Arulmigu Ulagalantha Perumal Temple

Kanchipuram, Tamil Nadu

Arulmigu Ulagalantha Perumal Temple

🛕About Temple

Arulmigu Ulagalantha Perumal Temple is a Vishnu temple in Kanchipuram, Tamil Nadu, dedicated to Lord Ulagalantha Perumal in the Trivikrama form. It is revered as a Divya Desam and is associated with the Vamana avatar tradition in which Vishnu measures the worlds.

ℹ️Temple Information

🛕 Presiding Deity
Ulagalantha Perumal
👸 Goddess
Amudhavalli Thayar
⭐ Temple Classification
📍 District
🙏 Sampradaya
Sri Vaishnavism

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⭐Temple Significance

The temple is significant as a Divya Desam in Kanchipuram and as a major shrine of Vishnu in the Trivikrama form, linked with the Vamana avatar tradition.

📜History

The temple is revered in the Sri Vaishnava tradition as one of the Divya Desams, the sacred Vishnu temples praised in the Nalayira Divya Prabandham. Specific construction details, original builder, and a securely documented founding date are not provided here.

🕉️Mythology

Temple tradition connects the deity with the Vamana-Trivikrama episode of Vishnu. In this sacred narrative, Vishnu appears as Vamana, receives three paces of land from Mahabali, and then assumes the cosmic Trivikrama form to measure the worlds. This mythology is the basis for the temple’s principal form of Ulagalantha Perumal, meaning the Lord who measured the worlds.

🏛Architecture

The temple is a Vaishnava temple complex in Kanchipuram and is noted for the principal deity in the Trivikrama form. Further architectural details are not included here unless securely documented for this temple.

✨ Temple Highlights

✨ Divya Desam of Kanchipuram
The temple is revered as one of the Divya Desams, the sacred Vishnu temples celebrated in the Sri Vaishnava tradition.
✨ Trivikrama form of Vishnu
The presiding deity, Ulagalantha Perumal, represents Vishnu measuring the worlds in the Vamana-Trivikrama tradition.
✨ Associated Divya Desam shrines
The temple complex is associated with additional Divya Desam shrines traditionally identified as Tirukkaragam, Tirukkarvanam, and Tiruneeragam.

🚗 How to Reach

🛣️ By Road
The temple is located in Kanchipuram town and can be reached by local road transport within the town.
🚆 By Rail
Kanchipuram is served by Kanchipuram railway station.
✈️ By Air
The nearest major airport serving Kanchipuram is Chennai International Airport.
Arulmigu Ulagalantha Perumal Temple

Visit Information

🕒 Temple Timings
06:00 AM - 12:00 PM, 05:00 PM - 08:00 PM

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