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Sri Kalyana Venkataramanan temple

Moolavar	:	Kalyana Venkataramanan
Urchavar	:	Srinivasar
Amman / Thayar	:	Sridevi and Bhoodevi
Thala Virutcham	:	-
Theertham	:	-
Agamam / Pooja	:	-
Old year	:	500 years old
Historical Name	:	Dakshina Tirupathi
City	:	Thanthondrimalai
District	:	Karur
State	:	Tamil Nadu


	Singers:

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	Festival:

	22 day Purattasi utsav in September-October drawing huge devotee crowd; 17 day Masi Magam car festival in February-March; Krishna Jayanthi in August-September; Vaikunda Ekadasi in December and Tamil and English New Year days are the important festivals celebrated in the temple.

	Temple's Speciality:

	Lord Perumal of the temple is a swayambumurthi on a big rock in a standing posture. Devotees offer sandals as contribution to the temple.

	Opening Time:

	The temple is open from 6.00 a.m. to 12.00 a.m. and from 4.00 p.m. to 9.00 p.m.

	Address:

	Sri Thanthondri Malai Temple, Thanthondri Malai-639 005

	Phone:

	+91-4324 2355531, 2365309

	General Information:

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	Prayers

	Devotees pray to Perumal for cure from pimples and scars in the body by placing salt, pepper and jaggery in the temple. They also pray for wedding and child boons. Lord responds without fail to prayers of the devotees regarding their health problems.

	Thanks giving:

	Devotees perform abishek and Sandal Alankara to Lord. They celebrate wedding festival. Offer butter, sandal, vastras light lamps, tulsi garlands. Arrange preparation of nivedhanas to Perumal and distribute it to devotees and arrange feeding-annadhana.

	Greatness Of Temple:

	This is a cave temple. The temple celebrates a strange event. Lord Perumal will appear in the dream of some elders belong to cobblers making chappals. He will tell one of them to get a chappal of his size either for the right or for the left foot or for both. These people will prepare the chappal to Lord’s foot size and carry it as jesters and submit it to Perumal. This is called Chemmali Samarpanam. The temple is 300 years old. Presiding deity is formless. Mother Mahalakshmi is on the chest of Lord. The place is praised as Dakshina tirupathi-Tirupathi of South. As in Tirupati, there is no shrine for Mother-Thayar.

	Temple History:

	A devotee Susharma by name was proceeding to Tirupathi with his wife seeking child boon and stayed on the banks of Cauvery for a break. Sage Naradha appeared in his dream and directed him to go to a place called Tirumakudalur where some would receive him. When Susharma reached the place, some sculptors received him and took him to this place. There appeared a bright light on a rock. The rock split. Perumal appeared from the gap and granted the boon sought by the devotee and chose to stay for every here for the benefit of devotees. It is also said that this is the place where a bit of Tiruvengada hill fell during a contest between Vayu and Adhisesha. Antiquity of the temple: 300 years.

	Special Features:

	Miracle Based: Lord Perumal of the temple is a swayambumurthi on a big rock in a standing posture. Devotees offer sandals as contribution to the temple.

Location :
Thanthondri Malai is close to Karur town on the Karur-Trichy road and is easily reachable. The place is just 3 km from Karur.

Near By Railway Station :
Karur

Near By Airport :
Tiruchi

Accomodation :

Karur:

Hotel Residency: +91-4324-240 099

Hotel Hemala: +91-4324-262 922

K V R Hotel: +91-4324-264 072 and 073

Valluvar Hotel: +91-4324-234 411 and 433

Hotel Arathi: +91-43240236, 122 and 144