Thiru allik kENi - Part 3 - Sannidhyam of the ThAyAr vEdavalli (and temple details)

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Thiru allik kENi - Part 3 - Sannidhyam of the ThAyAr vEdavalli (and temple

details)

This temple is situated very close to Madras triplicane beach.

One can reach her by sevral modes like plane, car train or bus.

There are several town buses plying in madras city to reach here

and there is also a terminus very close to the temple itslef.

Auot rikshaws and taxis are also very popular mode of travelling

within the city.

 

Moolavar: vEnkata Krishnan appears with two hands as similar to

Lord Krishna in his avatharam and appear with a huge mushtache

that conforms to his kula vazhakku or theorder of the (HIS) clan

as the chrioteer. No other Lord of the 108 DD has a mushtache !

 

thayar: rukmini piraati,

 

others appearing with HIM: balarAman, saathyaki, aniruththan,

pruthyumnan,

 

Facing: east Facing

 

Ursavar : pArtha sArathy

 

thaayar: vEdavalli

 

This is one of the greatest of all (to me atleast) the

kshEtrams in a sense that the last avathram (Srikrishna) of the

lord is present here in his true replica as moolavar). However

it is the thaayaar sannidhi that is very special to bhakthaas

seeking boons instantly.

 

Brigu maharishi was doing a severe penance

here in this brinda aarnyam. During this time Sri had a

"oodal" with the Lord Vishnu and appeared here as an

infant near to the rishi's cottage. Rishi Brigu

realized through his penance and identified that this

is the "GODDESS" that the vedam describe and hence

named her as "vedavalli". vEda vallith thaayar sanithi is the

most VARAP praSAAdhi of this temple as similar to boomi dEvi

thaayaar of thiruviNNagaram (oppiliappan kOil). Both these thaayars

were found in the thulasi vanams and brought up in these

thulasi vanams until they got married to the Lord. All the lords in these

temples only appeared and offered darshan. However these thaayars

came here and lived here in these thulasi vaNams. So it is derived

that the sannidhyam and daya for these thaayaars in offering

boon to the bhakthALs is enormous and instantaneous as compared

to all the perumaals in this kshEthram.

 

 

vimaaNam : aanantha vimaanam (note that thirumalai has

anantha nilaya vimaanam and oppiliappan koil has

sudhdha aanantha vimaanam.. Please note that majority

of kshEthrams with Krishna as the Lord has aanantha

vimaanam). There are 4 other vimaanam here in this

kshEtrham and they are

praNava vimaanam (similar to srirangam)

pushpa vimaanam (for Lord Rama)

sEsha vimaanam

daiveeka vimaanam.

 

The main vimAnam itself has a special feature in this

temple that is very unique. ie This temple vimanam

itself appears similar to a gOpuram. There is one more

temple in the 108 DD that has a vimAnam similar to this

construction and that is the most popular thiru

naRaiyoor or known as "naachiyaar kOil" of Srinivasa

perumal . There are several kal vettu that appears in

this kOil and it is notable that many more research can

be done by studying these kalvettus as they may provide

a vital link to the days of king sumathi and vyAsar.

 

Theerththam : kairaviNi theerththam or popularly known

as allik kENi. It is also the itheeham that five (5)

other theerththams are surrouding this puNya

theerththam in aruvam. They are

 

1. indra theerththam

2. sOma theerththam

3. agni theerththam

4. meena theerththam

5. vishnu theerththam

 

Though this theerththam is very close to sea fish never

lives in this theerthtam. It is believed fish keep out

of this theerththam as this theerththam is considered

very holy and used for perumaal's thirumanchanam. This

theerththam is also known as allik kulam as thirumangai

delivers in his pasuram as allikEni (tank with alli flowers

a type of tulip flowers).

 

ie this tank is full of alli malar and hence it is

named as allik kEni. In puRanic period mylai and

thiruallikENi are considered as the same place.

Thirumangai confirms this in his pasuram. Currently

there are atleast two circles between them. In mylai

there is a kEsava perumaal kOil. There is thiruk kiNaru

(or a holy Well) in this temple of kEsava perumal kOil

where pEy azhwaar was born. Thus as per purAnic

identity this kshEthram becomes the avathAra kshEthram

of pEy azhwaar. I will deal the importance of this

azwar's pasurams and other aspects of this amsam of the

Lord in a separate part.

King "thoNdai maan" who did major constructuions at

thiruppathi also constructed the huge mandapam infront

of the temple. Thiru mangai confirms this in his

pAsuram "mannuthan pozhilum" as "thennaNn thoNdaiyar kOn seydhanNan".

 

1077:

mannuthaN pozhilum vaaviyum madhiLum

maadamaa LigaiyummaN dabamum,

"thennaNnthoN daiyarkOn seydhanNan"mayilaith

thiruvallik kENinNin Raanai,

kanninNan maada mangkaiyar thalaivan

kaamaru seerkkali kanRi,

sonnason maalai patthudan vallaar

sugamini dhaaLvarvaa NnulagE. (2) 2.3.10

 

 

Prathyaksham:

Arjunan, Sumathi Rajan, Brigu Maharishi, saptha rOmar

maharishi, aththiri maharishi, jaajali maharishi,

maarkaNda maharishi, In total saptha maharishis or 7

rishis did penance here in this holy brinda AraNyam and

attained the blessings from the Lord.

 

Sri vEdavallith thaayaar samEtha Sri man naatha perumal

thirvadikaLE charaNam

 

Sampath Rengarajan