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Srivilliputhur Andal temple   Srivilliputhur


About Srivilliputhur Andal temple

Srivilliputhur Andal temple (also called Srivilliputtur Divya Desam) in Srivilliputhur, a town in Virudhunagar district in the South Indian state of Tamil Nadu, is devoted to the Hindu god Vishnu. It is found 74 km from Madurai. Built in the Dravidian style of engineering, the temple is celebrated in the Divya Prabandha, the early medieval Tamil canon of the Azhwar saints from the 6th– ninth hundreds of years Promotion. It is one of the 108 Divyadesam dedicated to Vishnu, who is adored as Vadapathrasayi and his consort Lakshmi as Andal. It is accepted to be the origination of two of the Azhwars, namely Periazhwar and his cultivate daughter Andal.

According to fanciful legend, the place was alluded as Varaha Kshetra. It was a thick woods named Champaka where the sages Bhrgu and Markandeya were doing compensation and had their withdrawals in the place. An evil presence named Kalanerai was alarming the sages and they implored Vishnu to ease them from the devil. Vishnu was satisfied by their commitment and showed up in the place to kill the evil presence. He is accepted to have taken the home the timberland leaning back on Adisesha, his serpent bed, on the leaf of a banyan tree. The place along these lines came to be known as Vadaveshwarapuram.

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