Fictional narratives on Chennai, after its official conversion from Madras in 1996, offer a fascinating prospect for exploring the idea of sacrality. This research closely scrutinizes the evolving nature of the sacred spaces in the city and its social function, through the narratives of T.S Tirumurti, Timeri Murari and Kavery Nambisan (and some other authors invested in Chennai’s contemporary culture). An effort is made to explore how these narratives respond to the transformation of the places of worship in Chennai, from abodes of divine presence to therapeutic landscapes. This research also examines the internal conflicts amongst the sacred sites in the city, that lead to divisive attitudes, and discusses how the fictional characters in the narratives corroborate or contest these changes. In this process, the narratives overcome the easy separation of the sacred and the secular, and produce an understanding that sacral landscapes are not entirely about religion, but unravel spaces that can be occupied in distinct spiritual registers. The narratives betray the ambivalence and the contradictions inherent in the sacred spaces in Chennai as a stable container of cultural meanings.