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History Gnayiru Eswaran temple is one of the oldest siva temple. The history of this temple is that due to curse sun god asked to worship lord siva in this temple and lord sun started to worship lord siva 1st tamil month chitrai(Starts from April 14th) behind this temple.

There was small pond the water in this pond is said to be having medicinal power which will cure skin and eye related diseses.This temple is 16 km away from madhavaram bridge. frequent bus service are available from redhills and parrys to gnayiru. it was one of the beautiful temple situated in sub urban of chennai the temple was surrounded by paddy field.

Temple Gopuram The temple has been renovated by local villagers and few other devotees. It is very well maintained too. Work on the temple pond is still on.

Temple Pond There is a rare tree here. Thiruvodu (begging bowl of the sanyasis) is a half of the outer shell of the fruit of these trees. It is also used by them to drink or eat food from and is believed to prevent viral infections.

Thiruvodu Tree Thee are a few interesting legends behind this temple. A Chola King was returning after successfully waging a war on a kingdom in Andhra Pradesh. He camped at Cholavaram. He was a staunch Shiva devotee and went in search of lotus to perform his daily pooja. During his search he saw a pond full of lotuses.