Siruvapuri - Sri Balasubramanyar Temple
(Chinnambedu)
Siruvapuri is located about 40-45 kms from Chennai on Chennai Kolkata Highway and temple is located about 3km off the highway (Chinnambedu village).
History of the temple:
Lava
and Kusa, the sons of Rama lived in this place. Once when Lord Rama was
passing this place, they have fought a war with Lord Rama himself
without knowing that he was their father. As the young children waged a
war here, the place was called as Siruvar Por Puri. (Siruvar means
children or young boys, Por Puri means waging a war, in Tamil). This
place is now called as Chinnambedu, which originally was Siruvar Ambu
Edu (childen took their arrows for the fight).
Feature of this temple is the Maragatha Mayil (Peacock) the carrier of Lord Muruga made of green stone.
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