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NAVA THIRUPATHI

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  The  Nava Tirupati  ( Tamil :  நவ திருப்பதி ,  lit.   'Nine Tirupatis') [1]  refers to a group of nine  Hindu  temples dedicated to  Vishnu , located on the  Tiruchendur - Tirunelveli  route,  Tamil Nadu ,  India , on the banks of the  Thamirabarani  river. [2]  Each of these temples is classified as a  Divya Desam , counted as one among the 108 temples of  Vishnu , revered by the 12 poet-saints of the Tamil  Vaishnava  tradition, the  Alvars . The Garuda Sevai Utsavam (a festival where a form of  Vishnu , seated upon his mount  Garuda , is revered) in the month of Vaikasi (May - June) witnesses 9 Garuda Sevai, as well as two palanquins, one with Nammalvar of  Alwarthirunagari , and the other with Madurakavi Alvar from Thirukalur. An event in which festival image idols from the Nava Tirupati shrines in the area are brought on Garuda Vahana (Garuda as a mount) to Alvarthirunagari for  Mangalasasanam  (singing of sacred hymns) and to for paying obeisance to Nammalvar in the mor