Sowmya Narayana Perumal temple, Avudaiyarkoil

Name: Sowmya Narayana Perumal temple
Address: Avudaiyarkoil, India
Telephone: +91 4575 241 233

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Sowmya Narayana Perumal temple, Avudaiyarkoil

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Sowmyanarayana Perumal Temple in Thirukoshtiyur, a village in the South Indian state of Tamil Nadu, is dedicated to the Hindu god Vishnu. Constructed in the Dravidian style of architecture, the temple is glorified in the Divya Prabandha, the early medieval Tamil canon of the Azhwar saints from the 6th–9th centuries AD. It is one of the 108 Divyadesam dedicated to Vishnu, who is worshipped as Sowmyanarayana Perumal and his consort Lakshmi as Thirumamagal. The temple is known as the place where Ramanuja, the expounder of Vishishtadvaita philosophy preached the holy ashtakshra "Ohm Namo Narayana" to all people irrespective of their caste. ()

Coordinates: 10°3'39"N, 78°33'36"E

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Avudaiyarkoil India

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