One and only Alwarpet Anjaneyar Temple

Well, I deliberately left out this place in my Mylapore stuff since it can't be a passing reference and needs one full episode as I have a special attachment to this temple dating back to 1980’s from my college days.

The small little temple is situated inside the Co-op Bank building premises near the Alwarpet corner 1 km away from Luz corner and also known as Co-op Bank Anjaneyar/ CA Anjaneyar since many budding CA students believed in this Anjaneyar temple more than the exam papers or the way they had prepared for the exams and most of them also passed with flying colors with frequent visits to the temple as the results day approached. For almost 8 years I continuously visited this temple on Thursday evenings come sun shine or rain and many of my office friends and colleagues joined me as the years went by and it became a must visit place on Thursdays. Of course the crispy vadas used for the vada malais as well as the nearby Canopy food joint with its hot idlies was an added attraction. I have seen lots of celebrities over the years inside the premises like old actor Srikanth, Chinni Jayant, Poornima Bhagyaraj, Cho Ramswami, Police commissioners, Judges of Madras High court, SPB, some famous doctors and so on and so forth going around the temple 9 times with absolute silence.

Even today the temple remains in it's same small place and the little tree inside a thulasi madam once destroyed by rain has grown back again and the Deity continues to be powerful attracting the rich and poor alike who flock to the temple especially on Thursdays and Saturdays and the offerings like vada malai, vennai kappu etc are booked much in advance.

Though it's outside the boundaries of Mylapore, the temple is an ideal add on to the other attractions of Mylapore and is a crown in the jewel of Alwarpet's growing clout in the city also housing some famous names like Kamal, Vasan(Moopanar), KB and a host of other eminent personalities.

RK