Nithya Kalyana Perumal Temple

Nithya Kalyana Perumal Temple faces east direction towards Bay of Bengal. Temple is 118 meters (approx) in Length and 43 meters (approx) in Breadth.
The sacred shrine faces the sea on the East. Surrounding the sanctum sanctorum, there are small separate shrines for Komalavalli Thayar (the first daughter of sage Kalava), Sri Andal, Lord Ranganatha, Goddess Ranganayaki and others. The holy water-front are Kalyana Theertham and Varaha Theertham. Holy dips in these sacred tanks during the solar months of Aries (April-May) and Aquarius (February-March) respectively would ensure wish-fulfilment and salvation. There is also another sacred water-front called “Ranganathar Theertham”.

Sage Gavalaa Maharishi had 360 daughters. He was determined to get them married. He prayed to Lord Vishnu. The Lord who resides here promised the sage that he would marry one daughter a day and married all 360 in a year. So the Lord is called ‘Nithya Kalyana Perumal’ and the place came to be known as “Nithya Kalyana Puri”. The Lord then immediately converted all the daughters into one and kept on his left lap. Hence the name is called “Thiruvidandai”. In Thamizh ‘Thiru’ means Lakshmi, ‘Ida’ means left and ‘Endhai’ means ‘my father’ (God). Hence the place came to be known as Thiru Ida Endhai which later corrupted to become Thiruvidandhai.
During Thretha Yuga, there was an Asura King named Meganathan who had a son named Bali. He was once approached by three asuras for the help to fight against devas. Bali supported them and finally defeated all the devas. But he felt that he committed a sin by defeating the devas hence he came here to Thiruvidanthai and underwent a sincere penance. The ALMIGHTY was pleased with the deep devotion of Bali, emerged from the temple tank in the form of Varaham – a Boar. Hence he is being worshipped as Varaha Murthy and the temple tank as Varha Theertham. He gave moksha to Bali in the Tamil Month of Masi. Adhishesan is seen along with his Consort Vasuki here, Thiruvidanthai Divyadesam is being worshipped as Raghu and Kethu Dhosha Nivarthi Sthalam.
Epigraphical evidences found in the temple speak of Kings belonging to different dynasties like Chola, Udaiyar, Pandya, and others, patronizing the temple from the 10th to the 16th centuries A.D.