Uttamar Kovil
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Uttamar Kovil is a temple in Tiruchirapalli
Tiruchirapalli
Tiruchirappalli ) , also called Tiruchi or Trichy , is a city in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu and the administrative headquarters of Tiruchirappalli District. It is the fourth largest municipal corporation in Tamil Nadu and also the fourth largest urban agglomeration in the state...

 city in Tamil Nadu
Tamil Nadu
Tamil Nadu is one of the 28 states of India. Its capital and largest city is Chennai. Tamil Nadu lies in the southernmost part of the Indian Peninsula and is bordered by the union territory of Pondicherry, and the states of Kerala, Karnataka, and Andhra Pradesh...

, India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

. It is known for the Sri Purushothaman Perumal Temple
Sri Purushothaman Perumal Temple (Thirukkarambanoor)
Sri Purushothaman Perumal Temple is a Hindu temple in Tamil Nadu, India.This Temple is one of the 108 Reverred Divya Desams.It is also famous as the Trimurti Kshetram. The Trimurti in Hindy mythology refers to the cosmic functions of creation, maintenance, and destruction...

 or otherwise known as Uttamar Kovil (Uttamar means The good one and Kovil means Temple). It has the shrines of Brahma
Brahma
Brahma is the Hindu god of creation and one of the Trimurti, the others being Vishnu and Shiva. According to the Brahma Purana, he is the father of Mānu, and from Mānu all human beings are descended. In the Ramayana and the...

, Vishnu
Vishnu
Vishnu is the Supreme god in the Vaishnavite tradition of Hinduism. Smarta followers of Adi Shankara, among others, venerate Vishnu as one of the five primary forms of God....

 and Shiva
Shiva
Shiva is a major Hindu deity, and is the destroyer god or transformer among the Trimurti, the Hindu Trinity of the primary aspects of the divine. God Shiva is a yogi who has notice of everything that happens in the world and is the main aspect of life. Yet one with great power lives a life of a...

in the same complex, making this a unique temple with shrines for all three gods and their consorts in the same place. There are very few temples where Brahma, the first of the trinity, is worshipped in statue form, which makes this temple an important place of worship. The temple also contains the sannithanam for Guru Bhagawan, Saraswati and Navgraha. Thursday Pooja 'Guruwaar Pooja' is very famous in this temple with the visit of more than 500-1000 people in a day. people pray Goddess Saraawati on thursday to give good metal ability to understand and perform well in the examination. This Temple is one of the places of doing many parigaaram for Hindus.

How to reach

3-4 km from trichy chatram bustand. Bustsop: Samayapuram Tollgate. The temple is just 5 minutes walk from Tollgate. Tollgate has plenty of bus access including both local and express bussess.
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