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Thursday, 15 December 2011

Azhagamman Temple at Nagarkoil near Nagarkoil(Kanyakumari)

This temple is dedicated to Vadivambal and Sundareswarar from whose names the name of the village is derived. The village is also home to four other temples: Perumal Kovil, Idar Theertha Perumal Kovil, Sastha Kovil and Pillayar Kovil.
Coordinates8°10′46″N 77°26′20″E
SEE IN MAP : http://g.co/maps/b2wwz

Festivals

The Azhagamman Temple, the biggest in the area presides car festival annually. The temple has two cars which was parked on the middle of the East car street ( Keezha ratha veedhi / Kizhakku ratha veedhi/ கீழ ரத வீதி ). The four prominent streets was named after the car festival which was held in the streets was named as North, East, West & South Car streets respectively.
Another important festival worth to mention was the soorasamhaar/ soora samhaaram (சூரசம்ஹாரம் ) which too was held under azhagamman temple at keezha radha veedhi.

Monday, 12 December 2011

Azhaganathaperumal Temple at Kolur near Ponneri



Location:Kolur near Ponneri(Show in MAP).
Main Deity:Azhaganatha Perumal.
Nearest Town : PonneriDistrict : ThiruvallurState : Tamil Nadu

Ponneri is a town, north of Chennai in Thiruvallur district in the Indian state of Tamil NaduPonneri is located at 13.32°N 80.2°E. It has an average elevation of 16 metres (52 feet).

Travelling Facilities

Ponneri is well connected to Chennai by rail and road. It is a one and half hour trip from Chennai Central via train and two hour trip from ponneri to broadway via bus.

Temples

Sengottai

Sengottai (Tamilசெங்கோட்டை, literally Red Fort, also spelt Shencottah,Chengottai,ChenkottaiSengottaiSenkottai) is a town in Tamil NaduIndia, in the foothills of the Western Ghats. It is located roughly 5 km from the Courtallam Waterfall, near the border with Kerala


Coordinates8°58′N 77°16′E

Azhagiya Manavala Perumal Temple at Tiruchirappalli


Location:Tiruchirappalli (Uraiyur).
Main Deity:Azhagiya Manavala Perumal.
Nearest Town : TrichyDistrict : TrichirappalliState : Tamil Nadu



Sri Azhagiya Manavala Perumal Temple is a Divya desam temple situated in Uraiyur inside Trichy in Tamil Nadu. Nearby is the Srirangam temple.
Legend

Azhagiya Nambi Temple at Tirukkarangudi near Nanguneri

(Tirunelveli ; Divya Desam)





Deities: Azhagiyanambi (Vishnu)

This is a huge temple with massive walls, and a huge gopuram, and mandapams with exquisite works of art. The Vijayanagar and the Naik rulers have contributed greatly to this temple which is one of the 108 sacred Sree Vaishnavite Shrines sung by the Alwar Saints.

Access and Accomodation: Tirunelveli (SEE IN MAP)

Nanguneri (Tamilநாங்குநேரி) is a panchayat town in Tirunelveli district in the Indian stateof Tamil Nadu.

Nanguneri is located at 8.48°N 77.67°E. It has an average elevation of 141 metres (462 feet).




Azhagiya Perumal Temple at Uthukkottai near Tiruvallur



Location:Uthukkottai near Tiruvallur.(SEE IN MAP)
Main Deity:Azhagiya Perumal.



Coordinates13°20′12″N 79°54′05″E


Nearest Town : TiruvallurDistrict : ThiruvallurState : Tamil Nadu


Uthukottai(Tamilஊத்துக்கோட்டை) is a border town in Tamil Nadu next to Andhra Pradesh, on the banks of the Arani river.

