Adinatha Perumal Temple
Thoothukudi district, Tamil Nadu
Sri Adinatha Aazhwar Temple, or Adinatha Perumal Temple, is a Hindu temple dedicated to the god Vishnu, situated in the town of Alwarthirunagari, Thoothukudi district, in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is located 26 km from Tirunelveli. Constructed in the Dravidian style of architecture, the temple is glorified in the Naalayira Divya Prabandham, the early medieval Tamil canon of the Alwar saints from the 6th–9th centuries CE. It is one of the 108 Divya Desams dedicated to Vishnu, who is worshipped as Adinathar and his consort Lakshmi as Adinathanayaki. The temple is also classified as a Navatirupathi, the nine temples revered by Nammalvar located in the banks of Tamiraparani river. The temple is the most prominent among the nine Navatirupathi temples. The temple is one of the Navagraha temples in Vaishnavism, associated with Jupiter, also known as Brihaspati.
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Where it is
Thoothukudi district, Tamil Nadu. Open in Google Maps
How to reach
- By train: nearest station Thiruchendur railway station (TCN), about 26 km by road.
- By air: Tuticorin Airport (TCR), about 22 km by road.
In-depth temple guides nearby
- Arulmigu Subramania Swamy Temple, Tiruchendur – Tiruchendur, Thoothukudi district (on the shore of the Gulf of Mannar) (about 27 km)
- Bhagavathy Amman Temple (Kumari Amman Temple), Kanyakumari – Kanyakumari (Kanniyakumari), at the southern tip of India (about 89 km)
- Attukal Bhagavathy Temple – Attukal, Manacaud, Thiruvananthapuram (about 138 km)
- Sree Padmanabhaswamy Temple – East Fort, Thiruvananthapuram (about 139 km)
- Sabarimala Sree Dharma Sastha Temple – Sabarimala, Perunad, Pathanamthitta district (inside Periyar Tiger Reserve) (about 168 km)
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