Nithyakalyana Perumal Temple

The Nithyakalyana Perumal Temple at Thiruvidandai in Tamil Nadu is dedicated to Varaha, the boar avatar of Vishnu, worshipped as Nithyakalyana Perumal with Lakshmi as Komalavalli Thayar. It is among the 108 Divya Desams, Vishnu shrines glorified in the Tamil hymns of the Alvar saints.

Its name means the eternal bridegroom. In the legend, after Varaha slew the asura Hiranyaksha and lifted the drowned earth on his tusks, the sage Kalava asked him to marry his three hundred and sixty daughters; Lakshmi took that many forms and wedded him in a fresh shape each day of the year.

The Pallavas raised the original shrine in the seventh century. Chola epigraphs credit Raja Raja I with founding the Panguni Uthiram festival in 1003 and Rajadhiraja with additions in 1052. Built in the Dravidian style, the temple follows the Tenkalai mode of worship.