MAIN GOPURAM

 

HISTORY OF THE TEMPLE

History of Sri Srinivasa Perumal temple dates back to the Vijayanagar dynasty. Veeravalli Krishnamacharya and his nephew Raghava Iyengar, ancestors of Kasturi Ranga Iyengar, Founder of The Hindu (newspaper), who constructed this temple, installed an idol of Lord Srinivasar with his consorts in the temple. This idol is said to have originally belonged to the Vishnu shrine on the Tirumalai hills at Tirupathi. The idol of Lord Srinivasar was taken from Tirupathi to Navalpakkam in Kancheepuram for safe custody when the fear of Mughal invasion was haunting the minds of devotees at Tirupathi. Veeravalli Krishnamacharya secured this idol for installation at Innambur. Daily pujas are performed uninterruptedly as per Sri Vaikanasa Agamam. Srinivasa Sath Sangam at Innambur has been doing the ‘pujas' and maintaining the upkeep of the temple.

Festivals held at the temple are monthly Shravanam, Navarathiri, Utsavam during the Tamil Month of Purattasi, and Adhyayana Utsavam during Margazhi.