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Unamancheri Ramar temple near Vandalur Zoo

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I went to this temple before Rama Navami to have a darshan of the Lord.  The Google map shows the route from Vandalur Zoo a very famous landmark in Chennai.  It is 4.7 km when we turn right near Tamil Nadu Police Academy in Unamancheri.  If you take the grey route shown in the map it goes through the village.  Take a right turn at the last right ,  you can see a small temple on the road. Proceed further towards the right .  You will reach the temple shown in the map after travelling through some narrow lanes in the village. Old temples in Chennai | Historic temples in Chennai  The temple is very beautiful in a serene atmosphere.  There is temple pond as is common in very old temples. This is the side view of the temple.  What we see in the front is Hanuman sannidhi.  On the left is the main temple.  The rare fact about this temple is  that Sri Rama, Sita Devi, Lakshman,  Bharat, Shatrughan idols are there in the t...