SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImadh varavaramunayE nama:
History
rAmAnuja padhach chAyA gOvindhAhva anapAyinI
thadhA yaththa svarUpA sA jIyAn madh visramasthalee
madhuramangalam (also known as mazhalai mangalam, dhakshiNa mathurA, etc) is the divine abode of vaikuNta perumAL and kamala valli thAyAr. This is said to be part of pancha nArAyaNa/vishNu kshEthram (around this dhivya kshEthram).
kamala valli thAyAr, SrI dhEvi, bhU dhEvi samEtha vaikuNta perumAL
emperumAn appeared here to bless garuda, saptha rishis and suparNa mahArAjA (a king). After the birth of embAr (who is emperumAnAr’s divine cousin, thirumalai nambi’s dear sishya and originally known as gOvindhAchArya) here, this kshEthram became more popular.
Summary
perumAL: vaikuNta perumAL
thAyAr: kamala valli thAyAr
sthalAdhipathi/AchAryan: embAr
pushkariNi: garuda pushkariNi
sthala vruksham (tree): pArijAtham
vimAnam: vEdhAmOdha vimAnam
Agamam: SrI vaikAnasam
embAr’s AchArya nishtai: http://ponnadi.blogspot.com/2013/01/embars-acharya-nishtai.html
Deities/uthsavams
There are several sannidhis and uthsavams that happen for the emperumAn, AzhwArs and AchAryas in this dhivya dhEsam.
Inside the temple:
- Presiding deity
- vaikuNtap perumAL with SrI dhEvi and bhU dhEvi
- embAr (gOvindhAchArya) with bhattar as his pAdhukA
- thanikkOyil nAchiyArs (separate thAyAr sannidhis)
- kamala valli thAyAr
- ANdAL
- sEnai mudhaliyAr
- nammAzhwAr
- thirumangai AzhwAr
- thirukkachi nambi
- emperumAnAr
- maNavALa mAmunigaL
Outside the temple:
- thiruvadi (hanumAn sannidhi)
uthsavams
- chithrai
- vaikuNtap perumAL brahmOthsavam – thIrthavAri on chithrai sravaNam
- vaikAsi
- nammAzhwAr – visAkam
- bhattar – anusham
- Ani
- Adi
- AvaNi
- SrI jayanthi – rOhiNi/ashtami followed by uriyadi uthsavam on the next day
- pavithrOthsavam
- purattAsi
- navarAthri uthsavam – 9 days
- vijaya dhasami
- aippasi
- maNavALa mAmunigaL uthsavam completing on thirumUlam
- dhIpAvaLi
- kArthigai
- kArthigai dhIpam
- mArgazhi
- dhanur/mArgazhi mAsam kramam
- adhyayana uthsavam
- vaikuNta EkAdhasi (rA pathu beginning)
- thai
- sankarAnthi
- embAr uthsavam concluding on punarpUsam (sARRumuRai on pUsam)
- mAsi
- panguni
kramam (routine)/timings
Timings
- 7am – 12noon
- 4.30pm – 8pm
sEvAkAla kramam
- Daily morning during thiruvArAdhanam – thiruppallANdu, thiruppaLLiyezhuchchi and thiruppAvai
puRappAdu kramam
- punarpUsam – embAr puRappAdu
- only during uthsavams otherwise
Contacts
N Thyagarajan – Executive Officer
SrI vaikuNta perumAL/embAr dhEvasthAnam
kAnchIpuram – 602114
Location: approximately 15 kilometers from SrIperumbUthUr and approximately 6 kilometers from sunguvAr chaththiram – buses, share autos available periodically from sunguvAr chaththiram.