Tiru Parameswara Vinnagaram

Tiru Parameswara Vinnagaram
Religion
Affiliation	Hinduism
District	Kanchipuram
Deity	Vaikunta Perumal (Vishnu) Vaikunthavalli Thayar
Location
State	Tamil Nadu
Country	India
Location in Tamil Nadu
Geographic coordinates	12°50′13″N 79°42′36″E / 12.83694°N 79.71000°E / 12.83694; 79.71000
Architecture
Type	Dravidian architecture
Creator	Pallava
Inscriptions	Tamil

Thiru Parameswara Vinnagaram or Vaikunta Perumal Temple is a Hindu temple dedicated to the God Vishnu, located in Kanchipuram in the Southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu. 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 through the 9th centuries CE. It is one among the 108 Divya Desams dedicated to the God Vishnu, who is worshipped as Vaikuntanathan (lit. 'Lord of Vaikunta') and his consort, the Goddess Lakshmi as Sri Vaikundavalli. The temple is considered the second oldest extant temple in Kanchipuram after the Kailasanathar temple.

The temple is believed to have been built by the Pallava Monarch Nandivarman II (731 CE–796 CE), with later contributions from the Imperial Cholas and the Emperors of Vijayanagara. The temple is surrounded by a granite wall enclosing all the shrines and water bodies of the temple. Vaikuntanathan is believed to have appeared to King Viroacha. The temple follows Vaikasana Agama and observes six daily rituals and two yearly festivals. The temple follows Tenkalai mode of worship and is maintained and administered by the Hindu Religious and Endowment Board of the Government of Tamil Nadu. The temple is one of the prominent tourist attractions in the city.^[1]