Soundararajaperumal Temple, Nagapattinam
Nagapattinam district, Tamil Nadu
The Soundararajaperumal Temple is a temple dedicated to the Hindu god, Vishnu. It is located in Nagapattinam, a town in the South Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Constructed in Dravidian style of architecture, the temple is glorified in the Nalayira 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 Soundararaja Perumal and his consort Lakshmi as Soundaravalli.
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Where it is
Nagapattinam district, Tamil Nadu. Open in Google Maps
How to reach
- By train: nearest station Nagapattinam Junction railway station (NGT), about 2 km by road.
- By air: Thanjavur Air Force Station (TJV), about 101 km by road.
In-depth temple guides nearby
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