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Thyagarajar Vadivudaiamman - Thiruvottiyur

எல்லாஞ் சிவனென்ன நின்றாய் போற்றி
எரிசுடராய் நின்ற இறைவா போற்றி
கொல்லார் மழுவாட் படையாய் போற்றி
கொல்லுங்கூற்றொன்றை உதைத்தாய் போற்றி
கல்லாதார் காட்சிக் கரியாய் போற்றி
கற்றா ரிடும்பை களைவாய் போற்றி
வில்லால் வியனரணம் எய்தாய் போற்றி
வீரட்டங் காதல் விமலா போற்றி

-திருவாசகம்-மாணிக்கவாசகர்

Thiyagarajaswamy temple in Thiruvottiyur is famously known as Vadivudaiamman temple. Thiyagarajar has given away this temple popularity to his sakthi as this is part of the tri-sakthi temples to be worshipped on a day as per the famous vadivudai kodiyidai thiruvudai.

The vadivudai amman resides here and bestows her devotees. There is separate sannidhis for Suryan/Saneeswar in the entrance left side before Annadhana mandapam. There is separate sthalam for Kalatheeswarar and there another Sivan before Garden area. 

Only place with statue of Ahgapadamurthi - all three body of the Lord is on single leg. Twin Pillaiyar is seen in the pillars of the Amman temple.


This is a Paadal Petra Stalam, its ancientness belongs to chola period. It has a huge corridor. The  Annadhana mandapam comes first in the left followed by the Ganapati sannathi. 


If one still further in the left, small separate shrines for each 27 stars can be seen. They are present here to workship Siva.

Next comes the Thyagaraja swamy sannathi on to your right. The deity Aadhipureeswarar is in the form of a mud lingam. There are seperate sannthis for Nataraja, Subramanya, Kali and Dakshinamoorthy. If you go further towards the outer praharam you can workship - Thiruptheeswarar, Jaganadhar, Annamalaiyar, Jambukeswarar, Nagalingar, Meenakshi, Sundareswarar, Sagasralingam, Amirthakandeesar, Gowrieeswarar, and Ekapaadhar. There is also the temple garden to the extreme right corner of the outer corridor.

Coming around further towards to the temple gopuram and in the left side is the Vadivudai amman sannathi. She is also called Tripurasundari. Its a boon to worship her here in here serene avatar. On days when its crowded its hard to get a glimpse as devotees flock to worship sakthi. Being a Sunday and late evening we managed a good darshan and left the temple content. 

One of the must worship temple in Chennai for its ancientness. 




The huge area occupied by the temple also houses small madapams where parayanam's would have happened. Now devotees with thiruneer in forehead occupy the spaces in the evening enjoying a calm and spiritual atmosphere.

Vadivu is for beauty. Did the lord Shiva make this place famous for this sakthi since she was beautiful here :).

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Location: Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

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