Sri Kalamegaperumal Temple is a Lord Vishnu temple in Thirumoghur near Madurai in Tamil Nadu. It is one of the 108 divya desams. The Lord Vishnu here was worshipped by Nammalwar and Thirumangai Alwar. The temple is the 94th in the series of divya desams.
The temple has a large water tank known as Parkadal Theertham and Thalathamarai Pushkarani. The temple spreads across 2.5 acres.
The temple is very ancient and even finds mention in documentation from Ptolemy (c. AD 100 – c. 170) which makes reference to this place.
108 Divya Desam
This temple is one of the important Divya Desam in this earth known as Bhuloka Vaikuntam- abode of Vishnu on earth. Various Alwars have composed poems on Lord Vishnu – 6500 years back according to legends. Their composition of poems on Lord Vishnu temples all over India is known as Divya Prabandham which was compiled in 9th century.
