sree thiruvEtteeswaran temple, thiruvEtti, thiruvallikEni,thiruvEtty (Chennai)

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TVT164 - sree maragathavalli sametha sree vEtteeswarar temple, thiruvEtty is 164th thEvAra vaippu temple. Temples which are not get separate thEvAra holy hymns, but mentioned in the thEvAra hymns are called as "TVT-thEvAra vaipputh thalangaL (temples)". There are about 301 thevara vaippu temples based on tamizh alphabetics sorted by shaivam.org. The numbers given here for thevara vaippu temples are based on that sequence.
This temple at Thiruvetteeswaranpet (part of Triplicane) is a 500 years old temple. When the forest in this area was cleared off to expand the Nawab’s Chepak palace, the axe fell on a Shivalinga by mistake and blood oozed out. This temple was then built. Kasi Viswanathar and Visalakshi are also present.
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