Here poojas are done according to Srividya tradition. As per the advice of Kanchi Paramacharya, Sri Chandrasekhara Saraswati, he installed them in the present place after getting them carved into idols. The main idol is self-manifested from the sacrificial altar in the form of glittering stones when Sri Rajagopal Swamigal was performing Homam at his house in Georgetown on Navarathri Friday in 1957. Fifty-one Shakti Yantras are installed in this temple which makes this place equal to fifty one Shakti Pithams seen in India. Subshrines of Matangi and Vaarahi are seen on either side of the sanctum. She is flanked by Lakshmi and Saraswati on one side and by Ganesh and Murugan on the other side. Decked in costly jewels and ornaments she looks very beautiful in the glow of oil-lit lamps. The main idol of Rajarajeswari is seen in sitting posture on Meru Yantra wielding a discus,a conche, a sugarcane bow and flower-arrows in her four arms. While coming down one can see the fifteen stucco idols of Thithi Devatas (representing fifteen lunar phases and fifteen letters of Mahashodasi mantra) on the wall with Agasthya Muni’s hymn engraved below each idol. One has to climb 16 steps to enter the sanctum and climb down sixteen steps from the other side to leave the place. The statues of Shankanidhi and Padmanidhi are seen at the entrance of the steps. Later they should see the main presiding Goddess who is seen on the second floor. First they should have the darshan of Vinayaka and Durga. The devotees should go around the temple in anti-clockwise direction. Unlike in other Vishnu temples here the idols of Navagrahas are seen on the wall in a straight line. Many devotees perform Satyanarayana Vratham here. Here the image of Lakshmi is seen on the chest of Perumal. On the ground floor the temple for Sri Lakshmisametha Satyanarayana Swamy is seen. After the entrance there are two shrines-one for Lord Dattatreya and another for Lord Bhairava. At the entrance Prakara,the idols of Astadikpalakas are seen. The temple is facing east, but has entrance from north. This temple having two floors is located at 16th street at ThillaigangaNagar. This is a private temple also named as Sri Rajarajeswari ashram. Sri Rajarajeswari temple is one of the oldest temples and the area is named after the name of this Goddess as Nanga Nallai (place of good-natured women) which is now called Nanganallur. In Nanganallur area there are many old famous temples to see.
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