Chennai Mahalingapuram Ayyappan Temple

Sree Ayappan - Guruvayurappan Temple Mahalingapuram

The Mahalingapuram Ayyappan temple was the first Ayyappan temple in Chennai city. The temple was built in Kerala style in the year 1974 under the guidance of Sri.N.Subramanian Stapathy and is has become the ideal place of worship for several devotees. It came into existence because of many devotees proceeding to Sabarimala during the Mandalam-Makaravilakku seasons. It is very famous in Chennai among ayppan devotees most of sabari malai pilgrims go to this temple.

Here main Gods are Guruvayuraappan and Swami Ayyappan.

Sree Ayappan-Guruvayurappan Temple Mahalingapuram Chennai

(ஸ்ரீ அய்யப்பன்-குருவாயூரப்பன் கோவில் - மகாலிங்கபுரம், சென்னை) 

Temple History: About four decades ago, there existed in the Chennai Metropolis no temple dedicated exclusively to Lord Ayyapa. In the absence of any institutionalized service, devotees proceeding to Sabarimala during the Mandalam-Makaravilakku seasons had to fend for themselves. Indeed, Ayyappan Vilakku used to be conducted in several areas of the city as an annual feature.

Here the annual Ayyappan Vilakku used to be conducted in the premises of a temple on Melpadi Muthu Naicken Street or in the precincts of Asalathamman Koil, later on North Mada Street in Nungambakkam.

During the celebrations in 1967 the organizers, seized of the problems encountered by the devotees undertaking pilgrimage to the Holy Hills, decided to launch an action plan to provide minimum facilities to them.

Temple Address:

Mahalingapuram Ayappan Temple,

No 18, Madhavan Nair Rd, Mahalingapuram,

Nungambakkam, Chennai, Tamil Nadu 600034, India