Divya Desam 30 ThiruVanPurushotama Perumal Temple,Thiruvanpurudhothamam,Thirunaangur - Hindu temple in Nangur - Mayiladuthurai, India

It is the 30th Perumal Temple of Divyadesham series in Nangur area, Sirkali. Due to heavy rain the place was already wet and watery. We had a quick darshan of Balaji.

2nd April 2015 after breakfast at our friend's house we went by car to Van Purushottama Temple. As we entered the temple to our right was a jackfruit tree with jackfruits in different stages of fruitition. A monkey was atop the tree enjoying its breakfast periodically throwing down the remnants. We noticed that a nandavanam (garden) was laid around the prakaaram and a board giving details of Muralidhara swami's involvement with the temple. At swamiji's behest Chennai silks director is making regular contributions for several day to day offerings or the Lord. A noble venture worth emulating. We notice a brown cow being readied for Vishvaroopam and applied vermillion on its back. Thirty three crores of devathas reside at the back of a cow and should be worshipped. When the priest signalled that we could enter the temple we made our way in. The galaxy of Azhwars and acharyas in the kanadiarai (mirror room) caught our attention. Manavalamamunigal was resplendent in alankaram and stood out. He spent two years in this temple worshipping Purushottama Perumal and his 'vadivuazhagu churnikai is recited during Garuda sevai. In the Srivaishnava garland of divyadesams we have three divyadesams ruled by Purushottama-Devaprayag which is on the Badrinath route, Uttamarkoil near Srirangam and Van Puruthoman of Tirunangur. Perumal alone is Purushan and Uttamapurushan refers to Srirama who was the embodiment of dharma. Perumal Chathurbhuja Rama manifested before the sixth Rudran (Incidentally the eleven Tirunangur Perumals manifested before the ekadasha rudras )and has senkol signifying that He is lokaraja (king of the universe). That Rama took avatharam as Krishna is revealed by the presence of cows and calves at His Feet. Also at His Feet are the divyamangalamurthis of Tirumangaiazhwar and Kumudavalli nachiyar. Vygrapadhamuni came with his child Upamanyu to this kshetram and was engaged in collecting flowers to make garlands. Upamanyu got hungry and started crying at that time. Thayar Purushottamavalli nudged Perumal and He brought forth Ksheerabdi (ocean of milk) to feed the child with milk. The pushkarni is palkadal, the sthalavriksham is palasa (jackfruit) and shenbagam flowers are the Lord's favourite. The aradhakar of the temple(Ubha. Ve. Vedarajan swami) is a young man who has post-graduate degrees and works at the local school but what is admirable is his interest in sampradhaya and his involvement and dedication. Swami was kind enough to tell us the sthala puranas of 7 of the 11 Tirunangur divyadesams which are under the custody of Prathivadi Bhayankaram Annan family. He made time for the recording in between his really tight schedule and we recorded three divyadesams on the first visit and the rest on our second visit to the temple which was on April 3rd. It was Panguni Uthiram day and we had serthi sevai of Purushothama and Purushothamanayaki as also Tirumangaiazhwar and Kumudavalli nachiyar. It was a double bonus for us as we got photos of the Divya Dampathis as also Azhwar dampathi. After the puja Ubha Ve. Vedarajan swami gave us the rest of the sthalapuranams. Van Purushotthama Perumal's karuna was indeed great for He is none other than SriRama who swami Desikan calls 'Karuna kakuthsan' in his Dasavathara Stotram.

Thirumangai Alwar wrote 10 pasuram for this temple. Located in Thirunangur. Other 5 Perumal temples you can see in few meters by walk. Garuda Sevai festival is famous here. After the day of Thai Ammavasai, Garudasevai festival will be celebrated. Just 10kms from Sirkali. Must visit temple for Vaisnavas.

This temple will never be open... and they are trying to extort money even to open the temple

Jai Srimannarayana! Very old and nice temple to visit in Nangur. One of the Divyadesam out of 108. This place is around 25 kms from myladhathurai town. Temple needs lot of improvement. You can see other 5 Divyadesams within 500 to 800 mts radius in Nangur. We had a very quick darshan as there were hardly 15 people. Enough space for parking. Pack your food and go, you won't get anything nearby.

About the temple The presiding deity is Sri Purushottaman in standing posture and thayar in a seperate shrine is Purushotamma nayaki thayar. There are also shrines to Anjaneyar, Chakravarti Thirumagan and Manavala Mamunigal. Temple tank and vimanam The temple tank is called Thirupaarkadal pushkarni and vimanam is called Sanjeev vigraha vimanam. Temple timings The temple is open in the mornings from 8 am to 11.30 am and in the evenings from 5.30 pm to 7.30 pm.

A beautiful divya desam temple with high energy around. Main vigrah is Purushottam in standing posture.

The deities Purushottama with his consort Purushottama Nayaki are just beautiful and divine...legend has it that Upamanyu, the son of Vyagrapada, as an infant cried out of hunger and was fed with milk by Purushottama Nayaki. There's one other past time that Lord Shiva performed the ekadasa rudra ashwameda yagam to rid himself of the blemish of Bhramahatti. Vishnu is believed to have appeared along with Sridevi, Bhudevi and Nila devi at the end of the sacrifice and upon Shiva's request taken up 11 abodes here in the Tirunangur area...Hare Krishna