Our Visit to Nanganallur Anjaneyar Temple, Chennai
After a long time of wanting to go to the Nanganallur Anjaneyar Temple, we finally made it today 🙂 We went to the Temple by taking the road that goes to the Airport from Guindy, and then turning right at the Inner Ring Road just after the Officers Training Academy Metro Station/Mount Manor Hotel. Then you need to go around 500m forward and take a right below the MRTS flyover.
The exact Google Maps location for this Tempe is here.
Temple Timings: 5 A.M. to 12 P.M. & 4.30 P.M. to 9 P.M.
Pooja Details: Official Website.
Here is the board just outside the Temple giving more details:
I should complement the Temple authorities for being very organized. Unlike other Temples, the Archana materials are not taken by the main priest. Instead, we need to deposit them to another priest on our way and then take our plate back once the Darshan is over, from a nearby counter. They have a token system for this to ensure we get back our materials.
Unlike other Temples, money is not charged for keeping our footwear (although there is a token system) and there are no prasadams available for sale. We really wanted to eat the Famous Puliyodharai here, but we got to eat only Sundal and Milagu-Pongal. What to do, we couldn’t resist going back and collecting the prasadam twice as the item was changed while we were eating the first round 😀
We enquired as to when Puliyodharai will be available, and one visitor said that it should be available on weekday evenings. We are planning to go back on a weekday, needless to say 😛
The approach and helping nature of the Iyers present at this Temple also impressed us. A pleasant experience, combined with Darshan of 32-feet Anjaneya. If we had got the Puliyodharai, this would have been the perfect Temple experience 🙂
Since photos are not allowed inside the Temple, here is our selfie from outside –
Destination Infinity
PS: BTW, coming to the weird things we do regularly, we made a Cinemagraph recently – have a look 🙂
Brief information on Nanganallur Anjaneyar. Nice experience.
I had visited this temple many years back. Now, it is very famous. I can see you both enjoying visiting places! Very nice!
I love puliyodharai… pls get me one too. lol
Even sundal and milagu pongal is great combo 🙂
Happy Deepavali to you and ramya 🙂
Opens at 5:00 a.m. !!!!!! That’s earlier than most here .
I too feel puliogare given in temples is a class apart. In fact most temple prasadas are delicious and can understand you going for a second helping 🙂
Is something wrong with my computer? I am not able to see the pics 🙁 I haven’t been to this temple but have tried Puliyodharai (we call it puliyogare) in some other temples and they are usually yummy.
need special puja timing and offering of vadamala and advance booking including cost