Nandikeswarar Temple, Thiruvotriyur, Chennai
Nandikeswarar Temple is a
Hindu Temple dedicated to Bull Vehicle of Lord Shiva located at Thiruvotriyur,
well known locality in Chennai City in Tamil Nadu. Nandikeswarar Temple is
located at the north car street (northern side of Thyagarajar Temple) in Thiruvotriyur.
The Temple is around 600 years old. This is one of the rare temples dedicated
to Nandi, the bull god, the Vahanam of Lord Shiva. There are few temples of
bull God in the neighboring Karnataka State. However, they all have big statues
of Bull as the deities. However, this temple has a small idol of Nandi, in the
human form.
The idol of Nandi is in the
standing posture with folded hands as if he is worshiping the Lord. Nandikeswarar
temple is very small temple. Apart from this small shrine, there is no other
shrine or idol located in this temple. This temple is hardly known to anybody
including the people living in Thiruvotriyur. The sad part is that this temple
is kept opened only for a very short time daily.
The Temple is located at about
100 meters from Theradi Bus Stop, 300 meters from Thyagarajar & Vadivudai
Ambal Temple, 1 Km from Thiruvotriyur Railway Station, 1.5 Kms from Thiruvotriyur
Bus Depot, 3 Kms from Wimco Nagar Railway Station, 11 Kms from Chennai Central
Railway Station, 14 Kms from Egmore Railway Station, 21 Kms from Koyambedu
Mofussil Bus Terminus and 32 Kms from Chennai Airport.
There are buses operated from
here to all over Chennai and also a few limited services which run to various
parts of the Tamil Nadu state. There is a bus available to Parrys corner for
every 10 minutes through different routes. Thiruvotriyur is located at
the Chennai Central – Gummidipoondi suburban line of Chennai. The number of
train services on this route are quite frequent. Thiruvotriyur has two rail
stations, one at Thiruvotriyur and the other at Wimco Nagar. Nearest Airport is Chennai
International Airport located at Meenambakkam.
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