Thiru maal irum sOlai - part 12 - kaatu azhagar kOil

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Thiru maal irum sOlai - part 12 - kaatu azhagar kOil

 

 

Once there was a saint by name Sri Sudabha. He was doing a penance in thiru

maal irum sOlai. One day when he was doing his neeraattal (snAnam) Sage

Durvasa and his disciples passed by. Saint sudhaba didn't take notice of them

as he was immersed in the water and meditating. Since this was not the

protocol one can observe to a munivar like sage durvasar, Durvasar got

angry and cursed him "Since you didn't pay attention to my arrival and

was immersed in water all the time, you be born as a frog that dwell in the

water". Sage Sudhaba realized the curse and apologized and pleaded to

sage durvasa for remedy. "You will goto the hill station "Dharmaathri" where

Sriman narayana is ever living (in nityavasam) and do a penance. Then this

curse will be relieved. Saint Sudhaba pleaded "I am used to worshipping

everyday our Lord SundaraRajan of thiru maal irum sOlai only. Hence I must

worship the same Lord in that place". Sage Durvasar granted" So be it". Thus

our Lord Sundararajan perumal went to varAha parvatham and in particular the

darmaathri parvatham and appeared for darshan. Thus the kaatu ahazgar kOil

in this place is also having our Lord azhagar as the presiding

deity. This piece of history is presented in Srivilipuththur sthala

varaLaaRu.

 

 

 

Sri ANDAL samEtha Sri KaLLazhagar thiruvadikaLE charaNam

Sampath Rengarajan