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Thiruppathisaram
Location in Tamil Nadu
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| Location | |
| Country: | India |
| State: | Tamil Nadu |
| District: | kanyakumari |
| Location: | Tamilnadu, India |
| Temple Details | |
| Primary Deity: | Thiruvazhimarban |
| Consort: | the god possess his goddess in the chest (no separate moolasthanam) |
| Festival Deity: | Thirukuralappan |
| Direction and Posture: | sitting |
| Important festivals: | Chithrai(tamil) month 10 days, Purattasi Saturday & Margazhi thirupalli yeluchi |
| Architecture and culture | |
| Architectural styles: | Dravidian architecture |
| History | |
| Creator: | sundar.A |
Thiruppathisaram is a village in the Kanyakumari District of Tamil Nadu, the southern Indian state. This village is renowned for the temple dedicated to Lord Thiruvazhimarban (Vishnu).
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Thiruppathisaram, also known as Thiruvanparisaram is to the north-east of Nagercoil in Kanyakumari district, around 3.5 km from Nagercoil city centre. The place derives its name from a 5000 year old temple dedicated to Thiruvazhimarban (Thirukuralappan) (Lord in whose heart Thiru - Goddess Padmavati abodes) Lord Vishnu. Thiruppathisaram is part of the 108 Divya Desams and Malai Nattu Thiruppatigal. Sri Nammalvars' (Vaishnavite saint poet) mother was born in this village, and it is presumed that she had given birth to the great saint poet in this village.
The idol of the chief deity is 9 feet tall and made of a special element called Katusarkara Yogam (Mustard and Jaggery paste) and no Abhishekam (ritual bathing) is performed to it. The deity has shangu and chakra in the hands and Goddess Mahalakshmi in his chest (ThiruVazhMarbhan). Dashavathara (Ten incarnations of Vishnu) paintings adorn the Indra Kalyana Mandapam of this temple. Other shrines for Garuda, Ganesha, Rama, Vishwaksenar, Nammalvar, Nataraja are present. There is a temple tank opposite to the temple for taking bath.
The deity had a crown made of Gold and adorned with diamonds and other precious stones. This was stolen and the thief cut it into multiple pieces. The authorities caught the thief and the booty was recovered, but to this day, it is lying in the same state.
Renovation of this temple were carried out by King Kulashekhara and Thirumalai Nayak. This temple is maintained by the Government of Tamil Nadu through the Devaswom Board. A few years ago renovation and kumbha-abhishekam (ritual consecration) was carried out by the Devaswom Board.
This place has a mention in the Nalayiradivyaprabandam - the holy book of the vaishnavaites. Nammalvar's mother hailed from Thiruppathisaram.
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