Tamil Nadu
23. Thirukazhicheerama Vinnagaram (Trivikrama Perumal Temple)
Sirkazhi, Mayiladuthurai district
Deities & Significance

Presiding Deities

Lokanayaki and Trivikrama Perumal (Tadalan)

Legends & Details

Thirumangai Aḻvar was requested by the Shaiva Kuravar Sambandar to praise God through pasurams. The deity in the temple is praised as "Man alantha tadalan", meaning the one who measured the land. The name Tadalan is in honour of Tiruvikrama (Vamana) form and the mulavar (central deity) fixed in the central shrine is in this form. The presiding deity, Tiruvikrama, appeared for sage Ashtakoma.

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