Parthasarathy Temple

The Parthasarathy Temple is a 6th-century Hindu Vaishnavite temple dedicated to Vishnu in , . Located in the neighbourhood of Thiruvallikeni, the temple is glorified in the Naalayira Divya Prabandham, the early medieval Tamil literature canon of the Alvar saints from the 6th to 9th centuries CE and is classified as among the 108 Divya Desams dedicated to Vishnu.
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  • Type: Hindu temple
  • Description: temple in India
  • Also known as: “Parthasarathy Temple, Chennai” and “Sri Parthasarathy Koil”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Marina Beach and Thiruvallikeni railway station.

Beach
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, or simply the Marina, is a natural urban beach in , , , along the . The beach runs from near in the north to in the south, a distance of 6.0 km, making it the second longest urban beach in the world, after Cox's Bazar Beach.

Railway station
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Thiruvallikeni is a station on the Chennai MRTS. Located just behind the Marina Campus of the University of Madras along the , it exclusively serves the Chennai MRTS. The station serves the neighbourhood of . is situated 500 metres northeast of Parthasarathy Temple.

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, earlier known as Ice House or Castle Kernan, is a historical building in , . It was constructed in 1842 by Frederic Tudor. is situated 640 metres southeast of Parthasarathy Temple.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Triplicane and Royapettah.

Suburb
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Thiruvallikeni known as , is one of the oldest neighbourhoods of , India. It is situated on the coast and about 0.6 km from Fort St George.

Suburb
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is a neighbourhood of , India.

Suburb
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is a locality in , . The name is popularly used to refer to the , also known as the Stadium.

Parthasarathy Temple

Latitude
13.05397° or 13° 3′ 14″ north
Longitude
80.27646° or 80° 16′ 35″ east
Open location code
7M52373G+HH
Open­Street­Map ID
way 1080608337
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­place_of_worship
Wiki­data ID
Q3522649
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Ukrainian—“Parthasarathy Temple” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Tempulli Parthasarathi në Triplikane”
  • Albanian: “Tempulli Sri Parthasarathy Perumal”
  • Albanian: “Tempulli Venkatakrishna Parthasarathy Perumal në Triplicane”
  • Albanian: “Thirukoili Thiruvallikēñi Venkatakrishna Parathasarathy Perumal”
  • Bengali: “পার্থসারথি মন্দির, চেন্নাই”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “معبد بارثاساراثى”
  • French: “temple de Parthasarathy”
  • French: “Temple de Parthasarathy”
  • Hindi: “पार्थसारथी मंदिर”
  • Malay: “Kuil Parthasarathy, Chennai”
  • Russian: “Храм Партасарати”
  • Tamil: “திருவல்லிக்கேணி பார்த்தசாரதி கோயில்”
  • Tamil: “பார்த்தசாரதி கோயில்”
  • Telugu: “పార్థసారథి దేవాలయం”
  • Telugu: “పార్థసారధి దేవాలయం”
  • Ukrainian: “Храм Партасараті, Ченнаї”
  • Ukrainian: “Храм Партасараті”

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