Sadai Amman Temple, Pudupet, Chennai
Sadai Amman Temple is a Hindu Temple dedicated to
Goddess Sakthi located at Pudupet, well-known locality near Egmore in Chennai City
in Tamil Nadu. This Sadai Amman temple is
situated on Marshalls Road on the banks of river Koovam. The area where the
Komaleeswarar Temple located is known as Komaleeswaranpet but commonly called
as Pudupet.
This Sadai Amman is one of the 5 Sadai Amman temples
built around Egmore. It is considered to house the biggest Sadai Amman among
the others. Other Sadai Amman Temples are;
·
Chinna Sadai
Amman Temple
·
Manja
Sadai Amman Temple
·
Sakthi
Sadai Amman Temple
·
Arul
Maha Sadai Amman Temple
Legends
As per the legend, the original temple was inside the
eye Hospital. The then British Superintendent felt that the temple was
unnecessary and ordered to demolish. After the temple demolished, he lost his
eye sight. By the best effort of the British doctors at that time he could not
recover back his eye sight. It was told that he lost his eye sight because of
the demolition of the Sadai Amman Temple. He got vision back after he built a
new Sadai Amman Temple just outside the eye hospital. Sadai Amman manifested
upon a devotee and asked to build 4 more Sakthi temples near this temple.
The Temple
The temple is facing north with an entrance arch over
the Mukha Mandapam. Presiding Deity is called as Sadai Amman. It
houses huge Sadai Amman in the sanctum among the other Sadai Amman Temples.
There are shrines for Navagrahas, Utsava Idols, Saptha Kannigas and Nagas in
the Temple premises.
Temple Opening Time
The temple remains open from 06.30 AM to 11.00 AM and 05.30
PM to 08.00 PM.
Prayers
Devotees throng this Sadai Amman Temple to get cured
from eye ailments and Naga Dhosham.
Contact
Chennai – 600 008
Mobile: +91 97911 58650
Connectivity
The Temple is located at about 250 meters from Pudupet
Bus Stop, 1 Km from Egmore Railway Station, 2 Kms from Egmore Bus Stand, 2 Kms
from Egmore Metro Station, 4 Kms from Chennai Central Railway Station, 10 Kms
from Koyambedu Chennai Mofussil Bus Terminus and 18 Kms from Chennai Airport. This
temple is at the beginning of Seeyali street off Rukmani Lakshmipathy Saalai /
Marshalls Road and opposite to MDMK’s headquarters.
Location
References
https://veludharan.blogspot.com/2017/07/sri-sadai-amman-temple-egmore-chennai.html
