Thiruthevanartthogai
Tamil Nadu
Thiruthevanartthogai or Madhava Perumal Temple is a Hindu temple dedicated to Vishnu located in Tirunangur, a village in the outskirts of Sirkaḻi in the South Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Constructed in the Dravidian style of architecture, the temple is mentioned in the Nalayira 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 Madhava Perumal and his consort Lakshmi as Kadalmagal.
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Where it is
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How to reach
- By train: nearest station Parangipettai railway station (PO), about 42 km by road.
- By air: Pondicherry Airport (PNY), about 110 km by road.
In-depth temple guides nearby
- Vaidyanathaswamy Temple, Vaitheeswaran Koil – Vaitheeswaran Koil, between Chidambaram and Sirkazhi, Mayiladuthurai district (about 10 km)
- Thillai Nataraja Temple, Chidambaram – Chidambaram, Cuddalore district (about 33 km)
- Sri Dharbaranyeswarar Temple (Sri Saneeswara Bhagavan Sthalam), Thirunallar – Thirunallar, Karaikal district (Puducherry UT) (about 35 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 46 km)
- Arulmigu Thyagarajaswamy Temple, Tiruvarur – Kamalalayam Tank, Thiruvarur town, Tiruvarur district (about 59 km)
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