Tuesday, October 3, 2017

Idar Theertha Perumal Temple, Vadiveeswaram, Kanyakumari

Idar Theertha Perumal Temple, Vadiveeswaram, Kanyakumari
Idar Theertha Perumal Temple is a Hindu Temple dedicated to Lord Vishnu located at Vadiveeswaram Village, now part of the town of Nagercoil in Kanyakumari District of Tamilnadu. The name implies that, the god will remove the obstacles in life. The village was originally an agraharam, or a traditional double line of houses occupied by Brahmins and flanking a temple or pair of temples. It is most famous as the birthplace of Neelakanta Sivan, a well-known 19th-century composer.



The name Vadiveeswaram is a compound of the words Vadivu, which means 'beauty' and Easwaran, an appellation of the God Shiva, in Tamil. The name thus means the beauty of Shiva, which could refer either to the area or to the presiding goddess of the Azhagamman Temple, a Hindu Saivite temple situated in the north-east corner of the village.



Carnatic composer Neelakanta Sivan was born in Vadiveeswaram in 1839. He mentioned his birthplace twice in his work Thiruneelakanta Botham. A festival of Carnatic music was held in the village in 2007. The Temple is located at about 4 Kms from Nagercoil, 650 meters from Nagercoil Bus Stand, 700 meters from Nagercoil Railway Station, 6 Kms from Suchindrum, 19 Kms from Kanyakumari, 12 Kms from Boothapandi, 17 Kms from Thuckalay and 75 Kms from Thiruvananthapuram. Nearest Railway Station is located at Nagercoil and Nearest Airport is located at Thiruvananthapuram.