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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 traditional account

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.

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