Vanamamalai Perumal Temple

Sri Vanamamalai Perumal Temple
Sri Vanamamalai Perumal Temple
Location in Tamil Nadu
Name
Other names Vanamamalai
Proper name Thiruvaramangai
Geography
Coordinates 8°37′N 77°56′E / 8.617°N 77.933°E / 8.617; 77.933Coordinates: 8°37′N 77°56′E / 8.617°N 77.933°E / 8.617; 77.933
Country India
State Tamil Nadu
District Tirunelveli
Location Nanguneri
Culture
Primary deity Thothadrinathan(Vishnu)
Consort Varamangai(Lakshmi)
Temple tank Settru thamarai
Shrine Nandhavarthana Vimanam
Poets Nammalvar
Architecture
Architectural styles Dravidian architecture

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

The Temple

The temple has a large gopuram and a large temple compound having 2 prakarams(closed precinctsof a temple).[2] The temple has a 5-tier rajagopuram.

The temple is considered one of the eight Sywayambu Kshetras of Vishnu where presiding deity is believed to have manifested on its own. Seven other temples in the line are Srirangam Ranganathaswamy temple, Bhu Varaha Swamy temple, and Tirumala Venkateswara Temple in South India and Saligrama, Naimisaranya, Pushkar and Badrinath Temple in North India.[3]

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.
  3. S., Prabhu (10 May 2012). "Symbolising religious unity". The Hindu. Retrieved 13 October 2014.
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