Kunrathur is a southern Suburb of Chennai between Poonamallee, Porur and Mangadu.It is famous for its
murugan temple See link below
(http://drlsravi.blogspot.in/2011/04/kunrathur-temples.html)
The Nagaimugai amman Kandaeshwarar Temple
http://drlsravi.blogspot.in/2011/04/nagai-mugai-ambal-sametha.html
The Thirunageshwaram temple Rahu Sthalam built by Sekkhizar
http://drlsravi.blogspot.in/2011/04/naageshwarar-temple-kunrathur.html
The Perumal temple is situated at the foot of the hillock of Murugan temple and the Shiva temple
How to reach:
Kunrathur can be easily reached from Porur .Just follow the extension of Arcot road you will reach the town in 4 kms or you can also reach it from Mangadu/poonamallee or also from Sripermbudur . Kunrathur can be reached from Thiruneermalai from GST road side and from Sriperumbudur on the Kodambakkam Sriperumbudur highway.
Legend of the temple:
The temple was built by the King Kulathunga Chola about 1000 years ago as a thanks giving in gratitude for having been relieved of a spell cast on him. He prayed to Kanchi Thiruvooraga Perumal at Kanchipuram who appeared in his dream and directed him to build the temple in Kunrathur facing west and the Lord was to be in the standing posture like in Tirupathi.
As you enter you can see the Dwajastambam and the main praharam
There are variety of carvings on the gate posts depicting the dasavathara but the entire structure inside has been rebuilt from scratch
The main sannidhi has a tall Maha Vishnu with four Arms as in Tirumala with Sridevi and Bhudevi on his chest. The Vigraham is 7 feet tall and is on a Lotus pedestal. He is showing abhayahastha with his right hand and has the Conch and Chakra in his other two hands.The left lower hand is on his waist.
For a detailed pic see Shantiraju’s excellent blog and pics at http://www.flickr.com/photos/rajushanthi/6108530403/in/photostream/
The Lord is facing the west.
To the left of the lord’s sannidhi is the small sannidhi of Thiruvirundhavalli Thayar, facing east.
There is a small sannidhi for Thumbikai alwar here (Ganapathy) in the thayar sannidhi
this is a picture from Dinamalar.com
The Northern side has a spacious mandapam with sannidhis for Andal, Seetha sametha Rama and Anjaneya has a separate sannidhi
Rama and Lakshmana have the Bows in their left hands and the Arrows in their right hands.
In front of this sannidhi is Hanuman Sannidhi posture seen below
The rajagopuram from inside
