Sri Trivikramar Temple

Sri Trivikramar Temple at Thirusiriyaanai Maamalai is a revered Divya Desam in Tenkasi district, praised by Nammalvar in the Thiruvaimozhi. The deity "Trivikramar" is Lord Vishnu in His Trivikrama form — the one who measured the three worlds (Tri — three, Vikrama — strides) with His colossal steps during the Vamana avatara. The temple name "Siriyaanai Maamalai" means "the great hill of the small elephant," referring to the distinctive small rocky hill on which the shrine is perched. This juxtaposition of the small hill and the cosmos-spanning deity mirrors the Vamana-Trivikrama paradox — the Lord who appeared small but encompassed everything. Nammalvar's pasurams here celebrate this wondrous transformation from the diminutive to the infinite.