Thiru viN Nagaram, Oppu illA appan kOil - Part 4 - varAhak kshEthram

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Dear bAgawthALs, Though my frequency of posting is not as many as it

used to be two years back, I intend to go ahead and post when ever I

can, to complete atleast this thalapurAnam in time. ie., This

will still amount to three or four

posts in a week for the next 2 weeks if I can make it.

Sri VS expects to wind up the project of mAnikkak

koNdai for Sri boomidEvith thAyAr by the end of the

month (ie within the next two weeks) and I somehow would like to

squeeze in all the remaining posts on this thread prior to that. I will

only try for this. I am sure there is nothing in these thala purAnam

posts of mine for anyone to memorize as such. These posts on Lord

oppiliappan are intended to bring in a feeling among readers to do

surrender or charanAgathi at the holy feet of Lord oppiliappan and

participate in the kaimkaryam sponsored by Sri V. Sadagopan.

 

adiyEn

Sampath Rengarajan

 

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This is also known as the "paripooraNa chranaagathi" offering

kshethram. This lord has a prapatti slOkam exclusively delivered for

seeking HIS blessings. It is also to be noted that the Lord in this

temple bears the words from charama slOkam in HIS right hand palm as

"maam Ekam charanam vraja" and offers charaNAgathi. Since this Lord

appeared here to marry Sri BoomidEvi as similar to Lord varAhar and

HE is appearing in kalyAnak kOlam with Sri. Boomi devi, this Lord is

praised as Lord varahar. Similar to Lord of thirupathi this Lord

also has an unique suprapAtham. In Oppiliappan suprapAdham,

 

boodhAradhAmubakadhA jalathEr dharithrim

prAguththAra hi bavAnth kimu thach chramEna:

 

boodhAra Eva chayithOthra buva guchAthrow

chAntha chramO nu bagavan ! tha suprapAtham :

 

meaning:

 

"Long ago you retrieved Sri BoomiDevi from the deep ocean, and it looks

you are still tired and hence wanted to sleep *again* on the shoulders of

Sri Boomi devi in thiru viN Nagaram also. Please wake up my Lord and

bless us".

 

 

Sri VS has written quotes from Boosthuthi and made references to this

thAyAr that one may remember. Lord VarAhar is the first one to offer

charaNagathi thathuvam to us through varAha charaNgathi slOkam. In many

ways this Lord is seen as Lord varAhar. In chronology and as well as

in similarities compared to his younger brother Lord VenkatAchalapathy Lord

Oppiliappan is equated to Lord varAhar HIMslef. In thiruppathi the protocol is

such that all the temple offerings are first made to Adi varAhar, prior

to Sri Venkatachalapathy as Sri AdivarAhar is mudhalvar to Lord

venkatachalapathy. Similarly, since Lord Oppiliappan appeared prior to

Lord Venkataachalapathy, he is considered elder to Lord

VENKATAachalapathy and all praarththanais that are meant for Lord

Venkataachalapathy are accepted by this Lord on HIS behalf. i.e. those

who cannot travel to thirumalai for some reason can offer their

prArththanais to this Lord and such offerings are considered as

fulfillment of the praarthanais to Lord Venkataachalapathi. It is

conceived that Lord Venkataachalpathi is in the "mode" of "ananthaa"

and Lord Oppilaiappan is beleived to be present in three "modes";

namely "sudhdha aanandhaa", "sudhdha saththvaa" and "Vishnu". The

vimAnam above the moolavar sannithi has the nrsimham facing South and

varahar facing east as simliar to how Srivaikundam has been described.

Lord oppiliappan is also east facing as similar to SrivarAhar in HIS

vimAnam. The darshan of this vimAnam brings immediate happiness in the

lives of bhakthALs.

 

This temple has a special and unique combination in which Lord Vishnu

is appearing in his ninRa kOlam as similar to Srivaikundam (more than

10 feet tall) and as well is present in the sudhdha saththuvam "mode"

as similar to SriVaikundam (no other temple has this "mode") and hence

this is considered the Sri Vaikundam itself of Lord Vishnu known as

"Thiru viN Nagaram".

 

 

Sri Boomi Devi nAchchiyAr samEtha Sri Oppiliappan thiruvadikaLA charaNam.

Sampath Rengarajan