Prasanna Venkatachalapathi Temple is a Hindu temple situated on top of a hill called Perumalmalai located 3 kms from

Thuraiyur Thuraiyur is a town and a municipality in the Tiruchirappalli district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It was upgraded to a III Grade Municipality from Town Panchayat on 17 January 1970, and to a II Grade Municipality in May 1998. It was upg ...

in Tiruchirappalli district. The presiding deity is the Hindu god

Vishnu Vishnu ( ; , ), also known as Narayana and Hari, is one of the principal deities of Hinduism. He is the supreme being within Vaishnavism, one of the major traditions within contemporary Hinduism. Vishnu is known as "The Preserver" within t ...

. The temple is believed to have been constructed by the grandchildren of

Karikala Karikala ( ta, கரிகால சோழன்) was a Tamil Chola Emperor who ruled southern India. He is credited with the construction of the flood banks of the river Kaveri. He is recognised as the greatest of the Early Cholas. Source ...

, who are worshipped here.

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{{Tiruchirappalli district Hindu temples in Tiruchirappalli district