Sri Azhagiya Manavala Perumal Temple – Uraiyur
Sri Azhagiya Manavala Perumal Temple is located in
Uraiyur in the Tiruchirappalli district of Tamilnadu State.
It is called Thirukozhi or Nachiyar Koil
It is one of the 108 Divya Desam temples
It is counted as the second in the line of
divyadesams after the Srirangam temple.
Lord Azhagiya Manavala Perumal is an incarnation
of Lord Vishnu. Kamalavalli Nachiyar is the consort of Manavala Perumal.
Here lord is in a sitting posture and Kamalavalli
Nachiyar faces north. It is only Divya Desam where the goddess faces north.
It is one of the few divyadesams where the goddess has prominence over
Vishnu. Some of the other temples where such female dominance is observed are Andal Temple at Srivilliputhur, Nachiyar Koil, and Pundarikakshan Perumal
Temple in Thiruvellarai.
There are separate shrines for Ramanuja and
Nammalvar.
This temple was built during the 8th
century
It is constructed in the Dravidian style of
architecture
This temple has a 5 tier Rajagopuram.
It is believed to be the birthplace of Thiruppaan
Alwar.
Serthi Sevai, the annual homecoming festival is celebrated in the temple
annually during the Ayilyam star in the Tamil month of Panguni. The festival is a part of the Panguni Uthiram festival of
Srirangam Ranganathaswamy temple when the festival idol of Srirangam temple,
Namperumal, is brought to the Nachiyar temple and the images of Nachiyar and Namperumal
are adorned in the Serthi hall of the temple. Special rituals are performed
during the occasion. The other major festivals celebrated in the
temple are Dolostava, Vasanthothsava (spring festival), and Navaratri.
Temple
Timings
6.00 am to
12.00 noon
5.00 pm to
8.00 pm
How to get
here
330 km from
Chennai
6 km from Tiruchirappalli
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