Temple Visits of Parantharami Mani

       Nandiswarar  Temple,  Nandivaram, Guduvancherry. This temple  is situated in Nandivaram,  Guduvancherry half km from Guduvancherry bus stand  on the left side of  GST Road 35 km from  Madras. It is a Pallava era temple built in 8th  century and a Thevara padal petra sthalam. But no antiquity in the  form of Inscriptions  is available which perhaps might have been lost over the years due to  renovations. The  main deity is Nandiswarar in a big Linga form attractive with  Ganesha and Muruga on both sides of  main Sannidhi. Ambal Soundara Nayagi is around  4 feet in height with  Simmam and Bali Peetam in front of her. Around the walls of  Sivan Sannidhi there are Koshta Idols of Dakshinamoorthy, Durga,  Brahma, Maha Vishnu, Ganapathy and Chandikeshwar.  The legend of the temple says that Lord Shiva after taking the Alakala Visham danced here with his Nandi and gave darshan to  Devas and hence called Nandiswarar. A old statue of Nandi is kept below the sthala virusham Nagal

      Siddi Buddi Sameda  Karpaga Vinayaga Temple, R.A.Puram.  This  temple situated on 2nd cross  Street  comparatively has a history of less than 60 years.  It is  said  that the  Senior  Sankaracharya   while on a padayatra in Madras in the  year 1957 stayed in this place  and requested his disciples to construct a temple for  Vinayagar. The  temple was constructed by the efforts made by Avibakthammal wife of  Idaiyathimangalam Vaidhyanatha  Iyer and Kumbabhishekam was done on 12/6/1960. After that at least four  renovations have been done and extensions made. The  main deity is Karpaga Vinayagar with his consorts and there are niches for Guruvayoorappan, Durga, Anjaneyar,  Subramanyar, Sridevi Bhoodevi  sameda Lakshmi Narayanan,  Dakshinamoorthy.  There are separate shrines  for Sivan and Goddess  Thirupurasundari. The  temple is kept neat and clean with  a hall  for  conducting religious  and cutural programmes. It is maintained  by R A.Puram Bhaktha  Jana  Sabha.