Viyuga Vasudevan at Thiru-Naraiyur

Temple features:
Name of this place	Thiru-Naraiyur
Deity in sanctum	Viyuga-Vasudevan ( East facing wedding pose)
Consort of Vishnu in sanctum	Vanchulavalli
Deity for festivals	Srinivasan
Consort for festivals	Nambikkai-Nachiyar
Tower is called	Srinivasa-vimanam
Holi tanks	1.Manimukta-Pushkarini 2. Sangarshana-Pushkarini 3. Pratyumnathreertham 4. Aniruthan threertham 5. Sambathreertham
Devotees who have seen the god here	Sage Medhavi and Brahma
Devotional song sung on the deity by	Thiru-Mangai-Alvar sang more than 100 poems on this deity. Thiru Pillai Perumal Iyangar and Thiru Narasimhachari have also sung hymns.
Legend: Once Sage Medhavi did deep prayer to Lakshmi that she should be born as his daughter. His prayer came true. Sri Mahalakshmi incarnated as a baby under the Mahila Pushpa tree and was crying. The sage heard the baby cry and woke up from his meditation. When he saw the baby, he happily he took her to his hermitage. The child was named Vanchulavalli and she grew up to be an young maidan .She was an ardent devootee of Sri vishnu. Every day she used to do puja four times. One day when she was worshiping the lord he appeared before her and said he would come to the earth in the right time and marry her. Accordingly Lord Vasudeva came to this place - Naraiyur and got married to her. He stayed here itself as wished by his consort Sri Vanchulavalli. As Lord Vasudeva and Vanchulavalli married in this place they appear in their wedding finery as the bride and the bride-groom for the devotees' darshan.   Om Namo Narayanaya Namaha Locatiom:   Thrunaraiyur also known as Nachiyar koil is in Tamilnadu on the way to Thiruvaroor, 4 miles from Kumbakonam.                                               Home