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Location:
Tiruchirupuliyur
(Kollumangudi) near Mayiladuturai
(Chola Naadu)
Vishnu: Chalasayanapperumaal
Taayaar: Tirumaamagal
Naachiyaar
Theertham:Maanasa Pushkarini, Anantasaras
Paasuram :Tirumangaialwar
Vimaanam:Nandavardana Vimanam
Travel Base:Thanjavur
Description: This Divyadesam is located
on the Mayiladuturai Tiruvarur railroad,
accessed easily from Mayiladuturai. Sirupuliyur is also known as Chalasayanam
or Bala Vyagrapuram.
Deities:
The moolavar here is Arulmaakadal or Chalasayanapperumaal in a reclining
posture facing south. Taayaar here is Tirumaamagal Naachiyaar. The utsavars
are Kripasamudra Perumaal and Dayaanayaki.
Legend
has it that Vyagrapada, a devotee of the Cosmic Dance of Shiva
here, worshipped Vishnu here.
The Temple:
This is the smallest of the images of Vishnu in a reclining posture, in
all of the Divya Desam shrines. This temple with 2 prakarams has a 75
feet high Rajagopuram. Taayaar's shrine is located in the 2nd prakaram.
The festival images here are of great workmanship. Murals depicting the
10 avatarams of Vishnu adorn the inner prakaram. The vimanam over the
sanctum is of great beauty.
Festivals:
The annual Bhramotsavam is celebrated in the month of Vaikasi.
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