Some places nearby

  • Perandur permual,sivan temple- 6 km
  • Ramagiri Subramaniya Swamy Temple - 15 km
  • Nagalapuram Vedanarayana Swamy Temple - 10 km
  • Suruttapalii Pallikondeswara Temple -1 km
  • Zero Point - 5 km
  • Kona Water Fall - 35 km
  • Poondi Dam - 10 km
  • Periyapalayam Bhavani Amman temple - 18 km
  • Thirukandalam, Maduravasal, Panayanjeri, Arani, Puduvoyal and Ariyathurai - Most famous in Shivas Temple.

Azhagiyanathar Temple at Kalappal (Mannargudi) near Thanjavur


Location:Kalappal Mannargudi near Thanjavur.
Main Deity:Azhagiyanathar.
Nearest Town : Mannargudi(SEE MAP)District : ThanjavurState : Tamil Nadu
Mannargudi is a town in the Tiruvarur district of Tamil NaduIndia. Situated at a distance of 20 kilometres from the district capital Tiruvarur and 310 kilometres from the city of Chennai, Mannargudi is the largest town in the district.


Mannargudi is located at 10.67°N 79.43°E. It has an average elevation of 6 metres (19 feet).

Azhagu Sadaimudi Nathar Temple at Kurangaduturai near Tiruvaiyaru


Location:Kurangaduturai near Tiruvaiyaru.
Main Deity:Azhagu Sadaimudi Nathar.
Nearest Town : TiruvaiyaruDistrict : ThanjavurState : Tamil Nadu

Geography

Thiruvaiyaru is located at 10.88°N 79.1°E. It has an average elevation of 38 metres (124 feet).

How to get there

By Air: The nearest airport to reach Thiruvaiyaru is at Tiruchirapalli, which is located at a distance of about 71 km. Regular flights are operated from this airport. Thus, the place is well connected to the major cities of the country by air.
By Rail: Nearest railway station is situated at Thanjavur, which is very well linked to the important cities such as Trichy, Madurai, Coimbatore, Nagore etc.
By Road: There is a direct bus service from Thanjavur, which lies at a distance of 13 km from Thiruvaiyaru.

List of Temples in Tamil Nadu (V-Z)


