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Name:
Tirunarayanapuram, Yadugiri, Yadavagiri.
The hill on
which the temple is situated is known as Melkote.
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Perumal:
- Moolavar: Tirunarayanan, Cheluva Narayanaswami
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Utsavar: Sampath Kumaran, Selva Pillai, Ramapriya
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Thaayaar: Yadugiri Nacciyar, Yadugiri Ammaal, ``the Lady of the Hill''.
- There is no separate sannidhi for Andal.
- Vimanam:
Ananda
- Tirtham:
Tirukkalyani, Vaikuntha, Parasara, Maitreya, Dhanushkoti,
- Yadava, Lokapaavana, Pandava
- Facing:
East
- Posture:
Standing
- Pratyaksham:
Garuda and Ramanuja
- Agama:
Pancaratra
- Other Sannidhis:
Ramanuja, Paramapada Natha (Alvar sannidhi),
- Pillai Lokacharya. Outside the main temple are shrines to
- Desika, Manavala Maamuni, and other acharyas.
- On a hill overlooking the town is a separate Yoganarasimha
- temple of great antiquity.
- Alvar mangalasasanam:
- Strictly speaking, no Alvar has sung about this God. However, Ramanuja
- offered Tiruvaymoli 4.1.x to Tirunarayanan here since His name occurs
- in the first paasuram of this decade (see above).
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