Makara Nedunkuzhaikathar Temple

Makara Nedunkuzhai Kadan Temple
Makara Nedunkuzhai Kadan Temple
Religion
Affiliation	Hinduism
District	Tuticorin
Deity	Makara Nedunkuzhaikathan; (Vishnu) Kuzhaikaduvalli, Thiruperai Nachiyar; (Lakshmi)
Features	Tower: Bhadra; Temple tank: Sukra, sangu;
Location
Location	Thenthiruperai
State	Tamil Nadu
Country	India
	Location in Tamil Nadu
Geographic coordinates	8°36′38″N 78°00′05″E / 8.61056°N 78.00139°ECoordinates: 8°36′38″N 78°00′05″E / 8.61056°N 78.00139°E
Architecture
Type	Dravidian architecture
Monument(s)	1

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Image of the Thayar shrine

Makara Nedunkuzhaikathar Temple is one of the Nava Tirupathi, nine Hindu temples dedicated to Vishnu located Thenthiruperai along Tiruchendur-Tirunelveli route, Tamil Nadu, India in the southern bank of Thamiraparani river. It is located 5 km from Alwar Thirunagari^[1] All these 9 temples are classified as Divya Desams, the 108 temples of Vishnu revered by the 12 poet saints, or Alwars.^[2] The temple is referred to as Sukra sthalam, a location for the planet deity, Sukra.

The same place hosts one of the Navakailasams, Sri Kailasanathar Temple, Then Thirupperai, the seventh in the series.^[3]

Festival[edit]

A hall inside the temple

The Garuda Sevai utsavam(festival) in the month of Vaikasi(May-Jun) witnesses 9 Garudasevai, a spectacular event in which festival image idols from the Nava Tirupathis shrines in the area are brought on Garuda vahana(sacred vehicle). An idol of Nammalvar is also brought here on a Anna Vahanam (palanquin) and his paasurams(verses) dedicated to each of these 9 temples are recited. The utsavar(festival deity) of Nammalvar is taken in a palanquin to each of the 9 temples, through the paddy fields in the area. The paasurams(poems) dedicated to each of the 9 divya desams are chanted in the respective shrines. This is the most important of the festivals in this area, and it draws thousands of visitors.^[4]^[5]

References[edit]

↑ Adinathar Alwar thirukkoil Sthala varalaru; Temple publication; Page 7
↑ 108 Vaishnavite Divya Desams: Divya desams in Pandya Nadu. M. S. Ramesh, Tirumalai-Tirupati Devasthanam.
↑ "Arulmigu Kailasanathar Temple Thenthirupperai". Tirunelveli District. Retrieved 18 July 2020.
↑ Suriya (2015). Jothirlingam: The Indian Temple Guide. Partridge Publishing. p. 30. ISBN 9781482847864.
↑ Anantharaman, Ambujam (2006). Temples of South India. East West Books (Madras). pp. 33–43. ISBN 978-81-88661-42-8.

External links[edit]

Sri Kuzhaikathar Prabandha Thirattu

Template:Nava Tirupathi Template:Famous Vishnu temples

[temple-1] Adinathar Alwar thirukkoil Sthala varalaru; Temple publication; Page 7

[2] 108 Vaishnavite Divya Desams: Divya desams in Pandya Nadu. M. S. Ramesh, Tirumalai-Tirupati Devasthanam.

[3] "Arulmigu Kailasanathar Temple Thenthirupperai". Tirunelveli District. Retrieved 18 July 2020.

[4] Suriya (2015). Jothirlingam: The Indian Temple Guide. Partridge Publishing. p. 30. ISBN 9781482847864.

[A-5] Anantharaman, Ambujam (2006). Temples of South India. East West Books (Madras). pp. 33–43. ISBN 978-81-88661-42-8.

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