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Devapiran temple
Devapiran Perumal Temple in Tholavillimangalam, a village in Thoothukudi district in the South Indian state of Tamil Nadu, is dedicated to the Hindu god Vishnu. It is located 22 km from Tirunelveli. Constructed in the Dravidian style of architecture, the temple is glorified in the ''Divya Prabandha'', the early medieval Tamil canon of the Azhwar saints from the 6th–9th centuries AD. It is one of the 108 ''Divyadesam'' dedicated to Vishnu, who is worshipped as Devapiran and his consort Lakshmi as Karunthadankanni.〔.〕 The temple is also classified as a Navatirupathi, the nine temples revered by Nammazhwar located in the banks of Tamiraparani river. Along with the Aravindalochanar temple located 100 yards away, the temple is referred as Irattai Tirupathy (meaning twin Tirupathis).
A granite wall surrounds the temple, enclosing all its shrines. Unlike other South Indian temples, the temple does not have a ''rajagopuram'', the temple's gateway tower. The Vijayanagar and Nayak kings commissioned pillared halls and major shrines of the temple during the 16th century.
Devapiran is believed to have appeared to slay the demon Somuka who abducted the four ''Vedas''. The temple follows Thenkalai tradition of worship. Four daily rituals and three yearly festivals are held at the temple, of which the ten day annual Brahmotsavam during the Tamil month of ''Chittirai'' (April - May) and the Nammazhwar birth celebrations with Garudasevai with all nine temple of Navatirupathi, being the most prominent. The temple is maintained and administered by the Hindu Religious and Endowment Board of the Government of Tamil Nadu.
==Legend==
As per Hindu legend, Somuka, a demon, defeated Brahma, the Hindu god of creation and stole the four ''Vedas'' (sacred texts) from him. Brahma was helpless and he did severe penance in the banks of Tamiraparani River seeking favour from Vishnu in the from of Devapiran. Pleased by the penance, Vishnu appeared to Brahma and promised to retrieved the ''Vedas''. He killed the demon Somuka and restored the ''Vedas'' to Brahma. He also wished to set his abode as Srivakuntam and resided there as Vaikuntanatha.〔
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