Tirukoilur

Tirukoilur stands on the southern bank of the Pennaiyar River in the Tamil country. It is known for the Ulagalantha Perumal temple, where Vishnu is worshipped as Trivikrama, who in sacred tradition measured the worlds with his immense strides. The town is also associated with the early Vaishnava poet-saints, whose meeting here is remembered in the history of Tamil devotion. Chola inscriptions record gifts for worship and festivals at the temple, which received additions under later rulers.