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=Sirivarpuri Balasubramani temple= Sirivarpuri Balasubramani temple is a 500 year old temple in Taminadu .

Temple Location
The temple is located at a distance on the Chennai-Kolkota Highway at about of about 30-40 Km from Chennai. Its located in Thiruvalluvar district of Tamilnadu.

Siruvapuri History
It is said that Lava and Kusa the children of Lord Ram used to live in this place. It so happened once that Lord Ram crossed this place. The children, not knowing that Lord Ram is their father fought with him. So the place got the name Siruvar Por Puri. (Siruvar means children, Por Puri means waging a war, in Thamizh). It is currently called as Chinnambedu, which originally was Siruvar Ambu Edu (Children who took their arrows for the fight).

History of temple
Few hundred years back there was a woman named Murugammai in this village. She was a devotee of Lord Muruga and she used to pray to him continuously. Her husband did not like her worshipping Lord Muruga all the time. He warned her but she did not heed to him. In his anger he severed the hands of his wife. Even after this she continued worshipping Lord Muruga. Lord Muruga was pleased with this lady and gave back here hands. The temple is said to be located in this same place.

Main Deity
The main deity of this temple is Sri Balasubramaniyar. The temple also houses Sri Annamalaiyar and Sri Unnamalai amman.. Utsava Moorthy of Lord Muruga is Valli manalar that is wedding posture along with Valli. Lord Muruga is said to grant wishes of those who want to buy or construct new house.

Other Deity
The other deities are Maragatha Vinayakar, Aadhi Murugar, Naagar, Venkatrayar, Muniswaraar, Bairavar etc. One important feature of this temple is Maragatha mayil.

Arunagirinathar
The statue of Arunagirinathar is seen facing the sanctum of the temple. Arunagirinathar visited this temple several times and has sung several Thiruppugazhs. Archanai Thiruppugazh was sung in praise of Lord Muruga.