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[[File:Badri.JPG|thumb|300px|right|View of Lord Badri Narayanan.]]

'''Badri Narayanan temple''' ([[Tamil language|Tamil]]: பத்ரி நாராயணன் கோயில்) is a [[Hindu temple]] in the [[Madurai District]] in the entrance of [[Alagar Koil]] in the state of [[Tamil Nadu]], [[India]].

The temple is built in the style of the [[Badrinath temple]], [[Uttarakhand]].

[[Venkateshwara|Lord Balaji]] is in seated position in this temple. An [[murti|idol]] of the [[Adi Shankara]]charya — an important [[list of Hindu gurus and saints|Hindu saint]] in 8th century [[AD]] — is placed alongside of the temple.

The principal idol represents [[Vishnu]] in a [[meditation|meditative]] posture and is flanked by [[Nara-Narayana]].

There is a large [[date palm|date tree]] in the back of the temple's [[shrine]], behind the statue of Lord Badri Narayana.

Some of the other images include [[Lakshmi]] (Vishnu's consort), [[Garuda]] (Vishnu's [[vahana|mount]]), [[Anjineya]], and [[Ganesha]].

As per the legend, Lord Kallalagar visits the temple in the eve of the [[Chittirai]] festival, one of the famous festivals in Tamil Nadu. The Kallalagar starts his journey from the Alagar Koil crossing the Badri Narayanan Shrine.<ref>[http://www.indiantemples.com/Tamilnadu/Madurai/festival1.html Madurai - Annual Festival]</ref> During this time, he visits [[Vandiyur]], near the [[Vaigai River]], on the eastern outskirts of Madurai. It is believed that he realizes that he is too late for his sister's wedding, so refuses to cross the river and returns disappointed to Alagar Koil.<ref>[http://www.madurai.com/azhagar.htm Azhagar Kovil]</ref>

Daily ''[[puja (Hinduism)|puja]]s'' and monthly ''[[bhajan]]s'' are held on temple premises.

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[[Category:Hindu temples in Madurai district]]

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