Azhagu Perumal Temple, Vaniyambadi, Vellore
Azhagu
Perumal Temple is a Hindu Temple dedicated to Lord Vishnu located at
Vaniyambadi Town in Vellore District of Tamilnadu. Presiding Deity is called as Sundararaja Perumal. The speciality of this
temple being that the Lord is in a posture ready to apply his Sudarsana Chakra
for the ‘Samharam’ (Prayoga Chakra). The other deities are Sundaravalli Thayar,
Laxmi Narasimhar and Hanuman.
An inscription in the temple says it was built by Madurantaka
Cholan who preceded Raja Raja Cholan. Hence the temple should have been built
in the 11th century. Incidentally Raja Raja Cholan’s father’s name
was Sundara Cholan. Hence the name for the main deity in the temple. Sundara
and Azhagu mean ‘beautiful’ in Sanskrit and Tamil respectively.
The Temple is located at about 2 Kms from
Vaniyambadi Bus Stand, 2 Kms from Vaniyambadi Railway Station, 3.5 Kms from
Vaniyambadi, 1 Km from Old Vaniyambadi, 19 Kms from Jolarpettai, 22 Kms from
Tirupattur, 20 Kms from Ambur, 10 Kms from Vadachery, 46 Kms from Gudiyattam,
69 Kms from Vellore and 205 Kms from Chennai. Nearest Railway Station is
located at Vaniyambadi and Nearest Airport is located at Chennai.
