Back

Dashboard

Temple Details

States

City

God Name

God Type

Type

Aathara Sthalam
Abodes of Murugan
Ashta Veeratta Temples
Asta Vinayak Temples
Chardam Yatra Temples
Divya Desams
Durga Aalayams by Sage Parasurama
Jyothirlingams
Mandi Mandaean Temple
Muktiskhetras
Nagadevatas Temples
Nakshatra Temples & Trees
Narasimha Skhetras
Nava Puliyur Temples
Nava Tirupati Temples
Navagraha Parihara Temples
Others
Paadal Petra Sthalams
Pancha Bhoota Sthalams
Pancha Dwaraka Temples
Pancha Kannan Temples
Pancha Kedar Temples
Pancha Pandava Temples
Pancha Ranga Kshetras
Pancha Sabhai Thalangal
Pancharama Skhetras
Parihara Shiva Temples
Saptha Mangai Stalangal
Saptha Stana Temples
Saptha Sthana Sthalams
Saptha Vidangam
Sapthavigraha Moorthis
Sastha Aalayam by Sage Parasurama
Shakti Peethas
Shiridi Sai Temples
Shiva Temples by Sage Parasurama
Swayambhu Temples
Tevaram Vaippu Sthalams
Vishnumaya Temples

Temple Speciality

Temple Name

Sthalam

&nbsp;

Sthalasayana Perumal , Thirumaamagal Naachiyar

<h3>Sirupuliyur</h3>

Sthalasayana Perumal Temple (also called Arulmaakadal Perumal Temple) is a Hindu temple dedicated to the god Vishnu located near Kollumangudi, Tamil Nadu, India. It is located 2 km away from Kollumangudi, 40 km away from Kumbakonam and 10 km from Karaikal. Constructed in the Dravidian style of architecture, the temple is glorified in the Divya Prabandha, the early medieval Tamil canon of the Azhwar saints from the 6th&ndash;9th centuries AD. It is one of the 108 Divyadesam dedicated to Vishnu, who is worshipped as Sthalasayana Perumal and his consort Lakshmi as Thirumagal Nachiyar. A granite wall surrounds the temple, enclosing all the shrines. There is a four-tiered rajagopuram, the temple&#39;s gateway tower, in the temple.

Sthalasayana Perumal is believed to have appeared to sage Vyaghrapada. Three daily rituals and three yearly festivals are held at the temple, of which the Brahmotsavam festival, celebrated during the Tamil month of Vaikasi (May&ndash;June), being the most prominent. The temple is maintained and administered by the Hindu Religious and Endowment Board of the Government of Tamil Nadu.

Puranam

&nbsp;

Shiva&nbsp;ordered the sage&nbsp;Vyaghrapada&nbsp;to perform penance at&nbsp;Srirangam&nbsp;requesting the god Vishnu to give him place in his abode&nbsp;Vaikunta. Vyaghrapada was joined by sage&nbsp;Patanjali&nbsp;in his journey. Because of his poor eyesight, the sages instead went southward, lost their way and reached Krupa Samudram, modern day&nbsp;Tirusirupuliyur. They prayed to Vishnu to come from Srirangam to grant them&nbsp;moksha(divine attainment). Vishnu is believed to have appeared for sage&nbsp;Vyasa&nbsp;also at this place.

&nbsp;

Image of the presiding deity

It is believed that Vishnu originally gave&nbsp;darshan&nbsp;(appeared) to the sages as&nbsp;Ranganatha, the form worshipped in the&nbsp;Srirangam&nbsp;temple. Because of their old age, the sages could not see the big image of Vishnu clearly and hence he appeared in a smaller form known as&nbsp;Bala Sayanam&nbsp;(smaller recline), the sleeping posture of a small kid. Being in smaller form, and the saint who worshipped was in the form of a tiger, this place is called&nbsp;Siru&nbsp;(meaning small)&nbsp;Puli&nbsp;(meaning tiger)&nbsp;yur&nbsp;(meaning dwelling place).

&nbsp;

Tiruchirupuliur&nbsp;Prakaram(Outer precincts of the temple) view

&nbsp;

A granite wall surrounds the temple, enclosing all the shrines. There is a four-tiered rajagopuram, the temple&#39;s gateway tower, in the temple. The presiding deity is Sthalasayana Perumal and is a small image depicted in Sayana posture. The idol of Vyaghrapada is found along with that of Kanvar in the sanctum sanctorum. All episodes connected with this place are found in the fourth chapter of the Brahmanda Purana. Saint Tirumangai Alvar visited the temple, but was not satisfied with Vishnu&#39;s small image of &quot;Balasayanam&quot;, he requested him to show his gigantic pose. Vishnu asked the saint to go to Thirukkannamangai to witness his Vishvarupa.

The presiding deity at Chirupuliyur is also named by the saint in his Periya Thirumozhi verse.&nbsp;The name of the presiding deity in Sanskrit is Kripasamudra Perumal. He is also known as &quot;Saranagatha Rakshaka Perumal&quot;, by which name the saints have addressed the god Aamaruviyappan in Therazhundur. A separate shrine for Adhiseshan is present near to the pushkarani - known as Ananthalwar Temple.

&nbsp;

Varnam

&nbsp;

A special feature of this temple is that this is one of the only two&nbsp;Divya Desams&nbsp;where the image of Vishnu is depicted in&nbsp;Sayana Kolam&nbsp;(sleeping posture) facing the Southern direction, the other being&nbsp;Srirangam Ranganathaswamy temple.It is believed that&nbsp;Garuda, the eagle vehicle of Vishnu, does not fly over this place.

Once Garuda and&nbsp;Adiseshan&nbsp;(the snake on whom Vishnu rests in his abode&nbsp;Vaikunta) got into an argument as to who was more powerful and devoted to their lord.

Finding Garuda a little arrogant, Vishnu went in favour of Adisesha. Worried that Garuda might be angered at this, Adisesha sought the protection of Vishnu, upon which Vishnu asked him to roll himself and hide under him.

&nbsp;

Inner&nbsp;Gopuram

&nbsp;

It is said that as a result of this anger, Garuda never flies over this place. There is another legend that Adiseshan won the argument and since snakes were sworn enemies of eagles, Adiseshan hid himself under the waters of the temple tank.

It is henceforth believed that devotees will be relieved of&nbsp;Naaga Dosham&nbsp;(affliction due to serpent god) if one visits this temple. Unmarried people and childless couple can also visit this temple for salvation.

The temple is revered in&nbsp;Nalayira Divya Prabandham, the 7th&ndash;9th century Vaishnava canon, by&nbsp;Thirumangai alvar. The Azhwar has sung praise on the different forms of Sthalasayana Perumal. The temple is classified as a&nbsp;Divyadesam, one of the 108 Vishnu temples that are mentioned in the book.

Highlights

Sevas/Festivals

Timing

contact

Address

Google Link

Image

Status