This temple is located in ThiruNAngur, on
the left side of the road leading to SeerkAzhi. This is one of the ThiruNAngur
( located 8Kms. South East of SeerkAzhi ) Thirupathis.
This as also ThirumanimAdakoil, ThiruArimeya
Vinnagaram and ThiruThetriampalam are the four temples located near
the same street.
Moolavar: Purushothaman with Sridevi and
Bhoodevi in the standing posture facing East.
Uthsavar: Purushothaman.
Goddess: Purushothama NAyaki ( both moolavar
and uthsavar ) in sitting posture in separate sannidhi, located in the
South East corner of the Temple prAkAram.
Prathyasham: Upamanyu, child of VyAkrapAdhamuni.
Also in the inside PrAkAram and blessing
the devotees are AandAl, RAmar, Seethai, Lakshmanan, HanumAn, NaMAzhwar,
Udayavar and SenaimudhaliAr
This temple facing East, has, Karuvarai,
Arthamandapam, MahAmandapam and Temple compound wall.
Visesh:
The Goddess Purushothama NAyaki is said to
have fed milk to the crying child Upamanyu of VyAkrapAdhamuni.
Also one of the name KumEdhas who was an
ardent devotee of this lord, is said to have been blessed with extraordinary
vision and majical powers.
This is the only temple where the lord NArAyanA
is known by the name Purushothaman.
UthsavaperumAl looks very handsome.
The Garuda SevA on the day next to Thai
AmAvAsyA is very special. This lord visits ThiruManimAdakoil that day and
is one of the 11Lords blessing the devotees with Garuda SevA from that
single temple.
Thirumangai Azhwar has sung MangalAsAsanam
with 10 pAsurams.
Sri ManavAlamAmunigal and pradhivAdhi bhayankaram
ANAchAryAr have done MangalAsAsanam here.
This temple is in a bad shape and all devotees who have the means are requested to visit the temple and get the blessings of the Lord / Goddess.
Any form of assistance is welcome, to help in meeting the temple’s needs, as many of these temples are in very bad shape. Kindly contact the site co-ordinator for rendering any assistance thro’ Divya Desa Kainkarya sabha, which is a trust formed with the main idea of rendering assistance to such temples.
Our trust is currently doing nitya aradana
kaimkaryam in this temple.Your assistance is appreciated.