Arulmigu Karaneeswarar Temple

The most attractive feature of this temple is the imposing 7 tiered gopuram . It was built in modern times, though the basic shrine seems to have a centuries long history . It is a vast campus , with a large, open courtyard , very pleasant and breezy in the evening , which comes as a surprise as the temple is situated in a very congested locality with narrow lanes. Modern additions include dioramas of mythological stories around the vimanam . A short walk away from the temple is the temple tank , with fairly clean water .

Big temple with many gods.. divine place.. peaceful

Peace full place in this temple is walkable distance from saidapet railway station

Navarathi celebrations started on, Temple well decorated with lights also classical dance tuned to ambaal and devaram songs filled our eyes with joy. Delightful to see shiv and ambaal with Pooja arathi done. We spent a huge time here never feel like going home.

Holy place. A temple which is usually crowded. They do maintain well.
It will be nice if they had more volunteers to guide and make the queue move faster duing the crowded days.

Karaneeswarar Temple is a Hindu temple located in the neighborhood of Saidapet in Chennai, India. It is dedicated to Shiva. This is an ancient Temple presently managed by the HR & CE department of the Government of Tamil Nadu. The Goddess is known as "Swarnambika" (The Golden Mother). Apart from this, there are separate shrines for Lord Ganapathi, Lord Karthikeya and other Parivara Devtas. This temple is located next to the Saidapet Railway station.

The Temple is so good and clean
Can relax and good place to be free
Pooja's were done in evening also very near to saidapet Railway station

Lord Kaaraneeswarar and his consort Goddess Sornambikai are both beautiful, majestic and graceful.
This is considered to be a Navagraha Parihara Sthalam (for Budhan) of Chennai. This place is called as Kaaraneechuram.
There is a sannidhi inside this temple for Lord Soundareswarar with his consort Goddess Thripurasundari.
Legend says that Sivachaitanya Muni, Aathonda Chakravarthy and Gurulinga Swamy attained Mukthi by worshipping Lord Shiva here.
Both Temple & Temple pond are big and well maintained.
Must visit temple.