§  Vaaleeswarar Temple at Kuranganimuttam near Kanchipuram (Paadal petra stalam)
§  Vaaleeswaraswamy temple at Vaalikandapuram near Perambalur (Tiruchirappalli)
§  Vaaseesar Temple at Tiruppachur near Madras (Paadal Petra Stalam)
§  Vacheeswarar Temple at Oyalkalavur near Wallajabad
§  Vadamoolanathar Temple at Tiruppazhuvur (Tiruvaiyaru) near Thanjavur (Paadal Petra Stalam)
§  Vadapalani Andavar Temple at Chennai (Vadapalani)
§  Vadivazhagiya Nambi Temple (Tiruvanbil) at Anbil near Lalgudi (Divya Desam)
§  Vaideeswaran Temple at Vaideeswaran Koil near Chidambaram (Navagraha Stalam, Paadal Petra Stalam)
§  Vaidyanathaswamy Temple at Poonamallee near Chennai
§  Vaidyanathaswamy Temple at Sreevilliputtur near Virudunagar
§  Vaidyanathaswamy temple at Thirumazhapadi near Tiruchirappalli (Pullambadi) (Paadal Petra Stalam)
§  Vaikal Natheswarar at Vaikal (Aduturai) near Kumbakonam (Paadal Petra Stalam)
§  Vaikunta Perumal Temple (Parameswara Vinnagaram) at Kanchipuram (Divya Desam)
§  Vaikuntaperumal Temple at Maduramangalam (Sriperumpudur) near Chennai
§  Vaikuntaperumal Temple at Mangadu near Chennai
§  Vaikuntaperumal Temple at Nemali near Tiruttani
§  Vaikuntavasa Perumal temple at Tiruvennainallur near Villuppuram
§  Vaikuntha Natha Perumal Temple at Tirunangur (Sirkali) near Chidambaram (Divya Desam)
§  Vaimurnathar Temple at Tiruvaimur (Tirukkolili) near Tiruvarur (Paadal Petra Stalam, Vidanga Stalam, Prithvi Lingam)
§  Vairavanathar Temple at Vangathangudi in Mannargudi Taluk, Thiruvarur District
§  Vajrasthampeswarar Temple at Tirumazhapaadi near Thanjavur (Paadal petra stalam)
§  Valakarutheeswarar Temple at Kanchipuram
§  Valampurinathar Temple at Melapperumpallam near Poompuhar (Navagraha Stalam, Paadal Petra Stalam)
§  Valeeswarar Temple at Chennai (Mylapore)
§  Valeeswaraswamy temple at Kolianur near Villuppuram
§  Vallabha Vinayakar Temple at Tanjore near Thanjavur
§  Vallalar Temple or Ramalinga Adigalar tirukovil in Vadalur
§  Vallalar Temple at Mayiladuturai
§  Vallanadheeswarar temple at Thiruvalam near Vellore (Paadal Petra Stalam)
§  Valleeswaraswamy Temple at Mangadu near Chennai
§  Valmikanathaswamy Temple at Cheyyur near Madurantakam
§  Valvil Ramar Temple at Tiruppullambhootangudi near Swamimalai (Kumbakonam) (Divya Desam)
§  Vamanapuriswarar temple at Thirumamanikuli near Cuddalore (Paadal Petra Stalam)
§  Vanamamalai Temple at Nanguneri (Tirunelveli) (Divyadesam)
§  Vanamutti perumal at Kozhikuthi (Nagapattinam Dist) (Perumal made with fig tree)
§  Vanjeeswarar Temple at Tiruvanjiyam (Nannilam) near Tiruvarur (Paadal petra stalam)
§  Vanmikanathar Temple at Vembadi Vetriyur near Devakottai (Sivagangai)
§  Varadaraja Perumal temple at Gobichettipalayam
§  Varadaraja Perumal Temple at Chennai (Madhavaram)
§  Varadaraja Perumal Temple at Chennai (Purasawalkam)
§  Varadaraja Perumal Temple at Chingelput
§  Varadaraja Perumal Temple at Chinnambedu near Ponneri (Chennai)
§  Varadaraja Perumal Temple at Lakshminarayanapuram (Padalam) near Madurantakam
§  Varadaraja Perumal Temple at Minjur near Ponneri (Chennai)
§  Varadaraja Perumal Temple at Poonamallee near Chennai
§  Varadaraja Perumal Temple at Tanjore near Thanjavur
§  Varadaraja Perumal Temple at Tirumarugal near Tiruvarur
§  Varadaraja Perumal Temple at Tirunangur (Sirkali) near Chidambaram (Divya Desam)
