Keezha Thiruvenkatanathapuram

Thiruvenkatanathapuram is a village with a temple located approximately 40 km (25 mi) from Tirunelveli, a district headquarters in Tamil Nadu, South India. The village is located on a hillock and the temple Of Maha Vishnu Which is very famous in the village is located at an elevated plane surface. There are three roads from Tirunelveli, and daily bus service is available to the entrance of the Varadaraja Perumal temple.

Temple

Perumal gopuram

The village has a temple situated on the bank of the Thamirabarani River. The temple is named "Sengani" ("Sen" meaning "Red" and "Kani" meaning "Land" in Tamil), owing to the red colour of the soil surrounding it. The name was gradually changed to "Sangani". It was built by King Verapandian in the twelfth century. The temple is said to be Worshiped by Maharishi Bhrigu. Bhrigu performed severe penance to have a darshan and later the Archa roopam of Maha Vishnu was Established by Bhrigu himself.

On the northern side of the temple lies the Kubera vassal, which is the main entrance. A bamboo tree serves the sthala virusha (Main tree of the temple).