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Sri Kudamudakoothan Perumal Temple,Tamil Nadu
Locality/village : Thirunangur
State : Tamil Nadu
Country : India
Nearest City/Town : Kumbakonam
Best Season To Visit : All
Languages : Tamil& English
Temple Timings :Temple timings are from 8 AM to 10 AM and from 5 PM to 7 PM
Photography : Not Allowed
Sri Kudamudakoothan Perumal Temple,Tamil Nadu
Sri Kudamudakoothan Perumal Temple is located in Thirunangur district of Tamil Nadu. The place is known as Kudamdaukoothankovil.The temple is one of the 108 Divyadesams dedicated to the Hindu Lord Vishnu. The temple is built in the Dravidian style of architecture. Sri Kudamudakoothan Perumal Temple is closely associated with ThirunangaiAlwar. There are 4 daily rituals conducted in the temple.
Sri Kudamudakoothan Perumal Temple,Tamil Nadu
According to legend, Lord Shiva started dancing in fury at Thirunangur after the death of his consort Uma, due to the sacrifice of Daksha. Each time a lock of his hair fell and touched the ground, eleven other forms of Lord Shiva would appear. The Gods were worried that if this continued, entire earth and all their creations would be destroyed. They prayed to lord Vishnu to help. Lord Vishnu listened to them and appeared before Lord Shiva. On seing Vishnu, Lord Shiva’s anger was appeased. But to counteract the eleven forms of him that had been created, he asked lord Vishnu to also appear in eleven forms. The eleven forms in which Lord Vishnu appeared in Thirunangur were all in different places. Those eleven places in thirunangur are where the eleven temples are located.
The Grace of Lord Vishnu is spread throughout the country, from the Himalayas to Kanyakumari. There are several temples dedicated to God Vishnu, which are also called Sthalams.
Out of these Sthalams, Alwars, who are said to be the 12 supreme devotees of Vishnu, have sung his praises and mentioned 108 of them. These 108 Vishnu Sthalams are called as “Divyadesams“, divya meaning premium and desam meaning temple, giving rise to the phrase “premium temples of Vishnu” .
The Divyadesams can be divided into 7 categories:
- ThondaiNaadu temples
- ChozhaNaadu temples
- Nadu Naadu Temples
- PandiyaNaadu Temples
- MalayalaNaadu temples
- VaduNaadu Temples
- VinnulagaThiruppathigal
The idols of Lord Vishnu in these Divyadesams can be found in 3 positions:
- KidanthaThirukkolam ( Sleeping Position ) – 27 Divyadesams
- VeetrirundhaThirukkolam ( Sitting Position ) – 21 Divyadesams
- NindraThirukkolam ( Standing Position ) – 60 Divyadesams
In these 108 Divyadesams, the Lord Vishnu can be seen facing one of the four directions: east, north, south and west. On this basis, the Divyadesams can be classified as:
- Towards East direction – 79 Divyadesams
- Towards West direction – 19 Divyadesams
- Towards North direction – 3 Divyadesams
- Towards South direction – 7 Divyadesams
Sri Kudamudakoothan Perumal Temple timings are from 8 AM to 10 AM and from 5 PM to 7 PM. Temple rituals are performed by the priests on a daily basis as well as during festive season. The priests belong to the Vaishnavaite community, a brahmin sub caste. There are 4 temple rituals daily:
Ushathkalam at 8 in the morning
Kalasanthi at 10 in the morning
Sayarakshai at 5 in the evening
Ardhajamam at 7 in the evening.
Each of the rituals have 3 procedures which are the alangaram ( decoration), the neivethanam (food offering) and deeparadanai (lighting lamps) for Lord Vishnu and his consort. During the rituals, religious hymns and texts are recited from the Vedas by the priests. There are weekly, fortnightly and monthly rituals performed in the temple.
During the new moon day of the Tamil month Thai, the festival deity of ThirumangaiAzhwar is brought to the temple from Thiruvali-Thirunagari. The ThirumangaiAzhwarMangalasasanaUtsavam is celebrated in the Tamil month of Thai (January–February). The highlight of the festival is Garudasevai, an event in which the festival images of the eleven ThirunangurTirupathis are brought on mount designed like Garuda, called Garuda Vahana, to Thirunangur. The festive image of ThirumangaiAzhwar is also brought on a HamsaVahanam (palaquin) and his paasurams (verses) dedicated to each of these eleven temples are recited during the occasion. The festival images of ThirumangaiAlvar and his consort KumudavalliNaachiyar are taken in a palanquin to each of the eleven temples. The verses dedicated to each of the eleven temples are chanted in the respective shrines. This is one of the most important festivals in the region which draws thousands of visitors
Moolavar:
The Moolavar of this Divyadesam is Sri KudaMaaduKoothan. (The idol of Moolavar is of the type SudaiVadivam is made from burnt clay and hence only Thailakaapu is allowed here ie no thirumanjanam is done here). The Moolavar is in the Irundha (Sitting) Thirukkolam facing his thirumugham towards east direction. Prathyaksham for Uthanga Maharishi.
Thayaar:
The Thayaar found in this sthalam is AmrudhaKadavalli.
Utsavar:
The Utsavar found in this sthalam is Gopalakrishnan and he is found with 4 arms.
Mangalasasanam:
- Thirumangaialwar – 10 Paasurams.
Total – 10 Paasurams.
Pushkarani:
- Koditheertham.
- Amirthatheertham.
Vimanam:
UchasringaVimaanam.
