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Tamil Nadu · Temple listing
Koodal Azhagar Temple
01 · Discover
History & tradition
Koodal Azhagar Temple is in the city of Madurai, Tamil Nadu, and is one of the 108 Divya Desams praised by the Alvar saints. Vishnu is worshipped here as Viyooga Sundarrajan and his consort Lakshmi as Mathuravalli. The temple is believed to have been built first by the Pandyas, and the Vijayanagara and Madurai Nayak rulers added pillared halls and major shrines in the 16th century. A granite wall encloses the shrines, and the entrance is through a five-tiered rajagopuram. Worship follows the Tenkalai tradition. The fourteen-day Brahmotsavam in the Tamil month of Vaikasi (May–June) is the most prominent of its yearly festivals.
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02 · Before you go
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03 · Getting there
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Koodal Azhagar Temple
Madurai district, Tamil Nadu
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04 · At the temple
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- Wikidata — structured place recordRetrieved 2026-11-12
- Wikipedia — further readingChecked 2026-11-12