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Anna Nagar Ayyappan Koil

Anna Nagar, Chennai, Tamil Nadu · 13.0850°, 80.2131°

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Sacred since

1979 CE

first attestation / structure

Standing structure

1979-84; consecrated 13 May 1984

Modern

History & significance

Founded by the Sri Ayyappa Seva Samajam, formed in 1976 out of the vilakku pooja gatherings of Shanti Colony, and consecrated on 13 May 1984 by a former chief priest of Sabarimala. Built to shastraic rule in Kerala style with a west-facing sanctum, it won the Mylapore Academy award for best-maintained temple in Chennai in 1998.

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