Located on the very centre of the Chennai city, the Vadapalani Murugan temple is one of the most significant places in Chennai. This is considered as the youngest temple to be built of the region as it was constructed in the start of 19th Century.  According to the legend, Annaswamy Nayakar, an ardent devotee of Lord Murugan was the founder of the temple. He was the person who fully dedicated his life devoting lord Muruga. He has had one painting of the lord and did all the worships with that. One day, when he was returning from visiting Palani Murugan temple, he was met with one sage.  He was advised not to take this much tiring journey to visit lord Muruga, rather, directed him to continue his duty in home itself. He was also given an idol of Muruga for the worship. Continuing the poojas regularly, he attained the divine power of blessing the people on their fortunes. He was genuine with this supreme quality subsequently wished to raise a temple out there from the help of the public. Knowing his divinity, he was assisted by the devotees from various regions along with the sadhus to build a temple systematically. The temple finally got its structure that resulted in galore of pilgrims throng regularly till now. The temple also houses the samadhis of the sages who helped in the construction. The presiding deity idol in the sanctum sanctorum of the temple resembles the original Palani Muruga in his standing posture. Many sub deities are present in the temple courtyards including Varasiddhi Vinayaka, Chokkanathar, Meenakshi Amman, Kali, Bhairava, Shanmuga with Valli and Devasena. The grounds of this temples are considered auspicious for good beginnings. Thus, there are around 7000 odd marriages take place here annually. It is proven that this lord resolves problems of his devotees and brings peace to their lives with his grace and blessings when worshipped.