Early medieval · Hindu · India

Ulagalantha Perumal Temple (Thiruooragam)

Kanchipuram, Tamil Nadu · 12.8392°, 79.7050°

Ulagalantha Perumal (Trivikrama)PallavaDravidianDivya Desam

Sacred since

750 CE

first attestation / structure

Standing structure

Pallava, by 846 CE

Pallava

History & significance

A Divya Desam housing a colossal image of Vishnu as Trivikrama striding the worlds, its earliest inscription dated 846 CE under Pallava Nandivarman III with later Chola development. Uniquely, the complex shelters four separate Divya Desams within one precinct.

Sthala katha — the legend

Here Vamana the dwarf is said to have grown into cosmic Trivikrama, measuring the three worlds in two strides and humbling the generous king Mahabali with the third.

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