Thirumanimadam

Coordinates: 11°10′39″N 79°46′45″E / 11.17750°N 79.77917°E / 11.17750; 79.77917
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Thirumanimadam
Manimadakoil
Religion
AffiliationHinduism
DistrictMayiladuthurai
DeityNarayanan Perumal(Vishnu) PundareekaValli(Lakshmi)
Features
  • Tower: Pranava
Location
LocationThirunangur
StateTamil Nadu
CountryIndia
Thirumanimadam is located in Tamil Nadu
Thirumanimadam
Location in Tamil Nadu
Geographic coordinates11°10′39″N 79°46′45″E / 11.17750°N 79.77917°E / 11.17750; 79.77917
Architecture
TypeDravidian architecture

Thirumanimadam or Narayanan Perumal Temple (also called Badrinarayana Perumal Temple) is dedicated to Hindu god

Divya Desams dedicated to Vishnu, who is worshipped as Narayanan and his consort Lakshmi
as Pundarikavalli.

It is one among the eleven Divya Desams of

Thirunangur Tirupatis are brought on mount designed like Garuda, called Garuda Vahana
, to Thirunangur.

Legend

Temple tank
located outside the temple premises

The legend of all the eleven temples of Thirunangur are closely associated with each other. As per legend, the Hindu god

Tirumandiram from Thirukoshtiyur Nambi at this place.[4]

Architecture

It is located in Thirunangur, a small village, 10 km away from

Nayakkar periods are seen in the temple. The temple has a five-tiered rajagopuram (gateway tower) and all the shrines of the temple are enshrined in a granite wall. The central shrine is built on an elevated structure and is reached by a flight of steps. There is a hall adjacent to the right of the rajagopuram, where the festival image of the fourteen temples in Thirunangur and its surrounds are housed during the Thirumangai Alvar Utsavam. The shrine of the consort of Narayana Perumal is located in the second precinct around the sanctum. The image of the presiding deity is sported in the sanctum in standing posture facing east. The temple tank is located opposite to the gopuram.[5] There are three holes in the gopuram, through which the rays of the sun fall on the image of the presiding deity. As per the legend, Surya, the son god, is believed to worship Vishnu round the year.[2]

Religious significance

The temple is revered in

Mahabharata, Datsagan, the mighty snake king who killed king Parikshit, ruled the place called Nagapuri, which eventually became Nangur.[7]

Religious practices and festivals

vimanam
- structure over the sanctum

The temple is open from 8 a.m. to 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. The temple priests perform the puja (rituals) during festivals and on a daily basis. As at other Vishnu temples of Tamil Nadu, the priests belong to the Vaishnava community, from the Brahmin class. The temple rituals are performed four times a day: Ushathkalam at 8 a.m., Kalasanthi at 10:00 a.m., Sayarakshai at 5:00 p.m. and Ardha Jamam at 7:00 p.m. Each ritual has three steps: alangaram (decoration), neivethanam (food offering) and deepa aradanai (waving of lamps) for both Narayana Perumal and his consort Pundarikavalli. During the worship, religious instructions in the Vedas (sacred text) are recited by priests, and worshippers prostrate themselves in front of the temple mast. There are weekly, monthly and fortnightly rituals performed in the temple.[6]

During the new moon day of the Tamil month Thai, the

Thirunangur Tirupathis are brought on mount designed like Garuda, called Garuda Vahana, to Thirunangur. The festive image of Thirumangai Alvar is also brought on a Hamsa Vahanam (palanquin) and his pasurams (verses) dedicated to each of these eleven temples are recited during the occasion. The festival images of Thirumangai Alvar and his consort Kumudavalli Naachiyar are taken in a palanquin to each of the eleven temples. The verses dedicated to each of the eleven temples are chanted in the respective shrines. This is one of the most important festivals in the region which draws thousands of visitors.[9][8]

References

  1. ^ R. 2001, pp. 470-1
  2. ^ a b c "திருநாங்கூர் நாராயண பெருமாள் கோவில்" (in Tamil). 21 October 2019. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
  3. ^ Ayyar 1982, p. 535
  4. ^ R. 2001, pp. 534-5
  5. ISBN 978-81-88661-42-8
    .
  6. ^ a b "Sri Badrinarayanar temple". Dinamalar. 2014. Retrieved 31 May 2014.
  7. ^ "அருட்சேவை அருளும் திருநாங்கூர் கருடசேவை" (in Tamil). Daily Thanthi. 25 January 2020. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
  8. ^ a b S., Prabhu (12 July 2012). "Shrine dedicated to Arjuna". The Hindu. Retrieved 9 September 2013.
  9. ^ "Garuda Sevai" (PDF). Ramanuja.org. Retrieved 19 August 2011.

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