Place · Vishnu temple · India
Appalarangam / Tiruppernagar
Koviladi, or Tiruppernagar, is home to the Appakudathan Perumal Temple, where Vishnu reclines as Appakudathan. Located in Tamil Nadu along the Kaveri, it is revered as a Divya Desam and is traditionally included among the Pancharanga Kshetrams. The shrine is especially associated with the offering of a pot of appam.
- Periods
- Classical and Puranic Age, Regional Flourishing, Islamic Age and Bhakti Traditions, Early Modern Age, British Colonial Age, Republic and Living Practice
- Function
- Sacred site & pilgrimage
- Confidence
- Mixed / layered — The place is documented; its associated historical or cultural record and its named tradition are distinct layers.
- Location
- 10.839, 78.889
Connections (2)
- PilgrimageShrīrangam
Koviladi, or Tiruppernagar, on the Kaveri upstream of Srirangam, holds the Appakudathan Perumal temple and is one of the Divya Desams of the delta — a dense cluster in which Srirangam is the greatest but by no means the only one. The Alvars' hymns treat the whole Kaveri as a single sacred corridor, and the pilgrimage between these temples follows the river rather than any road.
- Site adjacencyThanjavur Brihadishvara
Tiruppernagar and Thanjavur are connected through the Kaveri River and the fertile temple landscape of Tamil Nadu. Tiruppernagar, or Koviladi, lies near the Kaveri northwest of Thanjavur and houses the Appakudathan Perumal Temple. Both belong to the wider sacred geography of the Kaveri delta, shaped by agriculture and temple networks.
On these journeys
Sources
Wikipedia, “Appakkudathaan Perumal Temple”. Archaeological Survey of India and State Archaeology monument records, and the standard regional literature.
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