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Sri Thiruvikrama Swamy Temple,Tamil Nadu
Locality/village : Thirukuviloor
State : Tamil Nadu
Country : India
Nearest City/Town : Viluppuram
Best Season To Visit : All
Languages : Tamil& English
Temple Timings :open from 6.30 a.m. to 12.00 a.m. and from 4.00 p.m. to 8.30 p.m
Photography : Not Allowed
Sri Thiruvikrama Swamy Temple,Tamil Nadu
Sri Thiruvikrama Swamy Temple is in South Arcot district, 2 miles from Thirukuviloor, Tamil Nadu. The temple can also be reached from the Pondicherry-Bangalore route and the Chitoor-Trichy_Cuddalore route. There are also bus facilities available.
Sri Thiruvikrama Swamy Temple is situated on the shore of the Thenpennai river. Both the Saivam and Vaishnavam castes are treated as one. Hence, this village has been built without any racism. The Alwar of the temple has always taken care of this fact. The village is one of the 5 KrishnaranyaKshetrams, temples devoted to Lord Krishna. The other 4 are Thirukannankudi, Thirukkannapuram, Thirrukkannanmangai and Kabisthalam.
Sri Thiruvikrama Swamy Temple,Tamil Nadur
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
According to legend, 3 alwars were born in 3 different places, but met here and got the Paramapadha life here
PoigaiAlwar was born in Thiruvekka on a tuesday. BhoodhatAlwar was born in Avittam on a Wednesday and Pei Alwar was born in Sathayam on Thursday. One day, all the Alwars wanted to worship the Lord in Thirukuvillorr. They started from their respective places, intending to reach Thirukkovilloor. It started raining heavily. PoigaiAlwar took shelter at a Brahmin’s house where he was given a small room only big enough for one person to lie down. Sometime later, BhoodhatAlwar also came to take shelter in the same place. The Brahmin couldn’t refuse him. PoigaiAlwar said that the two of them would be able to sit comfortably night long and Bhoodatalwar agreed. So, the two of them sat down and started singing praises of the Lord. Pei Alwar also came to the same house sometime later for shelter. Again, the Brahmin was unable to refuse him. PoigaiAlwar and BhoodatAlwar agreed to let Pei Alwar join them, although now with 3 people in the room, they would have to stand all night long. The three of them then continued to sing praises of the lord all night long. Pleased by their devotion, the Lord blessed them and appeared before them in his true form.
Sri Thiruvikrama Swamy Temple is open from 6.30 a.m. to 12.00 a.m. and from 4.00 p.m. to 8.30 p.m
Moolavar:
The Moolavar of this sthalam is Thiruvikraman. The Perumal is also called as “Dahaleesan”. Moolavar in Nindra, Nadantha (Ulagalantha) kolam facing East direction and his right leg lifted upwards towards the sky. And the great and a special thing is that the Sangu, which will be usually on the left hand is on the right hand and the Chakkaram which will be on the right hand is on the left hand.
Prathyaksham for MahabaliChakravarthy, Mirugandar, Lord Brahma, Sownakar, Kaasyapar, Kaalavar, Indiran, (Kushi – Kusathwajan, Poigai, Bhutham and Pei Alwars, who are considered to be the first 3 Alwars.
Thayaar
The Thaayar of this sthalam is PoongovalNaachiyar.
Utsavar
The Utsavar is Aayanaar, Govalan (Gopalan).
The Utsavars show 3 sevas (Nindra, Kidantha and Veetriruntha (sleeping) Sevas).
UtsavarThaayar name is PushpavalliThaayar.
Sannadhis:
- Lord Durga
- Lakshmi Narayanan
- Lakshmi Varaagan
- Lakshmi Narasimhan
- Lord Ramar
- Sri Aandal
- Udayavar
- ThiruKachaNambi and
- Sri ManavalaMaamunigal.
Mangalasasanam:
- ThirumangaiAlwar – 18 Paasurams.
- PoigaiAlwar – 2
- Boothathalwar – 1
Total 21 Paasurams.
Manavalamaamuni has also done Mangalasasanam here. All the controls of this temple are under the EmperumaanarJeeyar and his followers. Desikar has written “Dehaleesasthuthi” here.
Vimanam:
SrikaraVimanam. There are twoGopurams in the front and back of the temple.
