Vadapalani is a famous Subrahmanya temple .The meaning of
Vadapalani is North Palani. It is said that
a picture of Lord Subrahmanya was brought
to this place by a devotee from Palani as
per the instruction of Lord Subrahmanya
himself.
There is a very interesting story regarding
the origin of the temple.Annaswamy Nayagar
was a great devotee of Lord Subrahmanya.
Once when he was going around the shops
of Tiruttani, he noticed a particular
picture of Subrahmanya. He wanted to make
the picture his own, but did not have
any money. Lord appeared in the dream
of the shop keeper and asked him to present
the gift to Annaswamy Nayagar, which he
did. He worshipped the picture. He chose
his friend Ratnavel Chettiar as his successor
to distribute the holy ashes. Ratnavel
Chettiar converted the house of Annaswamy
Nayagar into a temple and instructeda
sculptor to make an image of Lord Subrahmanya
as per the specifications given This place
is in Vadapalani. The sculptor observed
a fast before sculpting and later finished
his work which was his best creation ever.
The present state of the Vadapalani temple
can be attributed to Bagialinga Tambiran
who performed poojas day in and out and
collected enormous wealth for the temple.
This Tambiran was an ardent Saivite. The
picture brought by Annaswamy Nayagar from
Palani is still worshipped in the temple.
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