Makara Nedunkuzhai Kannan Temple

Makara Nedunkuzhai Kannan Temple
Makara Nedunkuzhai Kannan Temple Location in Tamil Nadu
Coordinates:	8°36′38″N 78°00′05″E / 8.61056°N 78.00139°E / 8.61056; 78.00139Coordinates: 8°36′38″N 78°00′05″E / 8.61056°N 78.00139°E / 8.61056; 78.00139
Location
Country:	India
State:	Tamil Nadu
District:	Tuticorin
Location:	Thenthiruperai
Temple Details
Primary Deity:	Makara Nedunkuzhai Kannan (Vishnu)
Consort:	Kuzhaikaduvalli, Thiruperai Nachiyar (Lakshmi)
Temple Tank:	Sukra,sangu
Shrine:	Bhadra
Poets:	Nammazhwar
Architecture and culture
Architectural styles:	Dravidian architecture
Number of monuments:	1

Makara Nedunkuzhai Kannan Temple is one of the Nava Tirupathi, nine Hindu temples dedicated to Lord Vishnu located in Tiruchendur-Tirunelveli route, Tamilnadu, India in the banks of Thamiraparani river. All these 9 temples are classified as Divya Desams, the 108 temples of Vishnu reverred by the 12 poet saints, or Alwars.^[1]

The Temple

It is referred to as Sukra sthalam, a location for the planet deity, Sukra.

Festival

The Garuda Sevai utsavam(festival) in the month of Vaikasi(May-Jun) witnesses 9 Garudasevai, a spectacular event in which festival image idols from the Nava Tirupathis shrines in the area are brought on Garuda vahana(sacred vehicle). An idol of Nammalvar is also brought here on a Anna Vahanam(palaquin) and his paasurams(verses) dedicated to each of these 9 temples are recited. The utsavar(festival deity) of Nammalvar is taken in a palanquin to each of the 9 temples, through the paddy fields in the area. The paasurams(poems) dedicated to each of the 9 Divyadesams are chanted in the respective shrines. This is the most important of the festivals in this area, and it draws thousands of visitors.

References

1. ^ 108 Vaishnavite Divya Desams: Divya desams in Pandya Nadu. M. S. Ramesh, Tirumalai-Tirupati Devasthanam.