Thiruputkuzhi

Thiruputkuzhi is a small temple town in Tamil Nadu, India. It is situated about 7 miles west of Kanchipuram and half a kilometre from Baluchetti Chattiram which lies on the Chennai - Vellore highway. The place is known after the Vijayaraghava Perumal temple.

The history of the place is surrounded around the Vijayaraghava Perumal temple. The temple is believed to have been built by the

Legend says that

When Rama and Lakshmana go there in search of Sita, they find Jatayu mortally wounded in the forest. Jatayu tells them about Ravana and Sita, and then dies. Sri Rama then performs the last rites for Jatayu. As suggested by Jatayu, the Perumal here gives his seva in the form in which he performed the final funeral of Jatayu.^[2]

Jatayu belongs to the Pul (a separate family of eagle) family and was buried in a pit (Tamil kuzhi), hence this sthalam is called Thiruputkuzhi. The eagle Jatayu narrated the events to Rama before breathing his last. The presiding deity, Vijayaraghava Perumal is believed to have performed the last rites of Jataya at this place. The water body where Jatayu fell is called Jatayu Theertham.^[1]

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• "Thiruputkuzhi - Sri Vijayaraghava Perumal Temple, Tirupukuzhi". Divyadesam.com. Retrieved 14 February 2010.
• "Thiruputkuzhi Sri Vijayaraghava Perumal Temple". Sri Vaishnavam Practices. Retrieved 14 February 2010.
• "Sri Vijayaraghava Perumal – Thiruputkuzhi". SouthDreamZ. Archived from the original on 2 February 2013. Retrieved 14 February 2010.