The Ananda Vinayagar Temple is located near the Madhya Kailash bus stop, Adyar, Chennai. The temple is dedicated to Sri Ganesha as Venkatesa Ananda Vinayagar.
About Ananda Vinayagar :
Ananda Vinayagar Temple, also known as Madhya Kailas, is located at Vallabhai Patel Road, in Adyar, near Chennai. The temple enshrines Venkatesa Ananda Vinayagar as the presiding deity. The idol of temple is a unique combination of the Vinayaka and Anjaneya. The idol begins with Vinayaka (Lord Ganesh) and ends up with Anjaneya Lord Hanuman. Other deities worshiped here include Lord Brahma, Navagrahas, Lord Shiva, Lord Vishnu, Anjaneya, Aditya, Adtyantha Prabhu, Goddess Durga, Goddess Parvati and Swarna Bhairav.
Special pujas are conducted on every Fridays. Ganesh Chaturthi is the major festival celebrated here amid much religious fervor.
Attracton Of Ananda Vinayagar Temple In Chennai :
The very conception of the fusion of Vinayaka and Anjaneya forms in One icon has a great esoteric significance. It is fortified by the truth of the oftquoted adage – begin with Pillayar and end up with Anjaneya, being dinned at the ears of people more often than not.
The unique sight of the amalgamation of two potent and highly worshipful deities, invariably sends such thrills in the spines of the viewers that they raise their hands in veneration unknown to themselves. Needless to emphasise, that prayers offered to this archamurti fetches double benefits, like two flowers obtained at a single pick. This rarity is found in the newly built temple at Madhya Kailas, located in a sequestered corner of Adayar, one of the posh localities of the metropolitan Chennai. This enchanting icon with two well sculptured faces is about five feet in height and faces north.
The enlightened builders, as the word goes here, did enough research to fashion the icon thus, and are vociferous in publishing to the world the glory of this Lord through several episodes and adagcs. Desires get fulfilled, and particularly education attains fruition, if this Lord’s grace is invoked with proper devotion. Moreover, worshippers are relieved from the clutches of Novagrahas. The principal deity of this tastefully built modern temple is Ananda Vinayakar and he is set up in a well built shrine facing east. There are as many as eight grandly built mini-shrines around the sannidhi in the campus installed with several divinities, like Anjaneya, Maheswar, Adithya, Adtyantha Prabhu, Mahavishnu, Durga, Navagrahas, Mother Parvathi, Swarna Bhairava etc.
Location :
The Ananda Vinayagar Temple is located near the Madhya Kailash bus stop, Adyar, Chennai.