Tirupallani

• This is one of the 108 divya-desams of the Sri Vaishnavas.
• This is a historic place and temple in relation to the ancient epic Ramayana of Lord Rama.
• This is the place where:

a) Vibhishana surrendered to Lord Rama.
b) Samudra Raja (the Ocean God) surrendered to Lord Rama.
c) Lord Rama, along with the monkeys, built the Sethu karai (Sethu Bridge) to go to Lanka from here.

• The presiding God is Adi Jagannatha , Goddess is Padmasini Thaayaar. Two of the other Sannidhis (altars) are dedicated to deities of Lord Rama – Pattabhi Ramar and Darba Sayana Ramar.

About the temple
Tirupullani Jagannatha temple is among the 108 divya-desams of Sri Vaishnavas. Sri Kalyana Jagannathar is the presiding Deity with His consorts Kalyanavalli Thaayaar and Padmasini Thaayar.

Since Vibishan fell at Sri Rama’s feet for complete saranagati (surrender) at this place , it is also known as “Saranagati Kshetram”. Also Ocean god and his wife sought saranagati at the same place.

Sri Rama did fasting and penance on grass in Sayana (sleep) pose for seven days, thus the place got its name as Tirupullani meaning the place where the Lord’s bed was grass. Normally, the Lord appears in sayana sleep pose only on the serpent bed. However, in this kshetram he is lying -“anai”: on “pull” : grass in Tamil language. And Thiru means Lord. Thus the word Thiru- pull- anai : Thirupullani.

Close to Tirupullani at a distance of 4 kms is Sethu Karai or the shore.

As per Sri Vaishnavas, King Dashratha performed putra-kamesthi yajna here in front of Lord Adi Jagannatha and thus obtained four sons. These Deities were worshipped by Lord Rama when he came here. It is also said that the Deities gave Lord Rama a Sarangam bow by which he could defeat Ravana.

The three altars in the temple are of–

1) Adi Jagannatha, closeby is Thaaayar (consort) in the next altar.

2) Darbhashayana Rama – Lord Rama sleeping on darbha grass.

3) Pattabhiramam – Lord Rama giving darshan alongwith Sitadevi and Laxman.

Temple timing and Contact Details
The temple is open from 8am to 12.20 pm in the mornings and from 3.30pm to 8pm in the evenings.