Tirukannapuram Sowriraja Perumal Temple
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Deity: Lord Vishnu Place: Nannilam Tamil Nadu Famous Temple
Tirukannapuram Sowriraja Perumal Temple. Dedicated to Lord Vishnu. Located in Nannilam.
- Primary Deity
- Lord Vishnu
- Address
- Ramanadheeswaram, Thirukannapuram, Nagapattinam, Tamil Nadu, 609702, India
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History
HR&CE describes the temple around the 95-foot rajagopuram and Nithya Pushkarani. Its mythology section presents as temple tradition the story of Uparisravas and Padmini, and the story that the deity displayed a lock of hair to protect the priest; it also explains the nightly Pongal offering as a memorial to devotee Muniyadaraiyar.
- Nearest Airport: Tiruchirappalli airport, 136 km.
- Nearest Railway: Nannilam railway station; official HR&CE pages give conflicting distances (6 km in temple history; 8 km in location listing, which also names Sannanallur).
- Nearest City: Nagapattinam
Major Festivals
- Vaikasi Brahmotsavam and a Maasi Garuda procession to the seashore are reported.
- Garuda darshan at the seashore (Maasi Pournami (full moon), according to HR&CE temple history)
Unique Rituals
- A nightly Pongal offering is reported in a local story about food offered after the gates had closed.
- HR&CE says a Pongal offering is made at artha-jama in memory of Muniyadaraiyar.
- HR&CE describes a monthly Amavasya midday Thirukaitala Sevai in which the deity displays the gait requested by Vibhishana.
Associated Legends
- Temple stories tell of fisher king Uparisravas's daughter Padmini and Vishnu; another says the deity displayed hair to protect priest Rangabhattar, giving the name Sowrirajan.