T. Nagar Padmavathi Temple

Padmavathi Temple is a Lakshmi temple situated on Gopathi Narayanaswamy Road at T. Nagar in Chennai district of Tamil Nadu state in India.

Location

Padmavathi temple is located with the coordinates of at T. Nagar, Chennai.

Speciality

This is the first temple constructed in the country by TTD which is dedicated to a goddess exclusively for Padmavathi.
This is the second temple in Chennai built by TTD while the first one was dedicated to lord Venkateswara, constructed near to this temple.

Temple land donation

The land for this temple was donated by an yesteryear's cine actress viz., Kanchana and her sister, who are ardent devotees of lord Venkateswara.

Foundation

The foundation stone laying ceremony for constructing the temple, in a piece of land of about 6 ground, was organised on 13 February 2021 by TTD. Kanchi seer Vijayendra Saraswati Swamigal performed the Bhoomi puja.

Construction

The temple is constructed at a cost of about ₹10 crore and the temple and the tower are built in such a way that they appear similar to the goddess Padmavathi temple at Tiruchanur in Tirupati.

Mahakumbhabhishekam

The Mahakumbhabhishekam of the temple was ceremoniously performed on 17 March 2023 at its new temple complex at G. N. Chetty Road, T. Nagar, Chennai, by the TTD.