Vaithamanidhi Perumal Temple
Tamil Nadu
Vaithamanidhi Permual Temple is one of the nine Nava Tirupathi, the Hindu temples dedicated to Vishnu. It is located on the village of Thirukkolur which is located on Thoothukudi district of Tamil Nadu, India. The village is 4 km away from Alwarthirunagari. It is the eighth temple of Nava Tirupathi, and is named after Mars (Sevvai) and also called Kuberasthalam. 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 Vaithamanidhi Perumal and his consort Lakshmi as Kolurvalli.
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Where it is
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How to reach
- By train: nearest station Thiruchendur railway station (TCN), about 26 km by road.
- By air: Tuticorin Airport (TCR), about 20 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 27 km)
- Bhagavathy Amman Temple (Kumari Amman Temple), Kanyakumari – Kanyakumari (Kanniyakumari), at the southern tip of India (about 91 km)
- Attukal Bhagavathy Temple – Attukal, Manacaud, Thiruvananthapuram (about 139 km)
- Sree Padmanabhaswamy Temple – East Fort, Thiruvananthapuram (about 140 km)
- Sabarimala Sree Dharma Sastha Temple – Sabarimala, Perunad, Pathanamthitta district (inside Periyar Tiger Reserve) (about 167 km)
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