Ananda Vinayagar Temple (Madhya Kailas)

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Ananda Vinayagar Temple (Madhya Kailas)

Source: ePrarthana

Location: Vallabhai Patel Road, Adyar; Near Chennai

Main Deity: Venkatesa Ananda Vinayagar

 

The very conception of the fusion of Vinayaka and Anjaneya forms in

One icon has a great esoteric significance. It is fortified by the

truth of the oftquoted adage - begin with Pillayar and end up with

Anjaneya, being dinned at the ears of people more often than not.

 

The unique sight of the amalgamation of two potent and highly

worshipful deities, invariably sends such thrills in the spines of

the viewers that they raise their hands in veneration unknown to

themselves. Needless to emphasise, that prayers offered to this

archamurti fetches double benefits, like two flowers obtained at a

single pick.

 

This rarity is found in the newly built temple at Madhya Kailas,

located in a sequestered corner of Adayar, one of the posh

localities of the metropolitan Chennai. This enchanting icon with

two well sculptured faces is about five feet in height and faces

north. The enlightened builders, as the word goes here, did enough

research to fashion the icon thus, and are vociferous in publishing

to the world the glory of this Lord through several episodes and

adagcs.

 

Desires get fulfilled, and particularly education attains fruition,

if this Lord's grace is invoked with proper devotion. Moreover,

worshippers are relieved from the clutches of Novagrahas. The

principal deity of this tastefully built modern temple is Ananda

Vinayakar and he is set up in a well built shrine facing east.

 

There are as many as eight grandly built mini-shrines around the

sannidhi in the campus installed with several divinities, like

Anjaneya, Maheswar, Adithya, Adtyantha Prabhu, Mahavishnu, Durga,

Navagrahas, Mother Parvathi, Swarna Bhairava etc. Nityanaimithika

worship is offered with great devotional fervour. Above all, the

temple has built up new traditions of performing pitrukarma and

annadana, the most humanitarian services for the benefit of Orthodox

community.

 

In addition, it is assisting institutions involved in rendering

commendable social service through their highly laudable projects

like running orphanages, refuge camps, asylums, hospitals etc. On

the whole, this temple though emerged recently has on its record

glorious achievements unknown and undreamt of by many shrines

existing for over several centuries. It is a miss-not shrine to be

included in the itinerary list of visitors of this great city.