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High medieval · Hindu · India

Perarulaalan Perumal Temple (Thirusemponsei Koil)

திருச்செம்பொன் செய்கோயில்

Thirunangur, Tamil Nadu · 11.1783°, 79.7797°

Perarulalan (Vishnu)UndeterminedDravidianDivya Desam
Sacred since
1000 CE
first attestation / structure
Standing structure
dating unrecorded
Undetermined

History & significance

The Divya Desam Thirusemponsei Koil, one of the eleven Vaishnava shrines of Thirunangur near Sirkazhi, housing Vishnu as Perarulalan, the greatly gracious.

Sthala katha — the legend

After Shiva's dance of fury at Nangur, Vishnu is said to have appeared in eleven forms to calm him, this shrine among them.

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Sources

coordinates: wikipedia-2026-08-27 · sources retrieved 2026-08-26 · dynasty page: Undetermined