. The presiding deity, Madhava Perumal, is believed to have married goddess Amritavalli, the daughter of sage Bhrigu, and thus gained the epithet 'Kalyana Perumal' (The great wedding deity).[1]

The temple is believed to be the birthplace of Peyalvar, one of the first three of the twelve Alvar saints of the 6th-9th century CE. The renowned Alvar was believed to have come to earth from the 60 ft (18 m) well called Manikairavam inside the temple premises.[2] In the contemporary period, the temple is maintained and administered by the Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments Department of the Government of Tamil Nadu.[3]

The temple The temple is built in Dravidian architecture and has two precincts. It is located in Mylapore, a suburb in Chennai, the capital of the South Indian state of Tamil Nadu. The temple has a rectangular plan surrounded by 10 ft (3.0 m) high walls, pierced by a 5-tier gopuram, the gateway tower. The presiding deity is housed in the sanctum and is an image made of granite. The deity is seen in seated posture with images of Sridevi and Bhumidevi on either side. There is a small shrine for Varaha, an avatar of Vishnu, located behind the central shrine.[1] The shrine of Garuda facing Madhava Perumal, the demigod-eagle mount (vahana) of Vishnu, is located axial to the central shrine. The central shrine is approached through a worship hall and a narrow ardha mandapam. The flagpost is located behind the shrine of Garuda, axial to the central shrine and the gateway tower. There are images of Alvars in the worship hall on both sides and the shrine of Amritavalli is located on the western side of the temple in the second precinct.

Worship practices and festivals

Image of the gateway tower, the gopuram The temple is open from 7 a.m. to 11 a.m. and 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. The temple priests perform the puja (rituals) during festivals and on a daily basis. As at other Vishnu temples of Tamil Nadu, the priests belong to the Sri Vaishnava community. The temple rituals are performed four times a day: Ushathkalam at 8 a.m., Kalasanthi at 10:00 a.m., Sayarakshai at 5:00 p.m. and Ardha Jamam at 7:00 p.m. Each ritual has three steps: alangaram (decoration), neivethanam (food offering) and deepa aradanai (waving of lamps) for both Kudamudakoothan and his consort Amirtavalli. During the worship, religious instructions in the Vedas (sacred text) are recited by priests, and worshippers prostrate themselves in front of the temple mast. There are weekly, monthly and fortnightly rituals performed in the temple.

During the Magam day of the Tamil month Maasi, the festival deity of Madha Perumal is taken in a float in temple tank.[4] During the subsequent days, the festival deities of Peyalvar is taken in the float. The festival is one of the major festivals of the temple, which was not celebrated for a decade before 2011. It is believed that all the rivers converge in the tank during the auspicious day.[2] The annual festival, Brahmostavam, of the temple is celebrated during the Tamil month of Chittirai (March...

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Yes God gave me another chance to visit this beautiful temple again.

We decided to club visiting temples in mylapore along with visiting rayar's mess.

Temple was neat and clean like in my first visit. Had to wait, since the priest were getting ready with the evening pooja.

Went around couple of times to see the smaller finer details of the temple which i had missed in my first visit and one thing i saw was the statues of crocodiles on the roof of the mandapam before you enter the sanctum sanctorum.

Why crocodiles here. ? What significance ?.

This is the second temple am seeing crocodiles on the roof of the mandapam.

It was good to see people waiting to have the darshan of the Lord. Though there were few people, but still we had a good darshan once the screen was lifted.

Saw some water in the pushkarani this time.

Temple faces east, Lord faces east, Thaayar faces east in a separate sannadhi, Rajagopuram present, Kodimaram present, Temple pond present inside the temple.

Adding some photographs i took in this visit.

Such a beautiful temple tucked away discreetly in the small cramped lanes of mylapore.

The first impression one gets is wow wow, such clean superb temple in this type of cramped place. Definitely it is quite bigger in size compared to the area it is.

Happy to note that the temple has a history of 800 years roughly, some say even more, whatever it was very nice to visit the temple. Came to know it is like a twin temple, the other one being Keshava perumal temple located on the other side of Kapaleeswarar Temple.

Have been to that temple also, but i find this temple far far better, nice, spotlessly clean. Definitely lost my heart here that too even before having darshan of the lord.

Sad to know that the pushkarani is totally dry.

Would say the visit to this temple, left me surprised, shocked, stunned, in my temple visits yesterday.

I wish god gives me another chance to visit...

Madhava Perumal Temple is a Hindu Temple dedicated to Lord Vishnu located at Mylapore in Chennai City in Tamilnadu. Presiding Deity is called as Madhava Perumal and his consort Lakshmi as Amirthavalli. The temple is believed to be the birthplace of Peyazhwar, one of the first three of the twelve Azhwar saints of the 6th-9th century AD. This Temple is one of the most prominent among the Non Divya Desam Temples. The temple has a rich history attached to it is said to be at least 800 years old, though there are views that this temple may have existed around the time of the Azhvars or just after. It can be seen that the most traditional and historical of temples, dedicated to Lord Vishnu, have the four-pillared structure in front of the temple and such temples are said to be at least about 500-600 years old.

A mandapam is found in front of the tower, where all the pillars have bas-relief images. Presiding Deity is called as Madhava Perumal. The presiding deity is housed in the sanctum and is an image made of granite. The deity is seen in seated posture with images of Sridevi and Bhoomadevi on either side. The Lord is hailed as Kalyana Madhavan as he married Goddess Amirthavalli, who was born as Sage Bhrigu daughter here.

Though the Lord in similar posture in other places and is called Paramapadanathan holding the Sudarsana, Panchajanya and Gadhayutha in his three hands with the fourth one in Abhaya Hastha pose, the Lord's idol here has no Gadhayutha. Utsavar appears with a pretty face like the lotus flower, hence he is called as Aravinda Madhavan, ‘Aravindam’ meaning ‘lotus flower’. Utsavar is in standing posture with Sridevi and Bhoodevi on either side and housed in...