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Thiruvelliyangudi, Tamil Nadu · 11.0567°, 79.4431°
One of the 108 Divya Desams, a village shrine 19 km from Kumbakonam where Vishnu is worshipped as the bow-bearing Kola Valvill Ramar, praised in the Nalayira Divya Prabandham.
What follows is the temple’s own traditional account, transmitted through liturgy and local memory. It is recorded here as tradition, not as attested history.
The divine architect Mayan is said to have raised this temple by the Kaveri as an earthly Vaikuntha at Brahma's bidding.
coordinates: wikipedia-2026-08-27 · sources retrieved 2026-08-26 · dynasty page: Undetermined
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