Jai Sriman Narayana !!
Thiru Varanamangai Vanamamalai/Swayam Vyaktha
Kshetram is one of the 108 Divya Desams of located in Nanguneri near
Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu.
Presiding Deity – Moolavar Thiru Thothadrinathan/Vanamamalai
Perumal/Deivanayakan/ with his consort Thiruvarana Mangayar along with Goddess
Sridevi & Boodevi
Vimanam – Vaikundha Vimanam/Nandavardhana
Vimanam/Padmakara Vimanam
Theertham – Indra Theertham , Chetruthamarai
Pushkarani,
Sthalavruksham – Mango Tree
Worshipped by – Celestial dancers Urvasi and
Thilothama, Adishesha, Garuda
Garuda and Adishesha underwent severe
austerities praying to Lord Vishnu on this sacred land to get an opportunity to
serve the Lord persistently.
Prathyaksham to – Lord Brahma, Lord Indra, Sage
Brighu, Sage Markandeya, Sage Lomasa,
Mangalasasanam – Nammalvar,
Festivals – Vaikundha Ekadashi, Panguni Utsavam,
Chithirai Brahmostavam
Sannidhis – Lord Lakshmi Narayanan, Lord Lakshmi
Narasimhan, Sudarsana, Lord Rama, Sri Andal, Vishvaksenar,
There are many interesting myths attached to
this temple. The Chera King had no heirs
to rule the Kingdom after his death. He
was a passionate devotee of Lord Vishnu; he earnestly prayed to Lord for a virtuous
offspring and visited many holy places.
King had a dream in that Lord revealed his existence on this sacred land
and instructed him build a temple on its place to worship. King and his men were arrived on this land
and found Garuda encircling a huge mound made by ants. Kings men started the excavation process
exactly on this place; while work was in progress the spade hit hardly on the
idol and started to bleed. Instantly, King’s
physician applied a medicine made out of herbs added with oil. Surprisingly, the bleeding has stopped
instantaneously. In this temple sacred
bath to Lord is performed with a unique oil added with the herbs and Bhog
prepared without chilies are used as offerings to Lord.
Another legend has that the two demons Madhu and
Kaitaba abducted Vedas and sacred scriptures.
Lord Brahma prayed to Lord Vishnu to preserve the Vedas. Lord Vishnu beheaded the two demons and the
fat from their bodies were polluted the entire Earth and stretched out as a
solid upper layer. Goddess Boodevi
prayed to Lord Vishnu to get rid of this effluence and worshipped Lord on this
sacred land.
This temple remains open from 7.00AM to 12.00PM
in the morning and 5.00PM to 9.00PM in the evenings.
Jai Sriman Narayana !!
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