Sri Subrahmanya Swami Devasthanam, Tiruchendur, South India
 

Tiruchendur Seashore Temple

Tiruchendur seashore temple
Tiruchendur seashore temple of Lord Senthil Andavar

The great and noble abode of Lord Subrahmanyam measures 300 feet north to south and 214 feet east to west.

The principal entrance of this great temple faces south, and opens into the first temple prakāra. It is Sivili Mantapa. It is a series of four long corridors running around the still inner second prakāra flanked on either with the familiar rows of columns of yalis. The Sivili Mantapa produces a fine effect of symmetry and grandeur. This prakāra 292' 6" north to south and 190' east to west branches off both ways to the west and the east of this grand portal.

The western portion has a number of rooms where are lodged a few vahanam, and in another portion in the temple stores. On the opposite row is the shrine of Dakshinamurti. As the corner is reached there is a mantapa where the processional deities are given the festival alankara before starting out and when they return thereto after the processions. Here is also conducted the annual Tirukkalyānam for Valli on the Panguni Uttiram day.