Arupadai Veedu Murugar Temple is located at Besant Nagar, on the shores of Bay of Bengal, in Chennai. The temple is situated close to the highly revered Ashtalakshmi Temple. Arupadai Veedu Murugar Temple enshrine Lord Muruga as the presiding deity.
Arupadai Veedu Murugar Temple offers the devotees an opportunity to worship all the ‘arupadai veedus of Muruga’ (the six highly revered shrines of Lord Muruga) in a single shrine.
Thaipusam, Panguni Uthram, Aadi Karthikai and Skanda Shashti are the major festivals celebrated here amid much pomp and religious fervor. The festivals are celebrated in traditional style with Kavadi Aattam, Paal Kudam.
Arupadai Veedu Murugar Temple is about 16 km from Chennai and around 2 km from Adyar.
