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Thiruputkuzhi
Thiruputkuzhi is one of the 108 Divya Desams. It is situated about 7 miles away from Kanchipuram in west direction. 1/2 Kilometer away from Baluchetti Chattiram which is in between Chennai - Vellore highway.

Temple

The temple here is dedicated to Lord Vijayaraghavaswamy (Moolavar). There is a separate temple for Thayar in the form of Margathavalli Thayar and a sannidhi for Sri Ramanuja as well

Legend

Legend says that Sri Rama left all of his properties and went to the forest as told by his father. When they were in the forest, Seeta spots a golden deer and requests Rama to catch it for her ,The deer however was the demon, sent by Ravana to lure Rama and Lakshmana in order to carry away Sita. With Rama and Lakshmana out in search of the deer, Ravana came to Seeta and took her along with him to Lanka, On the way to Lanka, Jatayu, the Eagle bird stopped him and fought with Ravana to release Seeta. But, in the end, Jatayu's wings were cut by Ravana and fell down on the earth.

When Rama along with Lakshmana came there in search of Seeta, they find Jatayu mortally wounded in the forest. Jatayu told that Ravana has took away Seeta along with him and then dies. Sri Rama then perform the last rites for Jatayu.

As sugessted by Jatayu, the Perumal here gives his seva in the form in which he did the final funeral to Jatayu.

Jatayu belongs to Pul (a separate family of eagle ) family was burried in the pit (kuzhi), hence this sthalam is called "Thiruppukkuzhi".

References

http://divyadesam.com/hindu/temples/tiruputkuzhi-temple.shtml