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| name = ThiruVaragunamangai Perumal Temple
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| map_type = India Tamil Nadu
| map_caption = Location in [[Tamil Nadu]]
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| country = [[India]]
| state = [[Tamil Nadu]]
| district = [[Thoothukudi district|Thoothukudi]]
| location = Natham
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| tower = Vijaykotti
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'''ThiruVaragunamangai Permual Temple''' is one of the [[Nava Tirupathi]].,<ref>{{cite book|title=Twelve Azhvars - Twelve saints of Sri Vaishnavism|last=Rajagopal|first=Gowri|pages=71–76|publisher=Sri Ramakrishna Math|location=Chennai|isbn=978-81-7883-592-1}}</ref> nine [[Hindu]] temples dedicated to [[Lord Vishnu]] located in [[Tiruchendur]]-[[Tirunelveli]] route, [[Tamil Nadu]], [[India]] in the banks of [[Thamiraparani]] river. All these 9 temples are classified as "[[Divya Desams]]", the 108 temples of [[Vishnu]] revered by the 12 poet saints, or [[Alwars]].<ref name=Ramesh>{{cite book|title=108 Vaishnavite Divya Desams volume one Divyadesams in Tondai Nadu|first=M.S.|last=Ramesh|location=Tirpuati|year=1993|publisher=Tirupati Tirumala Devastanams}}</ref> Thiru Varagunamangai Permual Temple at Natham also known as Sri Vijayasana Perumal Temple, the Chandran Sthalam is 2nd of the Navathirupathis.<ref>{{cite web|title=Sri Vijayanasa Perumal temple |url=http://temple.dinamalar.com/en/new_en.php?id=785|year=2015|publisher=[[Dinamalar]]|access-date=7 October 2018}}</ref>

==Legend==
{{stack|[[File:Varagunamangai3.jpg|x220px|thumb|Image of the gopuram from inside the temple]]}}
Varagunamangai, the one who granted his Dharshan to a Brahmin vedic scholar is referred to in one of the poems of [[Nammalwar]], he must be posterior to Varaguna [[Pandya]] from whose name it is assumed Varagunamangai took its name. But there are number of instances where this logic is not pertinent.<ref>''Early history of Vaishnavism in south India''.Sakkottai Krishnaswami Aiyangar. Page 53.</ref> The temple has a five-tiered ''raja[[gopuram]]'' amidst lush vegetation around the temple.

The lord here appeared in answer to the prayer of sage Romesar who performed severe penances for several thousand years.<ref name="temple">Adinathar Alwar thirukkoil Sthala varalaru; Temple publication; Page 3</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Jothirlingam: The Indian Temple Guide|publisher=Partridge Publishing|year=2015|isbn=9781482847864|page=30|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CE55CgAAQBAJ&q=navathirupathi&pg=PT100|last=Suriya}}</ref><ref name=A>{{cite book|title=Temples of South India|first=Ambujam |last=Anantharaman|pages=33–43|publisher=East West Books (Madras)|year=2006|isbn=978-81-88661-42-8}}</ref>

==Festival==
The ''[[Garuda]] Sevai utsavam''(festival) in the month of Vaikasi(May-Jun) witnesses 9 ''[[Garuda]]sevai'', a spectacular event in which festival image idols from the Nava Tirupathis shrines in the area are brought on ''[[Garuda]] [[vahana]]''(sacred vehicle). An idol of [[Nammalvar]] is also brought here on an ''Anna Vahanam'' (palanquin) and his ''paasurams'' (verses) dedicated to each of these 9 temples are recited. The ''[[utsavar]]''(festival deity) of [[Nammalvar]] is taken in a palanquin to each of the 9 temples, through the paddy fields in the area. The ''paasurams''(poems) dedicated to each of the 9 [[Divyadesam]]s are chanted in the respective shrines. This is the most important of the festivals in this area, and it draws thousands of visitors.{{fact|date=July 2020}}

==References==
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==External links==
{{commonscat|Varagunamangai temple}}

{{Nava Tirupathi}}
{{Famous Vishnu temples}}

[[Category:Divya Desams| ]]
[[Category:Hindu temples in Thoothukudi district]]

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