Venugopalar Namagiripettai

Venugopalar, Namagiripettai

Vaishnavite Temples - Namakkal District

God

Venugopalaswami, facing east

Goddess

Rukmini and Satyabhama along with the main deity, facing east

Other Deities

Vinayaka, Naagar, Garuda, Anjaneya, Kannika Parameswari, Kasi Viswanathar, Perumal, Namagiri Thaayar, Navagraha, Muruga. Sanctum niches of Shiva shrine – Dakshinamurthy, Durga, Chandikeswara

Venugopalar Namagiripettai is a beautiful east-facing temple that is combined with a shrine for Goddess Kannika Parameswari and Lord Shiva as Kasi Viswanathar. The entrance to the temple is from the south. A long passage going through a Nandavanam leads inside. There is an installation of Vinayaka and Naagar in this area. First comes the east-facing sanctum of Kannika Prameswari followed by that of Lord Krishna as Venugopala. He is seen with his consorts Rukmini and Satyabhama. All the shrines and the sanctum sanctorum are situated in a single prakaram. On the north side of the prakaram is a very deep temple tank with water only at the bottom. The temple is nicely situated in a backdrop of fields and hills.

Holy Water (Theertham) – Temple Tank

Sacred Tree (Sthala Vriksham) – No information

History

Venugopalar Namagiripettai is an old temple that has been completely rebuilt. Historical information is not available as of now.

Legend

No information

Directions

Venugopalar Namagiripettai is about 10 kilometers east of Rasipuram on the road going towards Attur via Mettala. Rasipuram is about 24 kilometers south of Salem and the same distance north of Namakkal in the road joining these two towns.

Stay and Food

None locally except tea and snack shops at Rasipuram. The closest is Namakkal or Salem depending on your travel plans.

Vaishnavite Temples

Tamilnadu Temples