Sri
Vijayaraghava Perumal Temple
Tirupputkuzhi
 This
temple of Sri Vijayaraghava Perumal is one of the 108 Divyadesams where
Lord Rama is said to have performed the funeral rites for Jatayu, the giant
bird which valiantly fought to prevent Ravana from abducting Sita, the
wife of Lord Rama to Lanka.
The main deities are Sri Vijayaraghava Perumal and Maragathavalli. Ramanuja had his initial lessons from Yadavprakasa here. Vedanta desika has sung a hymn Paramartha Sthuthi" in Praise of the Lord. Alwars have rendered hymns on this Kshetra.
Even today to honor the members of this profession the Lord during His annual festival (URTCHAVAM) visits the street where they reside. Tirupputkuzhi is located about 1 km from Balchetty Chatram in the Kanchipuram - Bangalore Highway (NH-4). |
In
ancient days a carpenter made a horse Vahanam for the Lord here in three
parts, when assembled it became a single one.