Sri Vengdajalpathi Perumal Temple Kuppalnatham

Sri Vengdajalpathi Perumal Temple is located in Kuppalnatham Village of Madurai District, Tamil Nadu, India. Sri vengdajalpathi perumal temple is around 400 years old, built in the 13th century by the Madurai Nayak Kingdom.

Sri vengdajalpathi perumal temple kuppalnatham
Sri vengdajalpathi perumal Kovil kuppalnatham
Kuppalnatham perumal Kovil
Religion
AffiliationHinduism
DistrictMadurai
Deityvengdajalpathi perumal ( visnu )
FestivalsChithirai thiruvilla ,vaikuta ekathesi
Governing bodyHindu Religious and Charitable Endowments Department
Features
  • Tower: Dravidian architecture
  • Temple tank: Perumal Kovil lake (ஊரணி)
Location
LocationKuppalnatham
StateTamil Nadu
CountryIndia
Architecture
TypeDravidian architecture
Specifications
Direction of façadeNorth
Length---
Width---
Height (max)---
Inscriptions2
MaterialsStone

The temple has the shrines of vengdajalpathi, Arulmigu Sridevi and Bhudevi. The temple is classified as a principal temple under the control of the Hindu Charities Department. Proceedings are administered by the Administrator pending litigation but now the temple was maintained by kuppalnatham villagers .[1]

Temple structure
Sri vengdajalpathi perumal temple kuppalnatham

Kuppalnatham Sri vengdajalpathi perumal temple was built in Dravidian architecture. The temple build near Lake and believed that the Temple was built by madurai Nayak .sri vengdajalpathi perumal temple the shrines of vengdajalpathi, Arulmigu Sridevi and Bhudevi.

Sri vengdajalpathi perumal temple kuppalnatham inscription

The temple is classified as a principal temple under the control of the Hindu Charities Department. Proceedings are administered by the Administrator pending litigation. The sri vengdajalpathi perumal temple was now maintained by kuppalnatham villagers . The temple was developed and reconstructed in 1947 ,2001 etc after the temple wall and tower or kopuram was built.The temple complex wall was built in 2001.

Festival
Kuppalnatham

Chithirai thiruvilla : Sri Venkatajalapathi Perumal, who resided in this temple, descends on the Chitra Poornami day in a white horse vehicle at Sri Kallazhakar Thirukolam in Kupalnatham village and in K. Paramanpatti, Kallazhakar descends and performs tirthamadi in river near Poigai malai.

The festival is celebrated by Kupalnatham village and other villages like K .Antipatti K.Paramanpatti and three more mandapadis namely Tantrarayar (Kuppalnatham Tantrayan temple hall) Sedapatti (Sedapattiyar mandapam), Malayapar (Malai Perumal temple hall), Poigai malai Jain cave temple hall, Methnur Kallupatti (Kallupattayar mandapam). , Chinnakattalai (Commandyar Mandapam) S. Chennampatti, (Chennampattiyar Mandapam) is a great festival that unites the people of various villages...[2]

Kuppalnatham panchayat

vaikunda ekathasi : Vaikuntha Ekadashi is more special because it is believed that on this auspicious day the sorgavasal or the Supreme Gate of heaven opens. On the day sri vengdajalpathi perumal show the karudar thirukolam It is called vaikutha ekathesi festival in Kuppalnatham village .[3]

References
  1. "Kuppalnatham srinivasa perumal temple". wikimapia.org. Retrieved 2023-01-29.
  2. "மதுரை சித்திரை திருவிழா 2022 முழு விபரம் - மீனாட்சி திருக்கல்யாணம், கள்ளழகர் வைகை ஆற்றில் எழுந்தருளல் எப்போது?". Samayam Tamil (in Tamil). Retrieved 2023-01-31.
  3. Mudde, Raggi (2016-12-08). "Vaikuntha Ekadashi - The Legend and Rituals". Karnataka.com. Retrieved 2023-01-31.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.