Vaaleeswarar Temple, Sitharkadu, Thiruvallur
Vaaleeswarar
Temple is a Hindu Temple dedicated to Lord Shiva located at Sitharkadu Village
near Poonamallee, Chennai Suburb in Thiruvallur District of Tamilnadu. It is
believed that Vanara King Vali worshipped Lord Shiva here. The Temple is
located at about 1 Km from Sitharkadu Bypass Bus Stop, 4 Kms from Vellavedu, 5
Kms from Pattabiram Railway Station, 7 Kms from Thiruninravur, 9 Kms from Poonamallee,
9 Kms from Avadi, 9 Kms from Thirumazhisai, 24 Kms from Thiruvallur, 30 Kms
from Chennai Central Railway Station, 29 Kms from Egmore Railway Station, 27
Kms from Chennai Airport and 29 Kms from Chennai.
Devotees travelling from Chennai on the Chennai - Poonamallee Bypass. On the left-hand
side, check for RRB Energy factory. Take a right turn on this signal, take the road towards Pattabiram for about 8 kms to reach Sitharkadu.
Sitharkadu
can be reached via Poonamallee, Tirumazhisai and taking a turn to right while
going from Chennai. Shared auto-rickshaws are available from the back side of
the Poonamallee bus terminus. Buses are also available for Sitharkadu from the
Poonamallee bus terminus but they are infrequent. Sitharkadu can also be
reached from Vellavedu which is around 4 Kms from there. Before the Vellavedu
bus stop, the right turn leads to Sitharkadu. However, there are no buses or
shared-autorickshaws in this route as of now.
Pattabiram
is on the Chennai to Thiruvallur main road and also on the railway route. From
Pattabiram at the end of the bridge on the south side Share autos are available
up to National hi-way bridge. There are buses too upto Pattabiram from
Koyambedu Bus Stand - M153 and from Poonamallee - M 54C which goes via
Sithukadu. Nearest Suburban train station is Pattabiram from where one can take
a share auto. Share autos are available up to bridge and from there can be
reached through a small walk.