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{{Infobox temple
| name = Makara Nedunkuzhai Kadan Temple
| image = Then Thirupperai3.jpg
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| map_type = India Tamil Nadu
| map_caption = Location in [[Tamil Nadu]]
| coordinates = {{coord|8|36|38|N|78|00|05|E|type:landmark_region:IN|display=inline,title}}
| country = [[India]]
| state = [[Tamil Nadu]]
| district = [[Tuticorin]]
| location = [[Thenthiruperai]]
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| deity = Makara Nedunkuzhaikathan<br>([[Vishnu]])
Kuzhaikaduvalli, Thiruperai Nachiyar<br>([[Lakshmi]])

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| temple_tank = [[Shukra|Sukra]], sangu
| tower = Bhadra
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| architecture = [[Dravidian architecture]]
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[[File:Then Thirupperai1.jpg|200px|thumb|Image of the Thayar shrine|left]]
'''Makara Nedunkuzhaikathar Temple''' is one of the [[Nava Tirupathi]], nine [[Hindu]] temples dedicated to [[Vishnu]] located [[Thenthiruperai]] along [[Tiruchendur]]-[[Tirunelveli]] route, [[Tamil Nadu]], India in the southern bank of [[Thamiraparani]] river. It is located 5 km from Alwar Thirunagari<ref name="temple">Adinathar Alwar thirukkoil Sthala varalaru; Temple publication; Page 7</ref> All these 9 temples are classified as ''[[Divya Desams]]'', the 108 temples of Vishnu revered by the 12 poet saints, or [[Alwars]].<ref>''108 Vaishnavite Divya Desams: Divya desams in Pandya Nadu''. M. S. Ramesh, Tirumalai-Tirupati Devasthanam.</ref> The temple is referred to as ''Sukra sthalam'', a location for the planet deity, [[Shukra|Sukra]].

The same place hosts one of the Navakailasams, Sri Kailasanathar Temple, Then Thirupperai, the seventh in the series.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://tirunelveli.nic.in/arulmigu-kailasanathar-temple-thenthirupperai/ | title=Arulmigu Kailasanathar Temple Thenthirupperai | publisher=Tirunelveli District | access-date=18 July 2020 }}</ref>

==Festival==
[[File:Then Thirupperai5.jpg|200px|thumb|A hall inside the temple|left]]
The ''[[Garuda]] Sevai utsavam''(festival) in the month of Vaikasi(May-Jun) witnesses 9 ''Garudasevai'', a spectacular event in which festival image idols from the Nava Tirupathis shrines in the area are brought on ''Garuda [[vahana]]''(sacred vehicle). An idol of [[Nammalvar]] is also brought here on a ''Anna Vahanam'' (palanquin) and his ''paasurams''(verses) dedicated to each of these 9 temples are recited. The ''[[utsavar]]''(festival deity) of Nammalvar is taken in a palanquin to each of the 9 temples, through the paddy fields in the area. The ''paasurams''(poems) dedicated to each of the 9 divya desams are chanted in the respective shrines. This is the most important of the festivals in this area, and it draws thousands of visitors.<ref>{{cite book|title=Jothirlingam: The Indian Temple Guide|publisher=Partridge Publishing|year=2015|isbn=9781482847864|page=30|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CE55CgAAQBAJ&q=navathirupathi&pg=PT100|last=Suriya}}</ref><ref name=A>{{cite book|title=Temples of South India|first=Ambujam |last=Anantharaman|pages=33–43|publisher=East West Books (Madras)|year=2006|isbn=978-81-88661-42-8}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://ebooks.tirumala.org/Product/?ID=2422 Sri Kuzhaikathar Prabandha Thirattu]

{{commons category|Then Thirupperai}}

{{Nava Tirupathi}}
{{Famous Vishnu temples}}

[[Category:Divya Desams| ]]
[[Category:Hindu temples in Thoothukudi district]]

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