Padmanabhaswamy Temple

The temple is built in the Dravidian architectural style, a famous architectural style of South India. The temple features high walls and an old Gopuram. The temple is a replica of the Kanyakumari Adikesava Perumal temple in architecture.

The history of the temple dates back to the 8^th century. In the early medieval Tamil literature canon of the Tamil Aalvar saints, the temple is one of the 108 principal Divya Desams in Vaishnavism, and is glorified in the Divya Prabandha. The legend says that Sage Vilvamangalathu Swamiyar, who resided near Ananthapuram temple prayed to Lord Vishnu for his Darshan. The Lord is believed to have come in a guise of a little boy. The boy defiled the Idol of Lord Vishnu. Enraged Sage, chased the boy and he suddenly disappeared. Then the sage heard an anonymous voice. The voice directed him to a tree where the little boy was standing. To his astonishment, the Iluppa tree turned into Anantha Sayana Moorthi. The happy sage, raised a temple for the divine power and the temple is revered till today.