Vedarajan temple, Thirunagari
Nagapattinam district, Tamil Nadu
Vedarajan Temple in Thirunagari, a village in Mayiladuthurai district in the South Indian state of Tamil Nadu, is dedicated to the Hindu god Vishnu. Constructed in the Dravidian style of architecture, the temple is glorified in the Naalayira Divya Prabandham, the early medieval Tamil canon of the Alvar saints from the 6th–9th centuries CE. It is one of the 108 Divya Desams dedicated to Vishnu, who is worshipped as Vedarajan and his consort Lakshmi as Amruthavalli. The temple is believed to be the birthplace of Thirumangai Alvar, one of the twelve Alvar saints.
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Where it is
Nagapattinam district, Tamil Nadu. Open in Google Maps
How to reach
- By train: nearest station Parangipettai railway station (PO), about 36 km by road.
- By air: Pondicherry Airport (PNY), about 103 km by road.
In-depth temple guides nearby
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- Thillai Nataraja Temple, Chidambaram – Chidambaram, Cuddalore district (about 28 km)
- Sri Dharbaranyeswarar Temple (Sri Saneeswara Bhagavan Sthalam), Thirunallar – Thirunallar, Karaikal district (Puducherry UT) (about 42 km)
- Suryanar Kovil and the Navagraha Temples of Kumbakonam – Suryanar Kovil village near Aduthurai, and around Kumbakonam (Thanjavur, Mayiladuthurai and Thiruvarur districts, plus Karaikal) (about 52 km)
- Arulmigu Thyagarajaswamy Temple, Tiruvarur – Kamalalayam Tank, Thiruvarur town, Tiruvarur district (about 67 km)
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