Malai Mandir

Description

Malai Mandir is located at Sector -7, Ramakrishnapuram, New Delhi, Delhi 110022 , India. Basically the Malai Mandir is Tamil name which means Malai- Hill/Mountain and Mandir means Temple . Malai Mandir is also known as Uttara Swami Malai Mandir, is a Hindu temple dedicated to Lord Swaminatha (commonly known as Lord Murugan) and is visited by a crowd of devotees, mostly from Tamil, Kannada, Telegu and Malayalam . The Malai Mandir is located on a small hill (as most of Murugan temples) and is constructed entirely out of granite in a South Indian architectural style, reminiscent of buildings in the Chola era.

History

The foundation stone for the construction of the temple was laid on September 8, 1965, by the then Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu Mr. Minjor Bhaktvastaslm. The Prime Minister of India, Shri Lal Bahadur Shastri was also present in that ceremony. Apart from the main temple building dedicated to Lord Murugan there are other temples in the complex dedicated to the elder brother, father and mother of Lord Murugan. Inspiration of this has been drawn from the Pandya style of South Indian temple architecture and can be seen in famous temples such as Meenakshi Amman Temple in Madurai (Tamil Nadu). All the walls and roof of the temple are very beautifully decorated with wonderful art work. The idol of Meenakshi devi is very beautiful and wonderful. There is a temple of Navgraha on the right side of the temple of parents of Lord Swaminath. The Navgraha temple has the very beautiful idols of all the nine hindu graha and Lord Shani. There is also a hall after a climbing a few staircase in the temple. The hall is magnificent and is named as Adi Swami hall. There is also an idol of Nag Devta on the right side of left staircase. The front staircase leads to the temple of Lord Swaminath, which is also the main temple of the complex. The walls of the temple are decorated with the paintings of various deities. The pillars of the temple have beautiful and wonderful designs of the south India. There are separate queues for males (left) and females(right) for the worship which is applicable everywhere in the temple. There is also a place on the right side where cultural programmes are organised from time to time.

Full Address

Uttara Swamimalai Temple, Malai Mandir, Sector -7, Ramakrishnapuram, New Delhi, Delhi 110022

 

Type of Place

• Temple

Prefered For

• Family
• Friends
• Kids
• Senior Citizen
• Couples

Transportation

• IGI AIRPORT
• Hazrat Nizamuddin Railway Station
• AIIMS Metro Station . Dhaula Kuan Metro Station.

Important Information

• • No entry fees. • Open all the weekdays. • Summer timing : • 1st March to 30th November : • 6.30 am to 12.00 pm and • 5.00 pm to 9.00 pm. • Winter timing: • 1st December to 28th Feburary : • 7.00 am to 12.00 pm and • 4.00 pm to 8.00 pm.

Attraction

• The peacock in the temple is an attraction for crowd, because in the Hinduism, peacock is the vehicle of Lord Swaminath, so the peacocks are reared in the temple and their presence can be seen and heard in the temple. This temple is very beautiful and offers a glimpse of the temple in South .The architecture of temple is outstanding thus it attracts more throng of devotees, The malai temple is built using granite stone. The temple complex is built in accordance with the Chola style. The architecture of the temple reflects the designs of South India. All the main idols of the temple are made of black granite stone.
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Things to Buy

• In front of temple their are small shops and selling statute of Gods and flowers, Prasad but on some distance you can buy designer clothes, fancy handcrafted materials, bags and updated instruments.

Things to Eat

• This temple attracts more crowd from south thus there are most of the shops and restaurant have delicious south Indian dishes like Dosa, sambhar,Idli and some Delhi special Chole Bhature, Noodles, Mommos, chaat, Biryani, Butter chicken and junk food every where on walking distance.

Things to enjoy

• As we all know in any temple the must enjoyable thing is prayers. The atmosphere of temple is very energetic thus crowd enjoy here each and every moment in watching the whole temple and also by analyzing the Architecture of each section of temple . Visitors also enjoy here by watching cultural program in temple.