Adeeswar Temple

Adeeswar Temple
Your travel to Chennai should be a blend of all sights. It ranges from ancestral rich history to modern glamorous pubs and shopping malls. Here we are going to give you information on one such sight. Though it is spiritual but it is also necessary as travel tour are meant for relief to the body and soul from all the humdrums of daily life. In this section you will get details of a famous Jain temple in Madras.

Travelling to the Adeeshwar temple in Madras is not a tiring journey as it is only 9 km away from the Chennai city. Don't get confused by the names of Chennai and Madras. Madras is the earlier name of the present Chennai city. You can either travel by bus or auto rickshaw. If you prefer you can choose the deluxe coaches. Though the rates of deluxe coaches are higher you can drive yourself if you choose. While travelling by auto rickshaw be careful about the rates. Fix the rates first before you begin your travel. The standard charge is Rs.8 for every kilometer.

The Adeeswar temple is situated in Polal village, which is in the Grand Trunk Road i.e. the highway road connecting Chennai to its nearby states. The Polal village is been laid down near the Redhill Lake, which flows near the Polal village. It is believed that the temple was constructed in the first century B.C. According to the legends Valluvar who was staying in Mylapore at the early years of the A.D. century is a concentrated devotee of this principal god of Jains situated in the Adeeswar temple.

The principal shrine in this temple is the Rishabhadev, and the first Tirthankar of Jainism. During the earlier years the Polal village was flocked with the followers of Jainism and it was developing immensely. Still now you can see the Vaishnavas at almost every corner of the village.