Sri Bindhu Madhava Perumal Temple - Thutipet Ambur

Bindhu Madhava Perumal Temple is located at Thuthipattu in the Vellore district of Tamilnadu State.

Lord Bindhu Madhava is an incarnation of Lord Vishnu. Goddess Kumudavalli Thayar is the consort of Lord Vishnu.

There was a sage named Agni Bindu Rishi, Who engaged in penance and worship of Lord Vishnu on the banks of River Gandaki in Muktinath situated in Nepal.

 

This Temple is Built in Dravidian architecture. The 5-tier Rajagopuram of the temple is 45 feet height.

 

The large gateway of the Gopuram is depicted with the Avatars of Vishnu ending with Narasimha Avatar, unlike the normal practice of the 10 Avatars. The Sanctum Gopuram is surrounded by Lakshmi Narasimha, Hayagriva, Vishnu, Durga, etc, From the style of construction and other ancient aspects of the temple including inscriptions, Bindu Madhava Perumal Thutipet can be estimated to be more than 800 years. The temple itself is at a level below the Gopuram and the main deity is on an elevated platform with a mandapam that also has beautiful carvings.

 

An Asura called Perathurtha who created obstructions to the rituals of Roma Maharishi was cursed by him to become a Tiger. As he continued to rage around Lord Vishnu ordered Indra to take the form of a tiger to subdue him. The Asura requested the Lord to stay here at Bindu Madhava Perumal Thutipet. The mythological story related to this Panch Madhav Kshetras goes like this. Twashta was one of the Prajapatis created by Lord Brahma. He had one son named Vishwarupa. Vishwarupa was very noble and was jitendriya. He once started doing great tapa. Indra became afraid that Vishwarupa might take his kingdom so resorted to all kinds of tricks to destroy and disturb his tapsya but all in vain. Then Indra chopped Vishwarupa’s head with his vajrayudh. Indra also lured Taksha to help him in chopping the heads of Vishwarupa. Vishwarupa is said to have three heads. On hearing the sad end of his beloved son Twashta got enraged and started homa to create a massive Asura from his krodhagni. Twashta named him Viratasura and ordered him to defeat Indra to avenge the death of his elder brother. Viratasura defeated Indra but later on, the treacherous Indra befriended him and killed him. Thus Indra acquired the sin of Brahmahatya, which is considered to be the worst kind of sin. To absolve himself of this great sin Indra consecrated these Pancha Madhava temples.

All Naga dosha and Angaraka Dosha are completely washed out if one does pradakshina 7 times around the temple daily during the early hours and lit ghee deepas for 21 days.

Temple Timings :

6.00 am to 12.00 pm

4.00 pm to 8.00 pm

Best Time to Visit – September to February.

How to reach the temple :

3 km from Ambur

50 km from Vellore

Nearby Temples :

Periyapettai Azhagu Perumal Temple – 21 km

Vellore Jalakandeswarar Temple – 55 km

Ratnagiri Kilminnal Sri Balamurugan Temple – 66 km