Sri Venkatesa Perumal Temple / Sri Venkatachalapathy Temple, Pulivalam, Thiruvarur District, Tamil Nadu.

14^th October 2017.

This weekend 14th and 15th October 2017, temples visit are a part of the Thiruvarur temples visit organised by Ratham for Prof. Madhusudhanan Kalaichelvan. 14th Saturday 2017, post lunch was planned to visit Perumal Temple at Pulivalam and Sri Kasi Viswanathar Temple at Kulikarai.  It started drizzling when we arrived at the temple and the climate was also pleasant.

Moolavar : Sri Venkatachalapathy also called as Sri Appan Perumal

Some of the important features of this temple are...

The temple faces east with a 3-tier Rajagopuram. The Sanctum sanctorum consists of sanctum artha mandapam and muka mandapam. The mandapams are in Maratha style construction called Vavval nethi mandapams. In the Mukha mandapam Dwajasthambam Palipedam and Garudalwar.  In koshtam Narasimhar and Perumal sitting on Adhiseshan. In the sanctum Moolavar, Sri Venkatachalapathy is in a standing posture. In front Artha mandapam Urchavar Sridevi & Bhudevi sametha Srinivasa Perumal, Chakrathalwar, Anjaneyar, Santhana Gopala Krishnan.

Sannadhi for Gopalakrishnan with Sathyabhama & Rukmani, Alwars, Lakshmi Hayagreevar Anjaneyar, Andal, and a Sthambam was written as Sri Perumal (Experts of the opinion that this must be Shiva linga).  Sri Muthusamy Dheekshithar had composed hymns on Sri Venkatachalapathy of this temple.

HISTORY AND INSCRIPTIONS

The temple must be 300 to 400 years old and constructed with bricks. Maybe the Vijayanagara period.   Anjaneyar Temple is on the opposite side of the Road.

TEMPLE TIMINGS:

The temple will be kept open between 07.00 hrs to 11.00 hrs and 17.00 hrs to 20.30 hrs

CONTACT DETAILS:

HOW TO REACH:

Pulivalam is much nearer to Thiruvarur and a Lot of buses are available from the Thiruvarur bus terminus.

LOCATION OF THE TEMPLE: CLICK HERE

 Vavvalnethi  front mandapam 

 Stucco images on the Vimana

 Written as Sri Perumal and experts of the opinion that this must be a Shiva Lingam.

 Mr Bharath singing the song composed by Muthuswamy Dheekshithar

 Anjaneyar temple 

Thermutti mandapam (  may be ) 

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