Tirunavaya Temple

Tirunavaya Temple is an ancient Hindu temple at Tirunavaya, Malappuram, Kerala, on the northern bank of the Bharatappuzha dedicated to Navamukundan .The temple is glorified in Divya Prabandha, the early medieval Tamil collection of hymns by the Vaishnava Alvars. It is one of the 108 divyadesa dedicated to Vishnu, who is worshiped as Navamukunda Perumal at Tirunavaya. The temple has no pond or well, and water from the river is used for all purposes. The presence of Cherutirunavaya Brahma-Siva Temple across the Ponnani River at Tavanur makes it a trimutri sangama.The river bank in the temple are considered as holy as Kasi and the ritual offering practices for forefathers are similar to the ones done there. Ganapati and Lakshmi are the associated pratishthas. Goddess Lakshmi has a separate sri kovil in the temple, unlike most of the other Narayana-Lakshmi temples. Sri Ayyappa Swami Temple is situated north of the eastern gopura of the Tirunavaya Temple.