SANNADHI STREET 1851

     This is a photo of the temple taken in the year 1951 of Sannadhi Stret, Mylapore. when the main tower was not built.The tower on the western side is the old one. The Mckenzie map of the temple of early 1800s also does not show the tower.The main tower was built in 1906. Legend says the temple was originally a Murugan temple with Singaravelar as main deity and Lord Shiva shrine came later after it was destroyed in the 16th century by Portugese when it was near to the sea shore.  Even now there is a separate Dwajasthambam for Murugan shrine. The main Dwajasthamba on the west side was gold plated in August 1947. A lot of coconut trees and low height tiled houses can be seen on the Sannadhi Street.  The second photo is the picture in 1920s and the third one is of 2015.






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