Divya Desam – Lord Vishnu | One of the DivyaDesamVishnuSthalam |
Region | Chola Naadu |
Chola Naadu | 29th Vishnu Sthalam |
HISTORY:
Thiru
Arimeya Vinnagaram is one of the 108 Divya Desams of Lord Vishnu located in
Thirunangur, Nagapattinam District, Tamil Nadu. Thiru Arimeya Vinnagaram known
as Kudamadum Kutthar temple is one of Thirunangoore Divya Desam and one of 108
Divya Desam temples.
Devotees pray for prosperous life, for relief from enemies and debt burdens.
Devotees perform Tahailakappu abishek to Lord.
Lord
appears in the sanctum sanctorum in a sitting form with one leg placed on a
butter pot. This darshan, according to belief, brings all happiness to
devotees. As Lord came to this place dancing with a pot-Kudam, He is praised as
Kudam Aadu Koothan. The name also refers to the event of Lord holding the
Govardhana hill as an umbrella to protect the people of Gokhulam when the place
faced a heavy rainfall. Procession deity is Chaturbuja Gopalan.
Tirumangai Azhwar in his Mangalasasanam hymn describes this place – Ariyameya
Vinnagaram – as the abode of Lord who destroyed demons, extracted nectar from
the milk ocean and guiding people on the righteous path. This is one of the 11
Divya Desams in Tirunangoor region. The Garuda Seva in April-May is a very
famous festival. As Ari (Vishnu) resides (Meviya) here, the place is called
Aria Meya Vinnagaram. There is no flag post in the temple. The peeta is too
tall that the devotee has to use the steps, indicating that in the Bhakti
(devotion) path one has to climb many steps to reach God.
The
legend has that Sage Uthanga/Vipra Rishi learned Vedas at early stages of his
childhood from Sage Vaidhyar. Sage Uthanga wanted to offer something precious
as Guru Dakshina after completing his learning process. Guru Patni expressed
her desire to have the earrings of wife of the King who was ruled that city.
Sage Uthanga approached the Queen with his request to have her earrings to
offer Guru Dakshina. The Queen offered him the earrings without any hesitation;
she was already heard about Sage Uthanga’s truthfulness. Uthanga happily
returned to the hermitage of Guru, on his way back he was too tired of hunger
and thirst, so he decided to rest for a while. Immediately there appeared an
attractive cowherd with a mud pot on his head and a bamboo stick on his hand
dancing with his own tunes surrounded by his cows. Uthanga solemnly requested
cowherd to give him something to drink from his pot. The cowherd mischievously
answered that the pot contains cow dung and its urine that was accepted by his
guru Vaidhyar once. Uthanga without any further thought immediately put down
his belongings and stanchly accepted the same. At this point of time, there
appeared a guy from nowhere, he cleverly seized his belongings and ran off.
Uthanga chased the fellow, but the guy whizzed into a manhole. Uthanga
desperately requested cowherd to help him to get back his belongings. At once
there arrived a man on his horse back, Cowherd suggested Uthanga to request him
for more help and followed Uthanga. Uthanga anxiously approached the man on
horseback and he explained the whole pathetic state of affairs. He was deeply
moved at Uthanga and promised to help him to get back his belongings. He moved
in front of the manhole and forced the horse to sneeze boisterously, as a
result it spews out blazes from its nose. The guy who was in the manhole surged
out with the unbearable heat. He returned the belongings of Uthanga and begged
for forgiveness. Uthanga expressed his gratitude to Cowherd and the man on
horseback, he happily returned to the hermitage of his Guru.
Sage
Uthanga explained everything happened to Sage Vaidhyar. After listening to
Uthanga, Sage replied that the Cowherd was none other than Lord Vishnu, the
horse was Lord Agni and the man on horseback was Lord Indra, in order to test
Uthanga’s devotion towards his Guru. The cow dung and urine were the divine
nectar helped Uthanga to remain safe and sound. Sage Uthanga’s yearning to envision
Lord Vishnu in the form of cowherd grew more and more after listening to his
Guru Sage Vaidhyar. The most compassionate Lord gave dharshan as Sri
Kudamadukuthan to Sage Uthanga on this sacred land. Thus, this sacred land has
got its name Arimeya Vinnagaram from ‘Hari Meviya Vinnagaram’.
Another legend has that Dakshaprajapati conducted a Yagna without inviting his
daughter Sati Devi and Lord Shiva. He invited all the sages and deities with
due honor and respect. Dakshaprajapati disliked the presence of Lord Shiva and
Sati in the Yagna Arena due to the severe animosity towards the Lord, he
cleverly created a huge turmoil in the relationship between Sati Devi and Lord
Shiva. Lord Shiva - Lord of Lords who was knower of all warns Sati Devi about
the chaotic end of Yagna, discourages Sati from her visit to Yagna Arena.
Finally, Sati left mount Kailash with Nandikeshwara after a sequence of heated
arguments with Lord Shiva. She was humiliated in the Yagna arena and she had to
give up her life in the sacrificial fire. Consequently, Lord Shiva in a mounted
anger performed Rudra Tandavam, so aggressive was the cosmic dance that the
hair fallen from Lord were turned out Rudras. Instantaneously 11 Rudras were
furiously started to perform Rudra Tandavam. Sensing the possibility of
destruction to the Universe, Lord Vishnu appeared before Lord Rudra. Lord Rudra
was pleased at the presence of Lord Vishnu, prayed to remain in this sacred
land in 11 forms. Therefore, Thirunangur turned out 11 Divya Desams of Lord
Vishnu.
TEMPLE INFORMATION:
|
Moolavar |
Sri Kudamadukoothan |
|
Ambal |
Sri Amruthagadavalli |
|
Theertham |
Kodi
Theertham |
BELIEF:
Devotees pray for
prosperous life, for relief from enemies and debut burdens.
During
the new moon day of the Tamil month Thai, the festival deity of
Thirumangai Azhwar is brought to the temple from Thiruvali-Thirunagari.. The Thirumangai
Azhwar Mangalasasana Utsavam is celebrated in the Tamil month
of Thai (January–February). The highlight of the festival
is Garudasevai, an event in which the festival images of the eleven Thirunangur Tirupathis are brought on
mount designed like Garuda, called Garuda Vahana, to
Thirunangur. The festive image of Thirumangai Azhwar is also brought on
a Hamsa Vahanam (palanquin) and his paasurams (verses)
dedicated to each of these eleven temples are recited during the occasion. The
festival images of Thirumangai Alvar and his consort Kumudavalli Naachiyar are
taken in a palanquin to each of the eleven temples. The verses dedicated to
each of the eleven temples are chanted in the respective shrines. This is one
of the most important festivals in the region which draws thousands of
visitors.
HOW
TO REACH:
The
place is 8 km far from Sirkali. Buses are available only at specific hours. The
visitor may reach Sirkali-Annankoil. The temple is 2 km from here.
TEMPLE
ADDRESS:
Sri Kudamaadu Koothan
Thirukkoil,
Arimeya Vinnagaram,
Thirunangu,
Nagapattinam,
Tamil Nadu - 609106.
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