Sri Vaikunta Perumal temple

Amazing infrastructure. It's great that our ancestors have build this temple without any modern equipments. I've visited this temple during Lockdown time so that we could at the designs and the building style without any hurry

HISTORICAL MARVEL. ARCHITECTURAL MARVEL. Archeology site of government. Even if you are an atheist, if you do not believe in God, sir, it doesn't matter. Just visit this temple and go around it, take a good look. You will drown in the positivity and forget yourself staring at the architecture and statues engraved in the pillars and walls. Praise the king who built this piece of history and his devotion to Lord Almighty Maha Vishnu. I strongly recommend that you visit this temple.

Sri Vaikunta Perumal temple located at Kanchipuram, Tamil Nadu is one of the 108 Divya Desams (wherin 12 Vaishnavaite Alwars have sung songs in praise of Lord Vishnu)- Mangalasasanam by Thirumangai Alwar. This Divya Desam has been designated as a heritage temple and is under the archeological survey of India and temple is the first of the Divya Desams in Kanchi.nnThe Moolavar: Sri Paramapatha Nathan ,Vaikunthanathan in sitting position facing west direction. Prathyaksham for Pallava King.nThaayar : Sri Vaikuntha valli. Separate sannathi. Pushkarani: Irammatha Theertham.,Virajaa Theertham. Vimanam: Mukuntha Vimaanam (Ashtaanga Vimana style)nnAs per legend, Sage Bharadwaja fell in love with a beautiful Gandharva virgin and had a son. Lord Maha Vishnu took the form of a hunter and brought up the boy and named him Parameswara Varman. He was a staunch Vishnu devotee since his infancy. Lord Vishnu taught him all the arts and ensured long life to the boy-Parameswara Varman.. Boy Parameswaran asked the hunter-father who He was. Lord granted him His darshan. Parameswara Varman decided to build a temple with Lord’s three postures, standing, sitting and reclining. According to some historians that Parameswaran was the first of the Pallava dynasty.nnIn his Mangalasasanam, Saint Tirumangai Azhwar mentions Parameswara Varman as the builder of Parameswara Vinnagaram –The place is also named after him. Mukunda Vimanam in the sanctum has the features of Ashtanga Vimana also. The Lord is Paramapada Natha in the first sage in sitting form and in standing form at the third. In the middle, He is in reclining form as Sri Ranganatha with Mothers Sridevi and Bhoodevi on the Adisesha with His head at the north facing west.nnAs per another legend, King Virocha of Vidharba Desa had no issues. A staunch Shiva devotee, he prayed to Lord Kailasanatha in Kancheepuram conducting a yajna. Lord Shiva made the Dwarapalakas of Lord Vishnu to be born as the king’s sons. Though born as the princes, they continued to be devotees of Lord Vishnu and conducted a yajna for the welfare and prosperity of the people of this region. Pleased with them, Lord Vishnu granted darshan as Vaikundanatha to the princes.nnLord is said to have appeared before the devoted Parameswara Varma in his three postures. Lord Vishnu is believed to have stood up and taught Parameswara 18 different arts of life. In his grand sitting posture, he is said to have passed on advice to Parameswara, as an acharya would to his disciple. And is then believed to have got into a sleeping posture so as to be served by Parameswara.nnTo mark these event, Parameswara Pallava is said to have built this 3 tier structure. The 2nd tier is open only on Ekadasi days. The steps to the 3rd Tier are said to have been damaged during Pallava Times because of rains and hence cannot be visited anymore.nnSo attached was the Pallava king to this temple, that he used to invoke the blessing of this Lord before he embarked on any battle, especially before he went to face their arch rivals, The Pandyas. This has been brought out beautifully by Thirumangai Azhvaar in several of his Paasurams in praise of the Lord here.nnThe temple has beautiful old sculptures around the prakaram depicting the different stages of Parameswara’s life right from his childhood. The temple is a great example of Pallava Architecture and is believed to have been built by them on a single piece of rock.nLegend has it that there was a secret underground tunnel laid out from this temple all the way to Mahabalipuram , on the eastern sea shore, as well as to Parameswara Pallava’s court. When Britishers got a scent of this, they came here to trace this. Coming together as one, the devotees of this temple are said to have built out steps across the tunnel to the temple sannadhi, thus turning away the Britishers.nThe temple is open from 07:30 a.m. to 12.00 noon and from 04:30 p.m. to 07:30 p.m.nMust have darshan.

Beautiful. Only first ground floor is open for darshan now due to covid.

It is a holy temple of LORD VAIKUNDA PERUMAL. a well maintained temple in kanchipuram. One if the famous temple located in big kanchipuram. A tourist spot also. A must visit place . If anyone visit kanchipuram don't miss to visit VAIKUNDA PERUMAL temple. You will find peace here.