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Kilpauk, Chennai, Tamil Nadu · 13.0812°, 80.2489°
An Amman temple in Kilpauk, Chennai, traced to the time of Chennappa Nayak and now administered by the Tamil Nadu HR&CE department. It serves as the kuladeivam of roughly a lakh families across the city and its outskirts.
What follows is the temple’s own traditional account, transmitted through liturgy and local memory. It is recorded here as tradition, not as attested history.
The image of the goddess is said to have come to light about thirty feet underground when a well was being dug at Purasawalkam, which is why she is called Pathala, of the netherworld.
coordinates: wikipedia-2026-08-28 · sources retrieved 2026-08-26 · dynasty page: Vijayanagara (Chennappa Nayak)
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