A Virtual tour of Divyadeshams part 1

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Vannakam,

>From today onwards i will be writing about various divyadeshams and if possible

i will attaching the photo (jpg) format of the divya dampathies of the divya

deshams

 

 

 

I pray my Periya Perumal and Piratti and divya dampathies of Thiru-Evul and

Perumal Koil and not to mention diyya dampathies of mambalam MAHALAKSHMI thayar

sametha SATHYANARAYANA perumal and my parents to enable me continue this fully

..

 

 

 

My First posting is on one my fav. Divya deshams THIRUVAHEENDRAPURAM

 

{Hemambujavalli thayar sametha Deivanayakan}

 

 

THIRUVAHEENDRAPURAM:

 

 

NIN VADIVAZHAGAI MARAVATHAR VIRAVATHARE

 

 

 

This Divya desham is mentioned in brahmandapurana, skandapurana, As per

skandapurana, devas pleaded for gods help when asuras defeated them. The lord

then used his sudarsana and destroyed all the asuras. Realising that paramatama

has come to their help, shiva who came to help asuras then surrendered. The lord

then gave darshan to shiva as " TRIMOORTHI SWAROOPA (Moovaragiya Oruvan)". At

the request of devas and rishis . The paramatma stayed here and took the name

DEVANATHAN . the archa avataram of SrIman Narayanan .. This kshetra is called

Tiru Aheendrapuram as it was conceived and constructed by adishesha . Garuda and

Adhishesha brought Viraja and Patala ganga threertams to this kshetra . These

are used for thriumanjanams and making prasadams (thaligai) for the perumal ans

thayar. The vimAnam is similar to the suddhasatva vimanam at vaikuntam . Stone

inscriptions in the temple refer to the deity as 'Ninraruliya Mahavishnu' and

'Ezhisai naada perumaan'

 

 

 

This kshetra is also favorite to our swami Desikan , as our swami will be

presenting rathanangi to perumal during the Tamil month of puratassi/ Iypaasi .

Our swami Desikan worshipped Garuda atop the gill Oushadhagiri hill that is near

the temple and was blessed there with Hayagriva mantram and vigraham of Yoga

hayagriva. There is temple for Lakshmi Hayagriva perumal atop that hill. The

hill has 74 steps which signifies 74 simhasanapathies established by Swami

Bashyakara .

 

 

 

Markandeya maharishi did penance here and our Devanathan married the daughter of

the Maharishi , HemAbhjavalli and both the father-in-law and the bride of the of

the Lord took their place on either side of the perumal . There are sannidhis

for Chakarvarthi Thirumagan and Raajagopalan here . Long time ago their was

swami namazhwar's idol was discovered under a tree . Hence there are two idols

of swami namazhwar in His sannidhi .

 

 

 

Their is a sannidhi for our Swami Desikan and the dazzling beauty of the vigraha

of our swami is beyond description . This is a vigraham constructed by our swami

himself , when some one challenged our swami on his title of Sarvathatra

Swatantra . Here our swami also constructed a well which still available

 

 

 

This divya deshams can be reached by bus as well as train . The nearest station

is thiruppaapuliyur or we can take a bus from koyembadu and get at cuddalore and

take mofasal bus from cuddalore to thiruveendhapuram

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Perumal : Deivanayakan (Moolavar)

 

Devanathan , Divishannathan ,Vibuthanathan ,

 

Moovaragiya Oruvan (Uthsavar)

 

Thayar : Hemambujavalli Thayar

 

Puskarani : Garuda nadhi , Shesha Theertam , Chandra theertam

 

Vimanam : Chandra Vimanam , suddhasatva vimanam

 

Pratyaksham : Chandra , Garuda

 

Mangalasasanam : Thirumangai Mannan ( 10 Pasurams )

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Adiyean deSika daSaN

Ungal BAlaj! $

"na deivam deSikAt param, naparam deSikArchanAtH "

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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