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Govindaraja Perumal Temple or Thiruchitrakoodam in Chidambaram in the South Indian state of Tamil Nadu, is dedicated to the Hindu god Vishnu. The temple is inside the premises of Thillai Nataraja Temple, 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 Govindaraja and his consort Lakshmi as Pundarikavalli. A major shrine of Lord Shiva worship since the classical period, there have been several renovations and offerings to Chidambaram by the Pallava, Chola, Pandya, Vijayanagara and Chera royals in the ancient and pre-medieval periods. The temple as it stands now is mainly of the 12th and 13th centuries, with later additions in similar style. The temple is believed to have been relocated outside the temple complex during the period of Kulothunga Chola II and reinstated later by king Krishnappa Nayak (1564–1572). Six daily rituals and two major yearly festivals are held at the temple, of which the Chittirai festival, celebrated during the Tamil month of ''Chittirai'' (March–April), is the most prominent. The temple is maintained and administered by the Hindu Religious and Endowment Board of the Government of Tamil Nadu. ==History== The Govindaraja shrine〔Sundararajan 2003, p. 263〕 is dedicated to Vishnu and is one of the 108 holy temples of Lord Vishnu called ''divyadesam'', revered by the 7th-9th-century saint poets of ''vaishnava'' (those worshipping Lord Vishnu) tradition, ''alwars''. Kulashekara alwar mentions this temple as ''Tillai Chitrakutam'' and equates Chitrakuta of ''Ramayana'' fame with this shrine.〔Dubey 1996, p. 51〕 King Kulothunga Chola II is believed to have uprooted the presiding Govindraja image from the shrine.〔 The shrine has close connections with the Govindaraja temple in Tirupati dating back to saint Ramanuja of the 11-12th century.〔Hüsken 2009, p. 197〕 Ramanujar fled to Tirupati with the ''utsava'' (festival image) of the temple to escape punishment.〔Ayyangar 1908, p. 237〕〔Aiyangar 1991, pp. 217-221〕 In the 16th century, king Krishnappa Nayak was instrumental in installing the image of Govindaraja back in the temple.〔Michell 1995, p. 79〕 There was lot of resistance from the ''shaivites'' (those worshipping Shiva) against placing the Vishnu image in a revered Shiva temple, but the king was unmoved and the image was installed in the present form.〔Manninezhath 1993, p.25〕 There is no satisfactory evidence of co-existence of the Shiva and Vishnu shrines within the same temple built during the same time – there was a dispute in 1849 regarding the rights on the Govindaraja idol and ''Alwar Sannidhi'' (sanctum of ''azhwars'') between ''Vaishnavas'' and ''Dikshitars'' and the position of ''Vaishnavas'' was upheld by the district court.〔''The Indian Law reports : Madras Series 1906, pp. 107-108〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Govindaraja Perumal Temple」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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