Sathyamurthi Perumal Temple

Sathyamurthi Perumal Temple
Religion
Affiliation	Hinduism
District	pudukottai
Deity	Sathyamurthy Perumal (Vishnu) Ujeevana Thayar (Lakshmi)
Location
Location	Tamil Nadu, India
State	Tamil Nadu
Country	India
Location in Tamil Nadu
Geographic coordinates	10°14′49″N 78°45′07″E / 10.246945°N 78.751996°E / 10.246945; 78.751996
Architecture
Type	Dravidian architecture, rock-cut architecture

Sathyamurthi Perumal Temple in Thirumayam, a panchayat town in the South Indian state of Tamil Nadu, is dedicated to the Hindu god Vishnu. Constructed in the Dravidian style of architecture, the temple is glorified in the Nalayira Divya Prabandham, the early medieval Tamil canon of the Alvar saints from the 6th–9th centuries CE. It is one of the 108 Divya Desams dedicated to Vishnu, who is worshipped as Sathyamurthi Perumal and his consort Lakshmi as Ujeevana Thayar.^[1]

The temple is believed to have been built during the 9th century by the Pallavas. A granite wall surrounds the temple, enclosing all its shrines. The temple has a five-tiered rajagopuram, the gateway tower and is behind a fort built during the 15th century. The temple tank is located inside the premises.

The temple is maintained and administered by the Archaeological Survey of India as a protected monument. The temple follows the Tenkalai tradition of worship. Four daily rituals and many yearly festivals are held at the temple, of which the car festival during the Tamil month of Vaikasi (April - May), Krishna Jayanti during Avani (August - September) and Adi Puram during July - August being the most prominent.