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Ulagalantha Perumal Temple or Trivikrama Temple is a Hindu temple dedicated to Vishnu located in Tirukkoyilur, Tamil Nadu, India. Constructed in the Dravidian style of architecture , the temple is glorified in the Naalayira Divya Prabandham , the early medieval Tamil canon of the Alvar saints from the 6th–9th centuries CE.
The temple is located in central Kanchipuram, a locality in the Central side of Kanchipuram, a South Indian town in the state of Tamil Nadu. [11] The temple has an area of about 60,000 square feet (5,600 m 2) and has a three tiered rajagopuram (main towers) with seven kalasas.
Kazheesirama Vinnagaram or Tadalan Kovil or Tiruvikrama (trivikara) Perumal Temple is a temple dedicated to Vishnu located in Sirkazhi, Tamil Nadu, India. Constructed in the Dravidian style of architecture , the temple is glorified in the Nalayira Divya Prabandham , the early medieval Tamil canon of the Alvar saints from the 6th–9th centuries CE.
A stone image of Trivikrama probably dates to the early Chalukyas. [3] The front of the apsidal temple is decorated with a chaitya-arch, similar to those found in Buddhist rock-cut architecture. [2] Another known Hindu temple constructed in a Chaitya-style, is the Pallava period Kapoteswara temple at Chezarla in Guntur district.
Pushpavalli and Trivikrama Perumal The temple is believed to be the place where the first three Alvars, the Vaishnava saints, namely, Poigai Alvar, Bhoothathalvar, and Peyalvar attained salvation. The temple is one of the Panchakanna (Krishnaranya) Kshetrams, the five holy temples associated with Krishna, an avatar of Vishnu. [32] [33]
'Vishnu, becoming incarnate as Trivikrama (the god who stepped thrice), strode over the whole universe. The same idea is expressed by the Rishis, "In three places he planted his step, (one step on the earth, a second in the atmosphere, and a third in the sky) as Agni, Vayu, and Surya each after the other". [20]
Aerial view of the temple and Anjaneyar facing the temple. The temple has other sculptural relief on the walls of the temple depicting Trivikrama, Narasimha slaying Hiranyakashipu and Ananta sayana Vishnu. [8] The temple tank, Kamalalayam, is located outside the temple. [15] There are similar rock-cut images in the temple halfway up the ...
Thrikkakara Vamanamoorthy Temple is one of the major Hindu temples in India dedicated to Vamana, ... Vamana is known as Trivikrama. ... Swami (2001). Encyclopaedic ...