Chennai Om Sri Skandhashramam
Tamil Nadu
Chennai Om Sri Skandashramam is a Hindu temple dedicated to the deity Murugan in Chennai, India. It is located at Selaiyur, Tambaram, a southern neighbourhood of Chennai. The temple is known of its huge idols of several deities, including Kamala Siddhi Vinayakar, Panchamukha Heramba Ganapathy, Dattatreya, Panchamukha Hanuman, Shaniswara, Ayyapan, goddess Ashtadashabhuja Durga Parameswari, Sarabeswara, goddess Prathiyankira, goddess Bhuvaneshwari, Swaminathaswamy, Sudarshanachakathalwar, Lakshmi Narasimhar, Maha Sahasralingamurthy, Nandikeswarar, goddess Annapurani and Chakra Poorna Maha Meru. There is also an idol of Saint Sathguru Santhananda Swamigal, who built the temple.
From the Wikipedia article Skandhashramam Temple, Chennai, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Where it is
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How to reach
- By train: nearest station Tambaram railway station (TBM), about 4 km by road.
- By air: Chennai International Airport (MAA), about 9 km by road.
In-depth temple guides nearby
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