§  Varadaraja Prasanna Venkatachalapathy temple at Tiruchirapalli near Tiruchirappalli
§  Varageeswarar Temple at Damal near Kanchipuram
§  Varaguna Pandeesar Temple at Radhapuram near Nanguneri (Tirunelveli)
§  Varamurthi Eswarar Temple at Ariyathurai near Ponneri (Chennai)
§  Varasiddhi Vinayakar Temple at Chennai (Besant Nagar)
§  Vasishteswaram Temple at Tiruttattangudi near Thanjavur (Paadal petra stalam)
§  Vasudevar Temple at Raja Mannargudi (Mannargudi) near Thanjavur
§  Vatukeswarar Temple at Vadugur (Andaar Kovil) near Puducheri (Paadal Petra Stalam)
§  Vayalur Murugan temple at Kumaravayalur near Tiruchirappalli
§  Vedagiriswarar Temple at Tirukkazhukunram near Mahabalipuram (Paadal Petra Stalam)
§  Vedanathar Temple at Tiruvottur near Kanchipuram (Paadal petra stalam)
§  Vedapureeswarar Temple at Cheyyar near Kanchipuram (Paadal Petra Stalam)
§  Vedapureeswarar Temple at Terezhundur near Mayiladuturai (Paadal Petra Stalam)
§  Vedapureeswarar Temple at Tiruvedikkudi near Thanjavur (Paadal petra stalam)
§  Vedapureeswarar Temple at Tiruverkadu near Chennai (Padal Petra Stalam)
§  Vedaraja Perumal Temple at Tirunagari (Tiruvali - Sirkali) near Chidambaram (Divya Desam)
§  Vedaranyeswarar Templeat Tirumaraikkadu near Kumbakonam (Paadal Petra Stalam, Vidanga Stalam)
§  Veerabadraswamy Temple at Hanumanthapuram(Singaperumal Koil) near Chingelput
§  Veerakumaraswami temple at Vellakoil near Dharapuram (Coimbatore)
§  Veeramarthandeswarar Temple at Ambasamudram (Tirunelveli)
§  Veeranar and Iyenar Temple at Alathur near Musiri, Patukkottai, Tanjore district
§  Veeranarayana Perumal temple at Kattumannar Koil near Chidambaram (Divya Desam)
§  Veeraraghavaswami Temple at Tiruvallur near Madras (Divya Desam)
§  Veerattaneswarar Temple at Thirukovalur (Paadal Petra Stalam, Veeratta Stalam)
§  Veerattaneswarar Temple at Tiruppariyalur (Semponnaar Koil) near Mayiladuturai (Paadal Petra Stalam, Veeratta Stalam)
§  Veerattaneswarar Temple at Tiruvirkudi near Tiruvarur (Paadal Petra Stalam, Veeratta Stalam)
§  Veerattaneswarar Temple at Valuvur near Mayiladuturai (Paadal Petra Stalam, Veeratta Stalam)
§  Veeratteswarar Temple at Padappai (Vandalur) near Tambaram (Paadal Petra Stalam)
§  Veeratteswarar Temple at Tirukkandiyur near Tanjavur (Paadal Petra Stalam, Veeratta Stalam)
§  Veeratteswarar temple at Tirukurukkai near mayiladudurai (Paadal Petra Stalam, Veeratta Stalam)
§  Veeratteswarar Temple at Tiruvathigai near Panruti (Cuddalore) (Paadal Petra Stalam, Veeratta Stalam)
§  Veeravaranathaswamy Temple at Kinari (Karunguzhi) near Madurantakam (Paadal Petra Stalam)
§  Veetrirunda Perumal Temple at Magaral near Kanchipuram
§  Veetrirunda Perumal Temple at Malayankulam near Kanchipuram
§  Velappaswamy Temple at Poomparai near Kodaikanal
§  Velayudhaswami temple at Kanakagiri near Sankari (Salem)
§  Velimalai Kumaran Temple at Padmanabhapuram (Kanyakumari) near Nagarkoil(Kanyakumari)
§  Velladainathar Temple at Tirukkurukaavoor (Sirkali) near Chidambaram (Paadal Petra Stalam)
§  Vellai Vinayagar Temple - 108 Vinayagar at Dindigul
§  Velleeswarar Temple at Chennai (Mylapore)
§  Velleeswarar Temple at Meyyur (Sadurangapatnam) near Chingelput
§  Vellimala Balasubramania Swami Temple at Kadiyapattanam near Nagarkoil(Kanyakumari)
§  Vellimalai Nathar Temple at Tiruttengoor (Tirunellikka) near Tiruvarur (Paadal Petra Stalam)
