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Sri Venugopalaswamy Temple
- Gopalapuram,Tamil Nadu
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Overview
Sri Venugopalaswamy Temple is a beautiful temple located at Gopalapuram in Chennai in the state of Tamil Nadu. This temple is dedicated to Lord Sri Krishna known as Sri Venugopalaswamy.
About The Temple
Gopalapuram Venugopala Swamy temple has a little tower and the temple is flawlessly kept up. The principle altar has the excellent icon of Krishna with four arms called as Venugopala. The processional (utsav) icon of Venugopala is additionally found in the fundamental place of worship. The primary altar likewise houses a ton of different gods on one side, for example, Murugan with his consorts Valli and Devasena, Ganesha, Rama with Lakshman, Sita, Hanuman, and Adi Shankara.
There is a little hallway and there one can discover the temple of Ayyappa and a symbol of Ganesha beneath the tree. The divider encompassing the principle hallowed place has the little stone pictures of Vishnu, Narasimha, and Varaha.
The temple additionally houses the temple of Ekambareswarar and Kamakshi where Nandi is likewise found. Close to that a little altar for Ganesha and Murugan is likewise found. The divider encompassing the hallowed place of Ekambareswarar (Shiv Linga) has the little pictures of Dakshinamurti, Vishnu, Durga, Ichcha Shakti, Gnana Shakti, and Kriya Shakti. There are holy places for Hanuman and Navagraha as well.
Festivals
Vinayakar Chaturthi, Sharadha Navaratri, Hanuman Jayanthi, Aarudra Darisanam, Mahasivaratri, Ramanavami, Kandha Sasthi, Krishna Jayanthi, Vaikunda Ekadesi are the major festivals celebrated in this temple.
How To Reach Chennai
Airport
Chennai is well-connected by air with all the major cities of the world and most international airlines operate flights from Chennai's Anna International Airport. Chennai is the headquarters of Southern Railway, a division of Indian Railway. Chennai is well connected by 5 highways to all the major cities as well as states.
Railways
Chennai is the headquarters of Southern Railway, a division of Indian Railway. Chennai is connected to many cities and towns by super-fast and express trains. The city has two main railway stations.Chennai Central, which links north and west India and Egmore, which links south India. Chennai has a recently introduced local electric train network, MRTS (Massive Rapid Transport System) to connect different points of the city.
Road
Chennai is well connected by 5 highways to all the major cities as well as states. Chennai bus station is considered as Asia's largest bus station. It has a great frequency of buses to and from Chennai.
Temple Address
Sri Venugopalaswamy Temple,
Gopalapuram, Chennai, Tamil Nadu,
India, Pincdoe – 600086.
Significance
Devotees visit this temple to seek fulfillment of the following:-
- To pray for health
- For education
- For prosperity
- For careers
- For children
Shlokas
Achutham Keyshavam Rama Narayanam Krishna Damodaram Vasudevam Harim Shridharam Madhavam Gopika Vallabham Janaki Nayakam Ramachandram Bhajey
Meaning -Oh Lord who cannot be perished, who also has names like Keshava, Rama, Damodara, Narayana, Sridhara, Madhava, Krishna, Ramachandra the beloved of Janaki, let me say your name regularly.
Vasudeva Sutham Devam Kamsa Chanoora Mardhanam Devaki Paramanandham Krishnam Vande Jagathgurum
Meaning -I bow to you O Krishna, the ultimate guru, Devaki and Vasudeva's son, and the destroyer of Kamsa and Chanur.
Adharam Madhuram Vadanam Madhuram Nayanam Madhuram Hasitam Madhuram Hridayam Madhuram Gamanam Madhuram Mathuraa Dhipate Rakhilam Madhuram
Meaning -Meaning - Sweet are Your lips, sweet is Your face, sweet are Your eyes, sweet is Your smile, sweet is Your heart, sweet is Your gait, O Lord of Mathura, everything about You is sweet.
Alokya Mathur Mukha Madarena Sthanyam Pibantham Saraseeruhaksham Sachinmayam Devam Anantha Roopam Balam Mukundam Manasa Smarami
Meaning -I think of this Balamukundan as the one who looks lovingly at his mother's face while taking milk from her, who has eyes similar to the red lotus, who is the embodiment of truth and intelligence and other forms.
Timings
The temple is open from 05:30 am to 10:00 am and from 05:00 pm and from 09:00 pm.