Jai Sriman Narayana !!
Ashtabuyagaram Sri Adikesava
Perumal is one of the 108 Diya Desam situated in Kanchipuram, Tamil Nadu.
This temple very close to Sri Yatothkari Perumal Temple and it is 2 km away
from Sri Varadaraja Perumal temple, Kanchi. This is one of the
oldest temples built by the Pallava Kings. The inscriptions on the temple
wall reveals the grandeur of this temple and the oldest inscriptions were found
date back to 820 A.D.
Presiding deity – Sri
Adikesava Perumal/Sri Gajendra Varadar/ Sri Chakkradharar with his consort
Goddess Alarmelmangai / Sri Padmasini Thayar
Prathyaksham – Gajendra
Mokshasthal
Mangalasasanam –
Thirumangai Alwar, Peyalwar, Sri Vedanta Desikar, Sri Manavala Mamunigal
Pushkarani – Gajendra
Pushkarani
Vimanam
–Ganganakruti/Chakrakruti Vimanam
Sannidhis – A separate
shrine for Sri Alarmelmangai Thayar, Bhuvarahar, Peyalwar, Lord Anjaneya, Sri
Andal, Sarabeshwar and Alwars.
Festiaval – Chithirai
Brahmostavam, Gajendra Moksham in the Tamil month Adi
In this temple Lord
Adikesava is in standing posture with fierce weapons in eight arms
(Ashtabujangam). The legend has that Lord Brahma prayed to Lord Vishnu to
protect the Yagna conducted by him and ward off any evils which creates
hindrances in the performance of Yagna. The most pleased Lord Vishnu come
into sight as Lord Adikesava with eight arms, the seven arms holding the
perilous weapons Dice, Wheel, Conch, Bow, Arrow, Sword, Shield and Mace.
In this way Lord Adikesava appeared before Lord Brahma and protected his Yagna.
Lord Shiva also can be seen as ‘Sri Sarabeshwar’ protecting the Yagna Sala in
this temple.
Another legend has that
Sage Mahasudha was underwent severe penance. Lord India was anxious to
see the severe austerities followed by Sage Mahasudha. Lord Indra was
very concerned about his title, inorder to safeguard his highly honored title
‘Indra’; he assigned a few celestial dancers to Earth to create an obstacle to
Sage Mahasudha’ penance. The celestial dancers disguised into attractive
elephants and distracted the attention of Sage Mahasudha and succeeded in their
mission. Sage Mahasudha fallen prey at the trick played by Lord Indra and
spent several years in their company as the chief of the elephant. Later
Sage Mahasudha realized his foolishness. At the divine instruction
of Sage Markandeya, the elephant practiced to worship Lord Vishnu with lotus
flower. While elephant was plucking lotus from the pond as usual to
worship Lord Vishnu, a crocodile caught its leg firmly and the fight between
the two went on for several years. Finally, Lord Vishnu hurried to save
the elephant from the clutches of crocodile and the crocodile was killed
instantly with His fierce weapon Dice. Thus, the king of the elephant Gajendra
attained salvation at the Lotus feet of Sriman Narayana.
Contact detials:
Sri S.Bhashyam
Sri Ashtabhujam Lakshmi
Narasimhar, Archakar 9447573942
Sri Nallappa Narasimhan,
9962997704 EO Sri Arunachalam 27225242 Sri Rajam Bhattar, 60/50
South Mada St.
C/o Srivilliputtur
Bhashyam Swami , 17/9, Thiruvengadan
Nagar II Street
Little Kanchipuram
Jai Sriman Narayana !!
Photo courtesy: tirumala.org
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