Uyyavantha Perumal Temple, Thirumittacode, Palakkad – The Temple

Uyyavantha Perumal Temple, Thirumittacode, Palakkad – The Temple

The temple is situated in a serene place among lush greenery near the river Bharatha Puzha. The Temple is constructed in Kerala style of Architecture. Shrine of Lord Shiva is situated immediately after the entrance followed by sanctum of Uyyavantha Perumal. The entrance to the sanctum is small and you have to literally climb over a small granite wall of three feet. The reason for this could have been to prevent the river water entering into the temple when the river swells.

Presiding Deity is called as Uyyavantha Perumal / Abhayapradan. He is in standing posture facing south direction. It is said that Lord Vishnu of this Temple was kept in the Agraharam in Vithukodu and after some time, he got shifted to this place. It is believed that Arjuna installed the idol of Lord Vishnu. This is considered as the sanctum sanctorum of the temple. Other idols of Lord Vishnu installed by Dharma, Beema, Nakula and Sahadeva are in separate shrines in the prakara-corridor.

Vimanam over the sanctum is called as Tatva Kanchana Vimanam. Mother is called as Padmapani Nachiyar / Vithuvakkottu Valli. There also shrines for Lord Sastha, Veda Vyasa, Nagas and Mother Bhagavati in the Temple premises. Lord Ganapathy and Lord Dakshinamurthy grace the devotees at the entrance of the temple. Theertham associated with this Temple is Chakra Theertham.

There are many similarities between this Divyadesam and Tiruchitrakoota Divyadesam. In both these Divya Desams, Lord Vishnu is found in Vyuga Avatar by gracing the devotees in standing posture in this Temple and reclining posture in Thiru Chitra Koodam. Lord Vishnu is said to be the Hamsa of Lord Shiva in both these Temples.

Tiruchitrakootam is said to have the relation with Ramayana and this Temple is said to have the relation with Mahabharatha. Thirumangai Alwar does the Mangalasasanam of Lord Vishnu using Sankara Barana Ragam in In Tiruchitrakootam and likewise Kulasekara Alwar does the Mangalasasanam of Lord Vishnu of this Temple using the same Sankara Barana Ragam.