TIRUVANGAD PERUMAL TEMPLE

He made amends by offering special pujas and turned into a great Sri Rambhakta like that of Vihheeshana later. This spotlights Srirama's boundless grace for bhaktas and justifies the claim of the epithet Karunaikasindhu applied to him. He is Dharma and Dharmadevata too emulated him. Thus this temple is supremely famous for demonstrating to the world his ennobling virtues of asritarakshana and dushtasikshana. And Lo! they are inscribed in gold on the glittering pages of history; so neither can they be contradicted, nor erased by bigots or atheists.

Another colourful feather that the temple proudly displays is the traditions of patronage it extended to literary luminaries on the Tiruvonam asterism in Makara masa falling in Jan-Feb. On this auspicious day, Pattattanam is conducted by the temple authorities, of course, aided by the munificence of royal families. Vidwatasabhas, Kavyagostis - literary contests, forums etc were conducted on grand scale in the past, but bow only in a modest way due to change of trends in the governing bodies.     

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