Sri Vanamamalai Perumal Temple

Sri Vanamamalai Perumal Temple
Sri Vanamamalai Perumal Temple
Location in Tamil Nadu
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Name
Other names: Vanamamalai
Proper name: Thirukurungudi
Location
Country: India
State: Tamil Nadu
District: Tuticorin
Location: Thirukurungudi
Temple Details
Primary Deity: Azhagiyanambi(Vishnu)
Consort: Kurugudavalli(Lakshmi)
Temple Tank: Tirupaarkadal
Shrine: Pancha Ketaka
Poets: Periyalvar
Thirumazhisai Aazhwar
Tirumangai Alvar
Nammalvar
Architecture and culture
Architectural styles: Dravidian architecture

Sri Vanamamalai Permual Temple is one of the Hindu temples dedicated to Lord Vishnu located Vanamamalai, Tamilnadu, India in the banks of Thamiraparani river. The temple is classified as "Divya Desams", the 108 temples of Vishnu reverred by the 12 poet saints, or Alwars.[1]

The Temple

This is the place Tirumangai Alvar attained salvation. The temple has a large gopuram and a large temple compound having 5 prakarams(closed precincts of a temple).[2] The temple has a 5-tier rajagopuram.

References

  1. ^ 108 Vaishnavite Divya Desams: Divya desams in Pandya Nadu. M. S. Ramesh, Tirumalai-Tirupati Devasthanam.
  2. ^ Tourist Guide to South India .Various authors. Page 117.
Vishnu temples

Hindu temples in Thoothukudi district