This temple is right next to the Vedapureswarar temple with a street separating the two.The temple is a simple construction with idols which were unearthed nearby. The vasantha mantap was donated by a Muslim trader it seems. When the French demolished the Shiva temple next door 1n 1700’s Sri Ananda ranga Pillai collected the idols and kept them here for safekeeping,
Originally this was a Narasimha temple between two Bodhi trees but later the temple grew and the original Narasimha idol is housed in a sannidhi behind
There is a separate sannidhi for Andal and also sannidhi for Sri Ramanuja and Sri Nikamanda mahadesikan
The temple houses idols of many divyadesams which were all found in the lands nearby.The Sundara Anjaneyar is a big draw in this temple
The Rajagopuram leads to the Dwajasthambam with Garuda alwar facing the main deity The main sannidhi has a 5 feet tall Varadaraja Perumal standing. the southern side has a Mahalakshmi sannidhi and the north the Andal sannidhi
Sri Hanuman is found facing West in the North east corner
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