Thiruvanthipuram temple
Tamil Nadu
Devanatha Hemabhujavalli Temple (Thiruvaheendrapuram) is a Hindu temple in Thiruvanthipuram, a village in the outskirts of Cuddalore in the South Indian state of Tamil Nadu, dedicated to the god Vishnu and goddess Lakshmi. Constructed in the 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 one of the 108 Divya Desams dedicated to Vishnu, who is worshipped as Devanatha and Lakshmi as Hemabhujavalli. Though the presiding deity is Devanatha and Hemabhujavalli, the temple is known for Hayagriva, the ninth avatara of Vishnu in the Dashavatara of Vishnu and a god of knowledge. The temple is the only historical temple in South India to have a shrine of Hayagriva on hilltop.
From the Wikipedia article Devanathaswamy temple, Thiruvanthipuram, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Where it is
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How to reach
- By train: nearest station Cuddalore Port Junction railway station (CUPJ), about 9 km by road.
- By air: Pondicherry Airport (PNY), about 34 km by road.
In-depth temple guides nearby
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- Vaidyanathaswamy Temple, Vaitheeswaran Koil – Vaitheeswaran Koil, between Chidambaram and Sirkazhi, Mayiladuthurai district (about 76 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 104 km)
- Arulmigu Arunachaleswarar Temple (Annamalaiyar Temple) – Tiruvannamalai, Tiruvannamalai district, at the foot of the 2,668 ft Arunachala hill (about 110 km)
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