The General

     Layout       

• The layout of the temple of Sri Vijayaraghava displays some peculiar aspects.

• The Pushkarini ( sacred tank) lies in the axis of the south rampart.

• The Dwajasthambam ( flagmast) lies outside the temple to the east of the Rajagopuram ( main entrance tower) on the northern side of the tank.

• The Perumal Sannidhi is on its central axis.

• The Thayar Sannidhi runs parallel to it along the northern rampart.

• Andal Shrine is situated in the southwest corner in the Udaiyavar kalaksheba mandapam.

• On the northern side along with the rampart are situated sannidhis for SriVedantha Desikar and Sri Manavala Mamunigal.

• Sri Udaiyavar's (Ramanuja) shrine has a prakaram for circumambulating (pradakshinam). A pradakshinam of Sri Ramanuja is considered to be equal to that of performing pradakshinas around so many deities.

• A separate temple for Jatayu ( probably the ONLY one to him) is raised on the eastern bank of the pushkarini.

Both Vimanams (Canopies) of Thayar and Perumal shrines are square in section upto eight feet and octogonal upwards. It is learnt that after the shelling of the gopurams in the Karnataka wars, they were rebuilt in haste.