ThiruVaragunamangai Perumal Temple
Tamil Nadu
Thiruvaragunamangai Perumal Temple is one of the Nava Tirupati, the nine Hindu temples dedicated to Vishnu located in the Tiruchendur-Tirunelveli route, Tamil Nadu, India in the banks of Thamiraparani river. All these 9 temples are classified as Divya Desams, the 108 temples of Vishnu revered by the 12 poet-saints of the Sri Vaishnava tradition, called the Alvars. The temple at Natham also known as Chandran Sthalam, the second of the Nava Tirupatis. Constructed in the Dravidian style of architecture, the temple is dedicated to Vishnu who is worshipped as Vijayasana Perumal and Lakshmi as Varagunavalli.
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Where it is
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How to reach
- By train: nearest station Thiruchendur railway station (TCN), about 33 km by road.
- By air: Tuticorin Airport (TCR), about 19 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 34 km)
- Bhagavathy Amman Temple (Kumari Amman Temple), Kanyakumari – Kanyakumari (Kanniyakumari), at the southern tip of India (about 93 km)
- Attukal Bhagavathy Temple – Attukal, Manacaud, Thiruvananthapuram (about 135 km)
- Sree Padmanabhaswamy Temple – East Fort, Thiruvananthapuram (about 136 km)
- Sabarimala Sree Dharma Sastha Temple – Sabarimala, Perunad, Pathanamthitta district (inside Periyar Tiger Reserve) (about 160 km)
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