Sri Vaikundavasa Perumal Temple / ஸ்ரீ வைகுண்டவாச பெருமாள் கோயில், Kattur, Tiruvallur District, Tamil Nadu.

This details of this temple are written as a combined post and the same was separated and written as a separate post. For the Details of the earlier Post please click this link. This temple is also called as Veetrirundha Perumal Temple ( வீற்றிருந்த பெருமாள் கோயில் ). 

Moolavar     : Sri Vaikundavasa Perumal

Thayar        : Sri Vaikundavalli

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

Vaikundavasa Perumal temple is facing west with a Rajagopuram on the south side. Thayar Vaikundavalli is not in a separate sannadhi but  in the mandapam of main sanctum. Garudalwar is in front of moolavar. There are separate sannadhi for Ramar and Chakkarathalwar.

The Shiva temple temple is at the end of the  street and it welcomed us with the Sharp Rajagopuram  on the east side.  

INSCRIPTIONS

10 ஆம் நூற்றாண்டு தமிழ் மற்றும் கிரந்த கல்வெட்டு சென்னை மயிலாப்பூரில் வணிகப் பிரிவினர் பலரும் கூடி. காட்டூரை வீரப்பட்டினமாக்கிக் கோயிலுக்கு மகமை வழங்க முடிவு செய்து அதனைச் சாசனமாகவும் வெட்டி வைத்துள்ளனர். வணிகரின் மெய்க்கீர்த்தி விரிவாக உள்ளது.

The 10^th Century Tamil and Grantha inscription an a slab lying in the Virrirunda Perumal temple at Kättür. King name not mentioned.  This inscription contains two portions i.e. Sanskrit and Tamil. The first portion eulogizes the Nanādēsi guild of merchants and states that they were praised by 500 Vira säsanās glorifying their deeds i.e. were virtuous, protectors of the Vira valañjikā. Nānādēsis met at Mayilappur decided to convert Kättür which was originally Ayyapulal into Virapattinam and this exempted its inhabitants of all communal contributions entitling them to receive what they used to get till then.

Chakkarathalwar sannadhi 

--- OM SHIVAYA NAMA ---