Vijayaraghava Perumal temple
Kanchipuram district, Tamil Nadu
Vijayaraghava Perumal temple is a Vishnu temple in Thirupputkuzhi, 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 Naalayira Divya Prabandham, the early medieval Tamil canon of the Alvar saints from the 6th–9th centuries CE. 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.
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Where it is
Kanchipuram district, Tamil Nadu. Open in Google Maps
How to reach
- By train: nearest station Kanchipuram railway station (CJ), about 12 km by road.
- By air: Chennai International Airport (MAA), about 75 km by road.
In-depth temple guides nearby
- Arulmigu Ekambareswarar Temple (Ekambaranathar Temple) – Periya Kanchipuram, Kanchipuram district (about 12 km)
- Sri Kamakshi Ambal Devasthanam – Kanchipuram, Kanchipuram district (about 12 km)
- Arulmigu Devarajaswamy (Varadharaja Perumal) Temple – Chinna (Little) Kanchipuram, Kanchipuram district (about 16 km)
- Arulmigu Subramanyaswamy Temple, Tiruttani – Tiruttani (Malaikoil), Tiruvallur district (about 42 km)
- Arulmigu Kapaleeswarar Temple – North Mada Street, Mylapore, Chennai (about 91 km)
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