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59.Arulmigu Vijayaraghava Perumal Thirukovil
                 

History of the temple

 

Vijayaraghava Perumal temple is a Vishnu temple in Thiruputkuzhi, a village in Kanchipuram district in Tamil Nadu, India. It is situated about 7 miles west of Kanchipuram and half a kilometre from Baluchetti Chattiram which lies on the Chennai - Vellore highway. Constructed in Dravidian style of architecture, the temple is glorified in the Divya Prabandha, the early medieval Tamil canon of the Azhwar saints from the 6th–9th centuries AD. It is counted as one among the 108 Divya Desams dedicated to Vishnu. Vishnu is worshiped as Vijayaraghava Perumal and his consort Lakshmi as Maragathavalli Thayar.

The temple is believed to be of significant antiquity and is believed to be initiated by the Pandyas, with later contributions at different times from Cholas and Thanjavur Nayaks. The temple has three inscriptions dating from the Chola period. The temple has a five-tiered rajagopuram (gateway tower) and enshrined within a granite wall. The complex contains

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all the shrines while the temple tank, is located to the west of the temple.

The Brahmotsavam festival celebrated in the Tamil month of Masi (February - March), TheppotsaThe temple is believed to have been built by the Pandya kings during the 13th century, as seen from the stone inscriptions in the temple.

 The temple here is one among the 108 Divya Desams and is dedicated to Lord Vijayaraghavaswamy (Moolavar). There is a separate temple for Thayar in the form of Margathavalli Thayar and a sannidhi for Sri Ramanuja. The central shrine houses the image of the presiding deity, Vijayaraghava sported with four hands. He is seen in a posture holding the bird Jatayu and performing the last rites. Sridevi and Bhudevi are sported along with their head facing earth. It is believed that the image is sported to indicate sorrow on the faces.

 

 

Sridevi who is usually sported on the right side of Perumal is located to his left in this temple probably because of the sorrow created by the death of Jatayu. Ramanuja, the preceptor of Visishtadvaita philosophy had his early education at this temple.vam (float festival) in Thai (January - February) are the major festivals celebrated in the temple.

 

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Sunday 7am–12pm, 4–7pm
Monday 7am–12pm, 4–7pm
Tuesday 7am–12pm, 4–7pm
Wednesday 7am–12pm, 4–7pm
Thursday 7am–12pm, 4–7pm
Friday 7am–12pm, 4–7pm
Saturday 7am–12pm, 4–7pm

 

 

 

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Thiruppukuzhi, Tamil Nadu 631551

Contact : 044 2724 6501