Thiru Aadanoor Temple

Thiru Aadanoor Temple
Religion
Affiliation	Hinduism
District	Thanjavur
Deity	Andalakkum Aiyan Perumal (Vishnu) Ranganayaki (Lakshmi)
Features	Tower: Pranava Temple tank: Surya
Location
Location	Aadanoor, Kumbakonam
State	Tamil Nadu
Country	India
Location in Tamil Nadu
Geographic coordinates	10°58′35″N 79°18′48″E / 10.97639°N 79.31333°E / 10.97639; 79.31333
Architecture
Type	Dravidian architecture

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The Thiru Aadanoor or the Andalakkum Aiyan Perumal Temple is a Hindu temple dedicated to Vishnu located in Aadanoor, Thanjavur district in Tamil Nadu, India. Constructed in 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 counted as one among the 108 Divya Desams dedicated to Vishnu.^[1][2] Vishnu is worshipped as Andalakkum Aiyan and his consort is worshipped as Ranganayaki, a form of Lakshmi.

The temple has a small shrine with Vimanam and 3-tier rajagopuram. The temple was built by Aditya Chola. The temple is located in Olaipadi, a small village, 7 km away from Kumbakonam and 2 km from Swamimalai. The temple tank is located north of the temple. The deities are similar to the Sri Ranganathaswamy temple of Srirangam with the chief deity Vishnu in a reclining, half-sleeping posture.

Andalakkum Aiyarn is believed to have appeared for an affluent devotee trying to save Rangantha. The temple has six daily rituals at various times from 7:30 a.m. to 8 p.m., and four yearly festivals on its calendar. The major festival of the temple, the Brahmotsavam is celebrated during the Tamil month of Vaikasi (May - June).