Sundararaja Perumal, Sundaraperumal Koil, Thanjavur
The handsome Vishnu – Sundararajar – gives the temple and, in turn the place, their names. This temple is regarded as the Abhimana Perumal for three other temples. The sthala puranam here is about a test of will and penance that Indra, the chief of the devas, had to undergo, and how Vishnu helped him so that Indra could get rid of an illness. But who is the guardian deity of this temple and what is unusual about him? Continue reading Sundararaja Perumal, Sundaraperumal Koil, Thanjavur
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