Tiru Parameswara Vinnagaram
| Tiru Parameswara Vinnagaram | |
|---|---|
| Religion | |
| Affiliation | Hinduism |
| District | Kanchipuram |
| Deity | Vaikunta Perumal (Vishnu) Vaikunthavalli Thayar |
| Location | |
| State | Tamil Nadu |
| Country | India |
Location in Tamil Nadu | |
| Coordinates | 12°50′13″N 79°42′36″E / 12.83694°N 79.71000°E |
| Architecture | |
| Type | Dravidian architecture |
| Creator | Pallava |
| Inscriptions | Tamil |
Tiru Parameswara Vinnagaram also known today as the Vaikunta Perumal Temple is a Hindu temple dedicated to the deity Vishnu (or Krishna), located in the ancient Pallava capital city of Kanchipuram in the present-day South Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Built by the emperor Nandivarman II Pallavamalla, the 8th century stone temple was originally known as Paramechuravinnagaram in Tamil and Vishnugriha in Sanskrit, meaning "Vishnu-house", signifying a royal palace for Parameshvara, an epithet of the deity.
Study of the Vaikunta Perumal Temple has contributed to dating portions of the Bhagavata Purana, one of the eighteen major Puranas and an influential text in Hindu religious tradition. The temple is the subject of a detailed analysis by historian D. Dennis Hudson, whose monograph is dedicated to decoding its iconography and layout as an architectural summa of the Bhagavata Purana.
The temple is one of the prominent tourist attractions in the city.