Parthasarthy temple is a famous Vishnu temple located in
the Triplicane area of the city. It is an
extremely famous temple with devotees pouring
in from the entire state for worship. Sri
Venkatakrishna Swamy is the presiding deity
of the temple.
The temple has a famous tank called Pagal
Pathu. A bath here is supposed to give
a lot of prosperity. There are a lot of
legends and mythologies attached to this
temple It is believed that King Sumati
prayed to Lord Vengadu to give him Darshan
in the form of a Charioteer to Arjuna
as in the Bhagavad Gita. This is Parthasarathy.
He was asked to go to Vrindaranya, which
is the present Triplicane and get the
darshan. It is believed that Atreya mahirshi
also chose this place for worship. The
temple is supposed to have been renovated
by the Pallava dynasty. The idol is made
of black granite. The other images present
with the deity include that of Rukmini
and Satyaki, Balarama, Pradhyumna and
Aniruddha are also seen here. Monthly
panchaparva festivals are conducted for
Sri Parthasarathy.The Brahma utsava is
conducted annually. The other important
shrines that are worshipped include that
of Sri Ranganatha on Adi Sesha, Sri Telli
singa Perumal, Sri Chakravarty Tirumangan
and Andal. The temple has many assets
in the form of rare jewels, property and
government bonds.
This is one of the oldest temples in
Chennai and is revered by everyone.
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