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Thiruvidanthai, Kovalam, Nitya Kalyana Perumal Temple
Nitya Kalyana Perumal Temple, Thiruvidanthai, Kovalam, Chennai suburb(நித்ய கல்யாண பெருமாள்)
Location:
The
Nitya Kalyana Perumal Temple is located in Thiruvidanthai, Kovalam, Chennai suburb. The temple is around two and a half km from the Kovalam bus terminus towards Mahabalipuram.
Description:
The Nitya Kalyana Perumal Temple is dedicated to Sri Vishnu as
Nitya Kalyana Perumal and Divine Mother Shakti as
Komalavalli Thayar.
A Divya Desam:
The Nithya Kalyana Perumal Temple at Thiruvidanthai, in Kovalam, Chennai suburb is one of the Divya Desams in Tamil Nadu. It is said that Sri Nithya Kalyana Perumal married the 360 daughters of sage Galava (on the request of the sage), one on each day of the year. On the final day, Sri Vishnu combined all the daughters into one and placed her on his left side. Thiruvidanthai is a Varaha Kshetram where Sri Vishnu assumed the face of a Varaha (boar).
Shrines and Deities:
Main Shrines:
- Sri Vishnu as Nitya Kalyana Perumal (நித்ய கல்யாண பெருமாள்)
- Devi as Komalavalli Thayar (கொமளவல்லி தாயார்)
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