§  Velljyangiri and Poondi Temples at Boluvampatti near Coimbatore
§  Vellodu Jain Temple at Cheenapuram near Erode
§  Vellore Golden temple at Sripuram
§  Vendurai Nathar Temple at Tiruvendurai (Tirukkottur) near Thanjavur (Paadal Petra Stalam)
§  Vengeeswarar Temple at Chennai (Vadapalani)
§  Venkatachalapathy Temple at Sattur near Virudunagar
§  Venkatachalapati Temple at Krishnapuram near Tirunelveli
§  Venkataramanaswamy temple at Kattuputhur near Musiri (Tiruchirappalli)
§  Venkatesa Perumal Temple at Kattavoor near Ponneri (Chennai) (*)
§  Venkatesa Perumal temple at Mondipalayam near Coimbatore
§  Venkatesa Perumal Temple at Tirumukkoodal (Pazhayaseevaram) near Kanchipuram
§  Venkateswara Temple at Mudikondan near Mayiladuturai
§  Venkateswarar Temple at Madurantakam
§  Vennaiappar Temple at Tirunelvennai (Ulundoorpet) near Villuppuram (Paadal Petra Stalam)
§  Vennikkarumbar Temple at Koilvenni (Mannargudi) near Thanjavur (Paadal petra stalam)
§  Venugopalaswamy Temple at Chennai (Gopalapuram)
§  Venugopalaswamy Temple at Melapudi (Nagari) near Tiruttani
§  Vijaya Ganapathy Temple at Ullagaram, Chennai
§  Vijaya Varadaraja Perumal Temple at Baburayanpettai (Tozhuppedu) near Madurantakam
§  Vijayalaya Choleeswarar Cave Temple at Vijayalaya Choleeswaram near Pudukkottai
§  Vijayanathar Temple at Vijayamangai(Tiruppurambayam) near Kumbakonam (Paadal Petra Stalam)
§  Vijayaraghava Perumal Temple at Tiruputkuzhi near Kanchipuram (Divya Desam)
§  Vijayaraghavaswamy Temple at Manur near Tiruttani
§  Vilvavananathaswamy Temple at Kadayam near Ambasamudram (Tirunelveli)
§  Vilvavaneswarar Temple at Tirukollampudur (Needamangalam) near Tiruvarur (Paadal Petra Stalam)
§  Vilvavaneswarar Temple at Tiruvaikaavur(Papanasam) near Kumbakonam (Paadal petra stalam)
§  Vinayagar and Subramaniar Temple at Silambavelangadu, Madukkur via Patukkotai taluk, Tanjore district (famous for marriage prarthana)
§  Vinayakar Temple at Nandyampakkam (Athippattu) near Ponneri (Chennai)
§  Virabadra Swamy Temple at Chennai (Mylapore)
§  Viranarayanaperuinal temple at Guruvalapparkoil near Gangaikondacholapuram (Aduturai)
§  Virunditta Eswarar Temple at Tirukkachhur (Singaperumal Kovil) near Chingleput (Paadal Petra Stalam)
§  Virupaksheeswarar Temple at Chennai (Mylapore)
§  Viswanathar Temple at Vaazhkudi near Tiruvarur (Paadal petra stalam)
§  Viswanathaswami Temple at Tenkasi near Tirunelveli
§  Vriddagireeswarar Temple at Vriddhachalam (South Arcot) (Paadal Petra Stalam)
§  Vriddhachaleeswarar temple at Venganur near Perambalur (Tiruchirappalli)
§  Vridhapureeswarar Temple at Tiruppunnavasal (Arantangi) near Pudukkottai
§  Vyagrapadeeswarar temple at Sittilingarnadam near Tirukkovilur (Villuppuram) (Paadal Petra Stalam)
§  Vyagrapureeswarar Temple at Puliparkoil (Padalam) near Madurantakam
§  Vyagrapureeswarar Temple at Tirupperumpuliyur (Tiruvaiyaru) near Thanjavur (Paadal Petra Stalam)
§  Vyagrapureeswarar Temple at Tiruppulivanam near Kanchipuram
§  Yaazhmuri Naathar Temple at Dharumapuram near Nagappattinam (Paadal petra stalam)
§  Yadothakara Perumal Temple (Tiruvegka) at Tumbavanam near Kanchipuram (Divya Desam)
§  Yoga Anjaneyaswamy Temple at Sholinghur near Tiruttani
§  Yoga Narasimhar Temple at Chennai (Velacheri)
§  Yoga Narasimhar Temple at Sholinghur near Tiruttani (Divya Desam)
§  Yoganandar Temple at Tiruviyalur near Kumbakonam (Paadal Petra Stalam)