Hindu / Vaishnava / Sri Vaishnava / Tamil - Location: Triplicane (Chennai), Chennai, Tamil Nadu (13.0568°N, 80.2707°E) Pārthasārathy Temple of Triplicane — Chennai's oldest temple (8th c., Pallava) — is a Divya Desam. The deity is Krishna in his charioteer-form for Arjuna in the Mahābhārata, holding a conch but no weapon (as he promised Duryodhana not to fight). The face of the deity bears visible wound-marks from the war, unique among Vishnu iconography. Sung by Tirumangai-āḻvār, Peyāḻv
Wisdom Graph: Divine Associations
MantraTradition-specific invocations
