- Source: T. Nagar Padmavathi Temple
Padmavathi Temple is a Lakshmi temple situated on Gopathi Narayanaswamy (G. N. Chetty) Road at T. Nagar in Chennai district of Tamil Nadu state in India.
Location
Padmavathi temple is located with the coordinates of (13.0452°N 80.2415°E / 13.0452; 80.2415) at T. Nagar, Chennai.
Speciality
This is the first temple constructed in the country by TTD (Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams) which is dedicated to a goddess exclusively for Padmavathi (the divine consort of Venkateswara).
This is the second temple in Chennai built by TTD while the first one was dedicated to lord Venkateswara, constructed near to this temple.
Temple land donation
The land for this temple was donated by an yesteryear's cine actress viz., Kanchana and her sister, who are ardent devotees of lord Venkateswara.1
Foundation
The foundation stone laying ceremony for constructing the temple, in a piece of land of about 6 ground (34 cents), was organised on 13 February 2021 by TTD. Kanchi seer Vijayendra Saraswati Swamigal performed the Bhoomi puja.
Construction
The temple is constructed at a cost of about ₹10 crore and the temple and the tower are built in such a way that they appear similar to the goddess Padmavathi temple at Tiruchanur (Alamelu Mangapuram) in Tirupati.
Mahakumbhabhishekam
The Mahakumbhabhishekam of the temple was ceremoniously performed on 17 March 2023 at its new temple complex at G. N. Chetty Road, T. Nagar, Chennai, by the TTD.
References
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- T. Nagar Padmavathi Temple
- Sri Balaji Temple, T. Nagar
- Mahalakshmi Temple, Kolhapur
- Ramamurthy Nagar
- List of Jain temples
- Palaya Appaneri
- Krishna Pushkaram
- Yashoda
- Lakshmi
- Culture of Telangana
