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This temple is situated very close to Madras Triplicane beach. One can reach here by several modes like plane, car, train or bus. There are several town buses plying in madras city to reach here and there is also a terminus very close to the temple itself. Auto rickshaws and taxis are also very popular mode of traveling within the city.

The term Tiru allik kEni refers to the fact that this temple is close to a pond filled with "alli" (a type of tulip) flowers. This temple is also known as PrunthAraNyam according to the puranas, meaning a place where Sriman Narayana is surrounded by thulasi forest.






Text provided by Sri Sampath Rengarajan
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