KALADIPET(COLETPET)



                        On the way from Tiruvotriyur temple I also visited the Kalyana Varadaraja Perumal temple in Kaladipet.  The story goes like this.  In the early 18th century one Mr. Colett was the governor of Fort St.George between 1717to 1719.  He developed a weavers colony in North Madras near Thiruvotriyur called Colettpet which during the course of time
became Kaladipet.  The Governor had a very close assistant  by  name Veeraraghava who was an ardent devotee of Lord Varadaraja Perumal of Kancheepuram.  H used to visit Kancheepuram at least twice a week which the Governor did not like. So he gave some funds to Veeraraghava for building a temple in Colettpet for Varadaraja.  He collected some more funds from the public and built the temple in early 18th century.  The templ has a small temple tank also and is visited by hundreds of devotees on weekends which I witnessed yeaterday.  The Sannidhi street of the temple is a busy market area and you can get everything out there.

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