The so called 8 letter perumal and or abbreviated as ettaluthu perumal koil was found and inagurated during the year 2002.The place were this temple is situated is called sadhu’s boomi and located at Arungulam Melur,Senthimangalam post,Tachanallur-627358.Tirunelveli -dist of Tamil Nadu,India.
This temple on initial periods were occupied by a small buildings and surroundings area were procured by the Arakatalai later.Initially the main deity was carved by an artist cum devotee called Raju swamigal.As per the will of the god and his orders to construct a temple the raju swamigal carved on sandal wood.
The main deity is of sandal wood and RAJU SWAMIGAL named and emboldened to convey the vibrant voice of Lord Sriman Narayanan Presiding as DHARUMAPATHY SRI ETTALUTHU PERUMAL and in the sanctum santorium they also erected few saivites god also.
The real meanings or abbreviations as ETTALUTHU is meant for OM NAMO
NARAYANAYA.The gr8 number as eight can be excercised as 4+4=8.0r5+3=8,
6+2=8.or 7+1=8.The actual number eight these devotees follows in this temples are eight times full rounding of this temples can yield them what they owe to thier family or family members.
And also eight weeks if the devotees rounding this temple can cure them from all type of deceses.And also eight times in a week and eight weeks in a rows keeps their daughters Dosams away from her and she achieve her marriage at or within this eight weeks.And many devotees felt the the gr8 Number as 8 made the childless couples to perform various poojas/Homams and eight roundings a day of the week and eight weeks in continuance keeps them much fertility and they gets a child with in a reasonable periods.
family feuds,worries,problems,quarrels among families and a place on property and hard earned black money problems also can be cured by caring out the 8 times rounding and 8 weeks at a continuance on roundings on this temple makes them more peace on the devotees lifes.
This temple is very particularly about neatness,cleaniness,silence,and above all chanting the magical words as OM NAMO NARAYANAYA.When the magical word as OM NAMO NARAYANAYA chanted by hundreds at a time while rounding this temples ALL devotees feels the magical power being induced by the chantings into them and they feel very happiness and forgets all their odds.
And any thing and everything is calculated by money in this days .where as no money or cash being collected from the devotees.No coconuts and banana fruits or eatables can be offered to the main deities.No archanas or aradhanas at the will of devotees are not being conducted here.How ever the poojas and gods eternal rites been performed at the temple timings only.Hence no body is treated above god or as VIP’s or VVIP’s here.
So every devotees feels everyone is equally honoured and treated so every one is very peaceful while praying or offering poojas.And at last after darshanams everyone have been taken or asked to go to the dining hall for the free ANNADHANAM. Here also every one from rich to poors,olders to youngers were seated together and have their meals stomachful.
And many volunteers are there to serves them whole heartedly and each other calls themselves as swamiji only.