Thiruvellakkulam
Tamil Nadu, India
Open to visitors
The interior is normally open, possibly ticketed.
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Thiruvellakkulam, also known as Annan Perumal Temple or Annankoil, is a Dravidian-style Hindu temple dedicated to Vishnu located in Thirunangur village near Sirkazhi in Tamil Nadu. One of the 108 Divya Desams—sacred pilgrimage sites revered across South India—the temple worships Vishnu as Annan Perumal and his consort Lakshmi as Alamermangai. Celebrated in the Nalayira Divya Prabandham, the early medieval Tamil canon of the Alvar saints (6th–9th centuries CE), it holds particular significance as one of eleven Divya Desams at Thirunangur and maintains a close association with Thirumangai Alvar. The temple conducts five daily rituals and observes the Thirumangai Alvar Mangalasasana Utsavam festival annually during the Tamil month of Thai, when the festival images of all eleven Thirunangur Tirupatis are carried on the Garuda Vahana, a mount designed in the form of the divine eagle Garuda.
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