Temple Visits of Parantharami Mani

       This is a temple dedicated to Lord Muruga about half a km from Saidapet railway station.  The presiding deity is Lord Sivasubramaniar with his consorts Valli and Deivanai.There is a small inner prakaram with utsava moorthies.There is a also a small temple of Ganesha by the side of main tower called Sengunda Ganapathy. There are small shrines for Ramalingar, Arunagirinathar, Iyyppa and Navagraham. In the outer prakaram there is a temple for Kasi Viswanathar and Visalakshi.  As per the information given by the temple authorities this is a morethan 200 year old temple constructed by Sengundars who were predominant in this area and under their hereditary trusteeship.The list of Dharmakarthas from 1885 AD is available on the walls of the temple.This is one important temple of Madras alongwith Kandakottam and Vadapalani.

   Sri Prasanna Venkatesa Narasimha Perumal Temple, West Saidapet.  This is a more than 500 year old Vijayanagar Era Temple with its Elephants and Mandapams.  It is under the hereditary dharmakartaship of Balija Chettiar community. The place it seems was origanally called Raghunathapuram and became Saidapet during Nawab period. In the early 1800s one Sami Chetty and Kuppam Kondal Chetty were the Dharmakarthas and line of Dharmakarthas are available on the temple walls. The main deity is Prasanna Venkatesa Perumal with his consorts Sri Devi and Bhoodevi. There is also an idle of Narasimha perumal in the sanctum and hence the name. Thayar Alamelu manga has a separate shrine and said to be swayambu. There is a separate Sannidhi for Andal in the North prakaram. Inside the Perumal Sannidhi there are separate shrines for Ramanuja, Manavala Mamuni, Nammalvar and Thirumangai Alwar facing south. There is a beautiful Unjal Mandapam on the South side near Madapalli. The Adisesha here i