Wedding temples

Wedding temples

• Thiruchendur Subramaniya Swamy Temple Thiruchendur, Thoothukudi district The Murugan temple on the seashore at Thiruchendur in Thoothukudi district is one of the six Arupadai Veedu. Many weddings are held here on muhurtham days.Weddings are customarily held within the temple on muhurtham days. On the muhurtham Sunday of 19 May 2024 more than 100 weddings took place, and the crowd pushed some of them out into the prakaram. On the last waxing-moon muhurtham of Avani 2026, Dinakaran reports 50-plus couples, from Tirunelveli, Tenkasi and other districts, married in the temple's Shanmuga Vilasam mandapam, with five or six couples allowed at a time. Couples should check the date and arrangements with the temple office.
• Thiruparankundram Subramaniya Swamy Temple Thiruparankundram, Madurai district Thiruparankundram, near Madurai, is the first of the six Arupadai Veedu of Murugan. Here Murugan is seen seated in wedding form with Deivanai, and devotees believe it is a blessing to marry at this temple.Weddings take place at the shrine of Muthukumaraswamy and Deivanai in the temple's Thiruvatchi mandapam complex. Daily Thanthi reports that only first marriages are allowed, and that couples must register with the temple at least 20 days ahead. On the first waxing-moon muhurtham of Avani 2026, more than a hundred couples were married here.
• Vadapalani Andavar Temple Vadapalani, Chennai district The Vadapalani Andavar temple in Chennai has a spacious hall for weddings. Because it is considered an auspicious place to marry, Wikipedia puts the number of weddings here at around 7,000 a year.Couples are married in the temple's marriage halls and then go for darshan of the presiding deity. A news report quoting an HR&CE official says 61 weddings were held here on the first muhurtham day of Avani in 2026. Details of dates and booking can be had from the temple office.
• Tiruttani Subramaniya Swamy Temple Tiruttani, Tiruvallur district The hill temple of Murugan at Tiruttani in Tiruvallur district is one of the six Arupadai Veedu. Many couples wish to marry in the hill temple to fulfil a vow.Couples book with the temple administration, submitting the required documents, and are married at the fixed muhurtham in the halls of the hill temple and on the Mada streets. Dinamalar reported 50 couples married in the hill temple alone on one muhurtham day in February 2026. In October 2026 Dinakaran reported that, because of master-plan works on the hill, the number of wedding bookings has been cut by half, so it is best to ask the temple office early.
• Tiruporur Kandaswamy Temple Tiruporur, Chengalpattu district The Kandaswamy temple at Tiruporur in Chengalpattu district is an ancient Murugan shrine. News reports say the number of couples marrying here has been rising steadily.Weddings are booked with the temple. One report says more than a hundred weddings were held on the first waxing-moon muhurtham Sunday of Avani 2026, in the 16-pillared hall, the prakaram, the utsavar mandapam and the circular mandapam; 72 had been booked in advance and 30 couples came without booking and exchanged garlands before the sanctum. Another report gives the HR&CE count for the same day as 75 weddings. The Mada streets and the road outside get badly congested on muhurtham days, so it helps to book and arrive early.
• Thiruvanthipuram Devanathaswamy Temple Thiruvanthipuram, Cuddalore district The Devanathaswamy temple at Thiruvanthipuram, about 12 km from Cuddalore, is one of the 108 Divya Desams. Marrying here is traditionally held auspicious, and people from around Cuddalore and elsewhere seek it out for weddings.The temple has a hall inside its premises where 40 weddings can be held at a time, and couples register with the temple. On muhurtham days weddings begin in the early-morning Brahma muhurtham. In January 2022, when the temple was shut on a lockdown day, the executive officer said 91 weddings were still held on the roads beside it. On the first Avani muhurtham of 2026 it recorded 136 weddings, the most at any single temple in the state that day.