Sri Purushothaman Perumal Temple is a Hindu

Hindu

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 temple in Tamil Nadu

Tamil Nadu

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, India.

This Temple is one of the 108 Reverred Divya Desams

Divya Desams

Divya Desams refer to 108 Vishnu temples that are mentioned in the works of the Tamil Azhvars . 105 of these are located in India, 1 in Nepal, while 2 are located outside of the Earthly realms. 'Divya' in Tamil language indicates premium and 'Desam' indicates place or temple.The two major deities...

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It is also famous as the Trimurti

Trimurti

The Trimurti is a concept in Hinduism "in which the cosmic functions of creation, maintenance, and destruction are personified by the forms of Brahmā the creator, Vishnu the maintainer or preserver, and Śhiva the destroyer or transformer," These three deities have been called "the Hindu triad" or...

 Kshetram. The Trimurti in Hindy mythology refers to the cosmic functions of creation, maintenance, and destruction. They are personified by the forms of Lord Brahma

Brahma

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 the Creator, Lord Vishnu

Vishnu

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 the Maintainer or Preserver, and Lord Shiva

Shiva

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, the Destroyer or Transformer.

The Trimurthi and their consorts - Devi Saraswathi, Devi Lakshmi

Lakshmi

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 and Devi Parvati

Parvati

Parvati is a Hindu goddess. Parvati is Shakti, the wife of Shiva and the gentle aspect of Mahadevi, the Great Goddess...

are present in separate shrines.

According to available records, this is one of the few Temple in the world, where the Hindu Trinity are worshipped with their consorts in six separate Shrines.

The ‘Sapthaguru' or seven forms of Guru at this Temple have been aptly christened with a specific idol dedicated to each of the form. Thus, Lord Dakshinamurthy represents Sri Sadasiva Guru or Sri Siva Guru; Lord Brahma represents Sri Brahma Guru; Sri Soundarya Parvathy stands for Sri Sakthi Guru; Sri Brahaspathy assumes the form of Sri Deva Guru; Sri Varadarajaperumal is called Sri Vishnu Guru; Sri Subramanyar as Sri Gnana Guru; and Sri Sukrachariar as Sri Asura Guru.

The term ‘dakshin' denotes the southern direction. It also stands for ‘eternal wisdom above ego'. Lord Dakshinamurthy faces south in all the temples.

At Sri Uthamarkovil, all seven forms of deities, except Sri Asura Guru, face south, indicating their role as ‘Guru'. Sri Asura Guru, in conformity with the ‘Navagraha' alignment, faces east.

The Temple is administered by the HRCE Department, Government of Tamilnadu.