− | {{NeedCitation}}Thiru Vellarai, also known as Svetagiri kshetra is one of the 108 Vaishnava temples. A teertha that claims to be older than [[Srirangam]] (one of the foremost of the Vaishnava kshetras), the temple itself and its deities are praised in innumerable works of many great saint poets.<ref name=":0">Prof. S. Narayanan (April 2004), 108 Temples of Azhvars, Volume 1, Maharashtra: Sri Ramanuja Mission.</ref> | + | {{NeedCitation}}Thiru Vellarai, also known as Shvetagiri Kshetra is one of the 108 Vaishnava temples. A teertha that claims to be older than [[Srirangam]] (one of the foremost of the Vaishnava kshetras), the temple itself and its deities are praised in innumerable works of many great saint poets.<ref name=":0">Prof. S. Narayanan (April 2004), 108 Temples of Azhvars, Volume 1, Maharashtra: Sri Ramanuja Mission.</ref> |