Sri Thiruvikrama Swamy Temple

The Grace of Lord Vishnu is spread throughout the country, from the Himalayas to Kanyakumari.  There are several temples dedicated to God Vishnu, which are also called Sthalams.

Out of these Sthalams, Alwars, who are said to be the 12 supreme devotees of Vishnu, have sung his praises and mentioned 108 of them. These 108 Vishnu Sthalams are called as “Divyadesams“, divya meaning premium and desam meaning temple, giving rise to the phrase “premium temples of Vishnu” .

The Divyadesams can be divided into 7 categories:

1. ThondaiNaadu temples
2. ChozhaNaadu temples
3. Nadu Naadu Temples
4. PandiyaNaadu Temples
5. MalayalaNaadu temples
6. VaduNaadu Temples
7. VinnulagaThiruppathigal

The idols of Lord Vishnu in these Divyadesams can be found in 3 positions:

• KidanthaThirukkolam        ( Sleeping Position )    – 27 Divyadesams
• VeetrirundhaThirukkolam  ( Sitting Position )        – 21 Divyadesams
• NindraThirukkolam           ( Standing Position )     – 60 Divyadesams

In these 108 Divyadesams, the Lord Vishnu can be seen facing one of the four directions: east, north, south and west. On this basis, the Divyadesams can be classified as:

• Towards East direction – 79 Divyadesams
• Towards West direction – 19 Divyadesams
• Towards North direction – 3 Divyadesams
• Towards South direction – 7 Divyadesams

Moolavar:

The Moolavar of this sthalam is Thiruvikraman. The Perumal is also called as “Dahaleesan”. Moolavar in Nindra, Nadantha (Ulagalantha) kolam facing East direction and his right leg lifted upwards towards the sky. And the great and a special thing is that the Sangu, which will be usually on the left hand is on the right hand and the Chakkaram which will be on the right hand is on the left hand.
Prathyaksham for MahabaliChakravarthy, Mirugandar, Lord Brahma, Sownakar, Kaasyapar, Kaalavar, Indiran, (Kushi – Kusathwajan, Poigai, Bhutham and Pei Alwars, who are considered to be the first 3 Alwars.

Thayaar

The Thaayar of this sthalam is PoongovalNaachiyar.

Utsavar

The Utsavar is Aayanaar, Govalan (Gopalan).
The Utsavars show 3 sevas (Nindra, Kidantha and Veetriruntha (sleeping) Sevas).
UtsavarThaayar name is PushpavalliThaayar.

Sannadhis:

1. Lord Durga
2. Lakshmi Narayanan
3. Lakshmi Varaagan
4. Lakshmi Narasimhan
5. Lord Ramar
6. Sri Aandal
7. Udayavar
8. ThiruKachaNambi and
9. Sri ManavalaMaamunigal.

Mangalasasanam:

• ThirumangaiAlwar – 18 Paasurams.
• PoigaiAlwar – 2
• Boothathalwar – 1
  Total 21 Paasurams.

Manavalamaamuni has also done Mangalasasanam here. All the controls of this temple are under the EmperumaanarJeeyar and his followers. Desikar has written “Dehaleesasthuthi” here.

Vimanam:
SrikaraVimanam. There are twoGopurams in the front and back of the temple.